Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Supported Images

Secure Desktops supports desktop images for both Linux and Windows operating systems.

Linux Desktop Images

Secure Desktops supports images for the following Linux versions:

  • Oracle Linux 8

    Oracle provides a general purpose Oracle Linux 8 base image preconfigured for use with Secure Desktops. Gnome, XFCE4, and KDE are installed.

    During an import, when creating a custom image in the tenancy, specify the following Object Storage URL:

    https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/p/oL6appptbaGTUD-s5MDhz18c-swbQQZun2LRJEwO2A3jfi2Xf9BCwGJeq1rN_yK1/n/id2t37chxkmi/b/import/o/OL8-Build20240919-0941-GNOME
  • Oracle Linux 7

    Oracle provides a general purpose Oracle Linux 7 base image preconfigured for use with Secure Desktops. Gnome, XFCE4, and KDE are installed.

    During an import, when creating a custom image in the tenancy, specify the following Object Storage URL:

    https://objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/p/VMPAVLG7paABWHzMm3iqPjvCmCTZPDXfvuMOfHPnG2eaRNppoMviwHNGUape82MH/n/idpcxnoaroen/b/SonBucket/o/OL7-Build20240919-1024-All

Windows Desktop Images

Secure Desktops supports images for the following Windows versions:

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11
Note

To use a Windows image, you must comply with your Microsoft license agreement. See Microsoft Licensing on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Oracle provides general purpose Windows base images preconfigured for use with Secure Desktops.

  • Windows11 Enterprise 24H2 with English and Japanese (Keyboard & Language)
  • Windows11 Enterprise 23H2 with English and Japanese (Keyboard & Language)
  • Windows10 Enterprise 22H2 with English and Japanese (Keyboard & Language)
Note

This is the Oracle preferred method. Alternatively, you can use the Image Builder or manual method to create an image. See Using a Windows Image.

To request an Oracle provided general purpose Windows base image, visit My Oracle Cloud Support and click Create Service Request.

For Issue Type, select Technical Issue. Follow the prompts to complete the request.

In response to the service request, a Service Engineer provides a Pre-Authenticated Request (PAR) Object Storage URL for the requested image along with specific instructions for importing the image and preparing it for use with Secure Desktops.

The PAR includes the base Windows installation and associated packages required for Secure Desktops, including VirtIO drivers, Cloudbase-Init, and Oracle Cloud Agent. The image is configured with a 100 GB boot volume by default.

Note

  • You can request one image per service request.
  • The provided PAR Object Storage URL is time sensitive and remains available for 72 hours.