Talk:Arch Linux on a VPS

Images, templates and the archiso

There has been some discussion about what "Community-provided support" and "Official support" meant. Usually, the only (feel free to correct me) supported way to install Arch Linux is to do it manually via the archiso or to use the bootstrap image. The main point is that you have to know your own system, so it is also supported if you e.g made an image for your system yourself.

As an active user in #archlinux, I know that these mysterious one-click installations/images are usually a blackbox and actually unsupported because you do not know your own setup, which also causes other problems.

However, there is the arch-boxes project which is official.

So in my opinion "official Arch Linux support" means that you can install Arch Linux in a supported way and "Community provided support" means that this provider only offers e.g these "one-click installation"/images which can potentially be horribly outdated.

NetSysFire (talk) 01:03, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

I think it is a matter of perspective, supported by the provider or Arch Linux? I think we need to make that difference more clear Klausenbusk (talk) 01:22, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Proxmox instructions

I recently setup a VM on Proxmox, using the cloud-init images, all through the UI. So, the instructions in the wiki can be improved/simplified. I created an account on this website just so that I can contribute those improvements but turns out I don't have permissions (yet?).

Anyway, high level, I'd propose the following changes:

- "Remove created hard disk from your VM after VM creation completes." - replace this with something like: "Remove the hard disk that Proxmox added by default. Additionally, import the Arch image you downloaded earlier". The next step would be: "Do not enable Start after created but finish creating the VM."

- "Under Options, edit the boot order and add the newly-created disk." - no longer needed.

- "Add a cloudinit drive and make your configurations in Cloud-Init section." - This is good. I'd additionally add something like, "At the minimum, add a user, say arch, and upload the public of your SSH key-pair." Lizard1741 (talk) 04:18, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

OVH Instructions

The OVH instructions are slightly out-of-date / incomplete.

I'd update the instructions list to be as follows:

Steps to create Arch Linux VM, paraphrasing the official documentation:

1. Navigate to the Dedicated Servers section in your OVH management panel, then select the server you want to deploy Arch Linux to.
2. Click the ... button next to "Last operating system (OS) installed by OVHcloud" and choose "Install"
3. Select "Bring Your Own Image (64bits)"
4. Enter your "Server host name" and your public "SSH key"
5. For "Image URL" put https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/images/latest/Arch-Linux-x86_64-cloudimg.qcow2
6. For "Image type" select qcow2
7. For "Checksum type" select sha256
8. For "Image checksum" put the fingerprint value from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/images/latest/Arch-Linux-x86_64-cloudimg.qcow2.SHA256
9. For "Path of the EFI bootloader" put \\efi\\boot\\bootx64.efi

1. Click "Install the system"
2. Wait (it takes a while) for an email from OVH titled "Installation of your image", it will say "Congratulations! Your dedicated server has just been installed! Connect to your server with ssh key provided during your installation."
3. Use ssh arch@ip to log in.

SoylentSorbet (talk) 22:43, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, done :) Closing. --Erus Iluvatar (talk) 06:48, 10 October 2025 (UTC)