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- Raw (
.img<\/code>)<\/a> with an MBR or GPT partition table<\/li>\n\n\n\n- qcow2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- VHDX<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- VDI<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- VMDK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Size<\/strong>. Images must be 100 GB or less when uncompressed, including the filesystem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Filesystem<\/strong>. Images must support the ext3 or ext4 filesystems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
cloud-init<\/code><\/strong>. Images must have cloud-init 0.7.7 or higher, cloudbase-init, coreos-cloudinit, ignition, or bsd-cloudinit installed and configured correctly. <\/li>\n\n\n\n- SSH configuration<\/strong>. Images must have sshd installed and configured to run on boot. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Uploading openSUSE 15 qcow2 image to DigitalOcean<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The first step is the uploading of qcow2 image to DigitalOcean. In this guide we will use the publicly available qcow2 images provided for OpenStack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The full image link I’ll use is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# OpenSUSE 15.2\n<\/mark><\/em>https:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/Cloud:\/Images:\/Leap_15.2\/images\/openSUSE-Leap-15.2-OpenStack.x86_64.qcow2\n\n# OpenSUSE 15.3<\/mark><\/em>\nhttps://download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/Cloud:\/Images:\/Leap_15.3\/images\/openSUSE-Leap-15.3.x86_64-NoCloud.qcow2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nLogin to your DigitalOcean console and navigate to Images<\/strong> > Custom Images <\/strong>> Import via URL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPaste the Image URL in the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHit Next then fill in the additional information to import the image – Name<\/em>, Distribution<\/em>, DC<\/em> e.t.c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nConfirm the image is imported without any errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCreate DigitalOcean Droplet from openSUSE 15 custom image<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Now that the image is imported we can start creation of droplet. This can be done under Droplets > Create > Droplets > Custom images<\/strong>. Choose the image you imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nChoose a plan, cpu & memory, dc region,SSH Keys e.t.c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhen done with the settings create the droplet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTest ssh to the openSUSE instance created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ ssh root@174.138.42.112<\/span>\nWarning: Permanently added '174.138.42.112' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.\nopenSUSE Leap 15.2 x86-64\n\nAs \"root\" use the:\n - zypper command for package management\n - yast command for configuration management\n\nHave a lot of fun...<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nUpdate the OS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
opensuse-15:~ # zypper refresh<\/span>\nopensuse-15:~ # zypper up<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nAccept the upgrade prompt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following product is going to be reinstalled:\n \"openSUSE Leap 15.2\"\n\nThe following 7 packages require a system reboot:\n dbus-1 glibc kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.50.1 kernel-firmware libopenssl1_1 systemd udev\n\n271 packages to upgrade, 144 new, 1 to remove.\nOverall download size: 407.9 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 1.1 GiB will be used.\n\n Note: System reboot required.\nContinue? [y\/n\/v\/...? shows all options] (y): y<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nYou have now deployed an openSUSE 15 Linux droplet on DigitalOcean. Check other guides below available in our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Install and Use doctl to manage DigitalOcean resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
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- Install and Use doctl to manage DigitalOcean resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- qcow2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n