Custom Images Quickstart
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Getting Started with Custom Images
Validated on 9 Aug 2023 • Last edited on 17 Apr 2025
Custom images are Linux and Unix-like images you import to DigitalOcean. You can create Droplets based custom images, which lets you migrate and scale your workloads without spending time recreating your environment from scratch.