Root Disk Lifecycle Management

Manage custom OS images on CoreWeave Cloud

When creating Virtual Servers, it may be desirable to create a custom template root disk image from which to instantiate the Server.

CoreWeave provides standard images that include the base OS, GPU drivers, and certain utilities such as Docker. There are multiple ways to customize the provided CoreWeave images in your own templates, or to import a new image from an external source.

Below is a list of some guides on the topic of managing the root disk lifecycle.

Expanding root disks

pageExpanding Disks

Cloning and manual customization

pageManually creating a Virtual Server base imagepageCloning block volumes

Automatic provisioning and CI integration using Packer

1. Copying CoreWeave Images to a Writeable PVC

2. Using Hashicorp Packer to create and update OS Images

   1. Creating a Packer Worker Virtual Server

   2. Configuring a Windows Image sourced from CoreWeave Cloud

   3. Configuring a Linux image sourced from CoreWeave Cloud

   4. Configuring an externally sourced cloud Linux image

3. Exporting images to QCOW2

Exporting and importing images from external sources

pageExporting images to QCOW2pageImporting Disk Images