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Mount a custom ISO

Attach and boot your Victus VPS from a custom ISO to install an operating system that is not offered as a stock template.

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Most users are well served by the stock Ubuntu templates, but sometimes you need an OS or distro Victus does not ship as a one-click template. Because a Victus VPS is real KVM hardware, you can attach a bootable ISO and run the OS installer yourself through the panel VNC console.

Installing over the disk is destructive

Booting an OS installer from ISO and installing to the disk erases the current OS and data. Snapshot or back up first if there is anything you want to keep.

Attach and boot the ISO

  1. 1Open the VPS at control.victuscloud.com and find the ISO / media controls.
  2. 2Select the ISO to mount (from the available library, or provide a direct download URL if custom uploads are supported).
  3. 3Set the boot order to boot from CD/ISO first, then reboot the VPS.
  4. 4Open the noVNC browser console — you will see the ISO's boot menu / installer.
  5. 5Complete the installer, choosing the virtual disk (e.g. /dev/vda) as the install target.

You must use the graphical console

During ISO install the machine has no SSH yet, so drive the whole installer through the panel noVNC console. Keep that tab open until the install completes.

After installation

  1. 1When the installer finishes, unmount / detach the ISO in the panel.
  2. 2Set the boot order back to boot from the disk first.
  3. 3Reboot — the VPS now starts your freshly installed OS.
  4. 4Set up networking and SSH inside the new OS if the installer did not, so you can connect remotely again.

Configure networking manually

Custom OS installs will not have Victus's cloud-init template applied, so IP, gateway and DNS may need to be set by hand. Copy the network details from the panel Network view.

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