A CuriosityCloud Machine Image (Image) is an image offered by CuriosityCloud that provides the information necessary to launch an instance. You must specify an Image when starting an instance. When you need multiple instances with the same configuration, you can start them from a single Image. When you need instances with different configurations, you can use different Images to start them.

An Image includes the following:
  • One or more CuriosityCloud Block Store Volumes, one template for the root volume of the instance (for example, an operating system, an application server, and applications) and another for the secondary volume for applications.
  • A block device mapping that specifies the volumes to attach to the instance when it is initialized.
Create your own Image

You can launch an instance from an existing Image, customize the instance (such as installing software on the instance), and then save the updated configuration as a custom Image. Instances launched from the new custom Image will include all the settings you defined when creating it.

Windows Image

CuriosityCloud provides a publicly available set of Images, containing software configurations specific to the Windows platform. With these Images, you can quickly start building and deploying your applications with CuriosityCloud VMs. First, choose an Image that meets your specific requirements and then launch an instance using that Image. Recover the password for the administrator account, and then log in to the instance using Remote Desktop Connection, just like any other Windows server.

When you launch an instance from a Windows Image, the root device of the Windows instance is a CuriosityCloud volume.

Note

Microsoft no longer supports versions of Windows Server earlier than Windows Server 2016. We recommend that you launch new CuriosityCloud instances with a supported version of Windows Server. If you still have CuriosityCloud instances running an unsupported version of Windows Server, we recommend that you upgrade them to a supported version of Windows Server.

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