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Distributions available in our openstack cloud.eodc.eu:

RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) based:

  • Rocky Linux 8

Debian based:

  • Debian 11

  • Ubuntu22.04LTS

Distributions available in our openstack launcher.eodc.eu:

RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) based:

  • Almalinux8

  • CentOS7

  • CentOS stream

Debian based:

  • Debian 10

  • Ubuntu16.04 LTS

  • Ubuntu18.04 LTS

  • Ubuntu20.04 LTS

Usecases

In reality there is no good or bad distribution. Which distro one uses is mostly personal preference and familiarity. The most notable difference would be the package manager which is

  • apt for Debian based distros

  • dnf for RHEL based distros

Another difference is the availability of packages through said package managers. Debian has a lot of packages in it’s main repositories while RHEL is rather limited though it can alway be expanded by adding new repositories like epel release.

Further the differences between Debian based distros like Debian and Ubuntu are even less. It mostly comes down to preinstalled packages. Or like in the case of Ubuntu the proprietary package manager snap which is used in addition to apt. The same applies to RHEL based distros like Almalinux or CentOS.

Getting started

How to launch an instance can be found in our old knowledgebase. How to add a SSH key and connect via SSH is also covered there.

Important:
On cloud.eodc.eu the default user is eodc.
On launcher.eodc.eu it is the image name of the used distribution i.e. ubuntu or centos.