OS Templates

An OS template is a fully pre-configured operating system environment - an archive that contains the root directory of an operating system. A basic OS template includes the data needed for a minimal OS installation, but may also include applications and additional OS components.

There are two kinds of OS templates:

  1. 1. System templates available in the template library.

    The DevHost OS template library includes multiple flavors of Windows and Linux templates, such as:
      • CentOS 5.9 x86
      • CentOS 5.9 x64
      • CentOS 6.5 x86
      • CentOS 6.5 x64
      • CentOS 7.0 x64
      • CentOS 5.7 cPanel x64
      • CentOS 6.5 cPanel x64


      • Debian 6.0 x64
      • Debian 7.0 x86
      • Debian 7.0 x64
      • Fedora 18 x64
      • Fedora 19 x64


      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 x64
      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 x86
      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 x64
      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 x64
      • *Additional License Required
      • Ubuntu 11.04 x86
      • Ubuntu 11.04 x64
      • Ubuntu 12.04 x86
      • Ubuntu 12.04 x64
      • Ubuntu 13.04 x64
      • Ubuntu 13.10 x64
      • Ubuntu 14.04 x86
      • Ubuntu 14.04 x64


      • Windows 2008 Web Edition x86 xen
      • Windows 2008 Web Edition x64 xen
      • Windows 2008 Web Edition R2 x64 xen
      • Windows 2008 Standard Edition x86 xen
      • Windows 2008 Standard Edition x64 xen
      • Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 xen
      • Windows 2012 Standard Edition x64 xen

  2. 2. Custom OS templates that you create by backing up an existing VM and converting that backup into a template.

    This allows you to pre-configure VMs with specific settings and applications, and use the same configuration over and over again.

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