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# Get Images

This document offers links to download virtual machine image files for popular operating systems.

## CirrOS

CirrOS is a minimal Linux distribution that was designed for use as a test image.

* Here's a link to [CirrOS download page](https://download.cirros-cloud.net/) for all available CirrOS images.
* Download the 64-bit qcow2 image for CirrOS verion 0.6.2 here - [cirros-0.6.2-x86\_64-disk.img](https://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.6.2/cirros-0.6.2-x86_64-disk.img)

## Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat maintains official Red Hat Enterprise Linux cloud images. A valid Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription is required to download these images.

* [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 KVM Guest Image](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/69/ver=/rhel---7/x86_64/product-downloads)
* [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 KVM Guest Image](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/479/ver=/rhel---8/x86_64/product-downloads)
* [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 KVM Guest Image](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/479/ver=/rhel---9/x86_64/product-downloads)

Note - In a RHEL cloud image, the login account is `cloud-user`.

## Ubuntu

* Official site for Ubuntu based images maintained by Canonical - [Ubuntu-based images](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/).
* Download qcow2 image for Ubuntu 24.04 from here - [noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img).


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