![]() The following screen should appear, allowing you to specify how much memory to allocate to your virtual machine: In this tutorial, we’ll name our VM Ubuntu 18.04, but feel free to give the VM a more descriptive name.įor Type, select Linux, and for Version, select Ubuntu (64-bit). Unless you have a more complex use case, 1024 MB should be enough memory for your virtual machine. If you need to adjust memory size, enter the amount of memory to be allocated to the VM, then hit Continue. This window allows you to create a virtual hard disk for your VM. This virtual hard disk is the image that you’ll upload to DigitalOcean in a later step. The Ubuntu operating system will be installed from the ISO you downloaded to this virtual hard disk. Make sure Create a virtual hard disk now is selected, and hit Create. ![]() You should then see the following window: The following Hard disk file type window should appear, allowing you to select the format you’d like to use for your image:Īll three types are supported by DigitalOcean Custom Images, so unless you have a strong preference, select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image). This window allows you to choose between a Dynamically allocated or Fixed size hard disk file. We’ll use the default Dynamically allocated option and allow the file to grow as we install the Ubuntu OS and packages. The next window allows you to name your hard disk file (as well as choose the path to which it will be saved), and specify its maximum size:īe sure to give yourself enough disk space to install the operating system as well as additional packages you may need.
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