Installing a different operating system on your VPS yourself (WebOké netboot)

Want an operating system that isn't in the list under Reinstall, such as Fedora, Arch Linux, Alpine or openSUSE? Then install it yourself with WebOké netboot. It's a boot menu (based on netboot.xyz) that pulls the installation straight from the internet. You don't need to upload anything, and everything ends up on your VPS's own disk.

Step 1: boot from WebOké netboot

1. Open your VPS in My WebOké and choose the Advanced tab.
2. Under Attach ISO, choose the ISO weboke-netboot.iso from Available ISOs.
3. Click Attach and boot from ISO and confirm with Attach and restart. Your VPS shuts down and boots from the ISO.
4. Open the console. Your VPS's screen appears in a new window.

Step 2: set up the network

Your VPS doesn't receive its network settings automatically. That's why WebOké netboot first asks for your IP address. Always use the IPv4 address of your own VPS: you'll find it at the top of your VPS screen. Any other address won't work.

1. At IPv4 address, type your VPS's IPv4 address and press Enter.
2. At Subnet mask, Gateway and DNS, just press Enter each time. Those values are already filled in correctly.

After a few seconds, the netboot.xyz menu appears.

Step 3: choose an operating system

1. Use the arrow keys to select Linux Network Installs (64-bit) and press Enter.
2. Choose the distribution, for example Fedora or Arch Linux, and then the version.
3. Choose the type of installation. A text-based installation (for example Text Based Install for Debian) works best in the console.

The distribution's installer now starts. Follow the steps in the console.

Step 4: during the installation

The installer usually tries to configure the network automatically first. That won't work, so choose manual configuration and enter:

• IP address: your VPS's IPv4 address, with netmask 255.255.252.0 (/22)
• Gateway: 185.158.164.1
• DNS servers: 9.9.9.9 and 1.1.1.1

Want IPv6 as well? You'll find the details in Attaching your own ISO or reinstalling your VPS. As the disk, choose your VPS's virtual disk (usually sda).

Step 5: detach the ISO

At the end of the installation, before the final restart, go back to the Advanced tab. Under Currently attached, click Detach. Your VPS will then boot from its own disk again. Still seeing the prompt for your IP address after the restart? Detach the ISO anyway and restart your VPS.

After the installation

• Install the qemu-guest-agent, for example with apt install qemu-guest-agent or dnf install qemu-guest-agent. Without that agent, your VPS screen can't show disk usage and you can't set a root password there.
• Backups, snapshots, the console and powering on and off keep working as usual.
• You can't install Windows this way.

A VPS is unmanaged: whatever you install yourself, you manage yourself. We don't look in on your server and don't set anything up for you.