Follow these steps to deploy your stored image as a disk in a new Linode.

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A Linode can have up to 50 disks.

1. Log in to Cloud Manager.

2. In the main navigation, select Compute > Images.

3. Locate the image you own or that is shared with you that you want to use. In its row, click ... > Deploy to New Linode.

   

4. The Create Linode form is displayed. Set these options:

   • Region. You can deploy a saved image to any compatible region:
     • Custom image. This is the image you created, either the captured image or the uploaded image . These can be deployed to any region. (These are what we call second generation images.)
     • Recovery image. This image is automatically generated after you delete a Linode. This is generated using our legacy, first generation image service. It can only be deployed to core compute regions. (The list available in the Regions drop-down is limited to core compute regions.)

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       See Regions and images for complete details on region support.

   • Choose an Image. Your image is by default selected here. Leave this as is.
   • Linode Plan. Select an appropriate plan for your image. The plan size needs to accommodate the size of the disk in your image.

5. Set the remaining options if necessary. See Create a Linode for details on these options.

6. Click the Create Linode button to create the Linode based on the selected image.

The Linode API

We offer a full-function API you can use to create and manage images. We offer a workflow for this process with the API.

Troubleshooting

If you can't access your new Linode through SSH or it doesn't respond to pings, check to see if Network Helper is enabled. If it's disabled, the internal network configuration on your new Linode is not automatically configured. In this case, you can do either of the following:

• Enable Network Helper and reboot.
• Manually edit your network configuration files and reboot.