New System Images
A Cloudmin system image is a file containing all the data needed to create a new virtual system. Typically it is a TAR file or filesystem dump of the entire virtual OS, including all system commands, servers like Apache and Postfix, data files and configuration files. When a virtual system is created, an image can be used to populate the initial filesystem for the virtual OS.

For Xen instances, an image must be selected at creation time. For VServers and Solaris Zones, you have the option of using an image (recommended), or copying the software from the host system into the new virtual system. An image is typically faster, as it simply needs to be extracted from a TAR file, rather than installing or copying packages into the new virtual system directory.

A Cloudmin subscription includes access to a number of pre-created system images for Xen, VServers and Solaris Zones. However, before images can be used they must first be downloaded to your master system from the Cloudmin webserver. Because image files are typically hundreds of MB in size, you should only download the ones you need.

To download images that are marked as Not download or Newer version exists, check the boxes next to them and click the Download Selected Images button. Depending on the speed of your network connection, the download may take minutes or hours.