Why it is built this way
qcow2 or ISO
The two formats the platform accepts, uploaded from a URL you control.
Deploy anywhere
The image is available in every region, on every plan that fits it.
Your golden image
Ship the hardened base your team already agreed on, not a stock distribution.
Four steps, no ticket
Prepare the image
Include cloud-init if you want first-boot configuration to work.
Upload it
Give a URL and a name; the platform fetches and stores it.
Deploy from it
It appears in the configurator under Custom.
Keep it updated
Replace the image when the base changes; running servers are untouched.
Straight answers before you deploy
qcow2 and ISO. qcow2 is what you want for a repeatable server image.
Only if the image includes it. Stock cloud images do; a plain ISO install usually does not.
Ready when you are.
Configure a server now. Your account is created right before payment, with the configuration saved.