Images
Azure CycleCloud ships with support for standard operating systems. You can specify the image with ImageName, which may be a CycleCloud image name, an image URN, or the resource ID of a custom image:
# CycleCloud image name
[[node defaults]]
ImageName = cycle.image.win2022
# Image URN (publisher:offer:sku:version)
[[node defaults]]
ImageName = MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2022-datacenter-g2:latest
# Image resource ID
[[node defaults]]
ImageName = /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/MyResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/MyCustomImage
Alternatively, you can use Image which supports image labels:
[[node defaults]]
Image = Windows 2022 DataCenter
When an exact version is not specified, CycleCloud automatically uses the latest released version of the image for the region that the node is in.
Note
If you are using a custom (non-standard) image that was created with Jetpack, you can set AwaitInstallation=true on the node, specifying that the image supports sending status messages back to CycleCloud. This will allow for more accurate representations of the node's state within CycleCloud.
CycleCloud currently includes the following images:
| Operating System | Label | Name | End of life date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Linux 8.5 HPC | Alma Linux 8 | almalinux-8 | |
| CentOS 7 | CentOS 7 | cycle.image.centos7 | |
| CentOS 8 | CentOS 8 | cycle.image.centos8 | December 31, 2021 |
| SLES 12 | SLES 12 HPC | cycle.image.sles12-hpc | |
| SLES 15 | SLES 15 HPC | cycle.image.sles15-hpc | |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | cycle.image.ubuntu20 | |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | cycle.image.ubuntu22 | |
| Windows 2008 R2 | Windows 2008 R2 | cycle.image.win2008 | January 14, 2020 |
| Windows 2012 R2 | Windows 2012 R2 | cycle.image.win2012 | October 10, 2023 |
| Windows 2016 DataCenter | Windows 2016 DataCenter | cycle.image.win2016 | |
| Windows 2019 DataCenter | Windows 2019 DataCenter | cycle.image.win2019 | |
| Windows 2022 DataCenter | Windows 2022 DataCenter | cycle.image.win2022 |
Note
Standard images referenced in CycleCloud are the latest known versions of publicly-available operating system images hosted in Marketplace and are not created, maintained, or supported by Microsoft for the CycleCloud product.