Upload your own ISO is available in every location the Vultr platform is available! Spanning 6 continents, your custom ISO upload can be mounted in any of our 32 regions in Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas.
In addition to uploading your own, you will also have full access to our ISO library. The selection is curated by our experienced team of system administrators and includes popular server operating systems.
While using the Custom ISO feature, you don't always have to run through the setup process of your operating system to deploy more servers. Take advantage of our snapshot feature to create an image of your deployed server and quickly launch more instances with the same setup in any of our points of presence around the world!
Custom ISO adds some new options in your administrator toolbox when the underlying operating system gets corrupted/unbootable after kernel customization and other non-standard system upgrades. With the Vultr platform, this feature ensures your data is not automatically lost! Browse Vultr Docs and learn how you can upload your own rescue ISO to recover your data and fix your system configuration.
Yes, with the Upload ISO feature, you can upload your own bootable operating system image, mount it onto your instances and run through the setup process.
See our full list of operating systems.
By default, instances will have a clean OS install without these additional packages but you will have full root/administrator to install any additional software you require. If you prefer that your instances come with some pre-packaged software already setup, we do offer a suite of one-click applications that add some popular packages, including cPanel/WHM, LEMP, OpenVPN, and more. See the full list of one click applications.
All servers on your account are billed hourly, with charges capped at 672 hours per month for most plans to ensure predictable costs. However, the hourly rate is calculated based on a 730-hour month, which reflects the average number of hours in a month. If your server is online continuously, you will not be charged more than the 672-hour cap for that month. Accumulated charges are invoiced to your account on the 1st of each month.
Yes, instances in a stopped state continue to reserve dedicated system resources (RAM, SSD storage, IP aliases, vCPU) and therefore incur charges until you destroy the instance. If you wish to no longer accumulate charges for a virtual machine, please use the DESTROY button in the customer portal.
Yes, with the Upload ISO feature, you can upload your own bootable operating system image, mount it onto your instances and run through the setup process.