Reinstalling the OS using one of our templates

How to reinstall your dedicated server using one of our templates

What templates are available on Metal?

At Crunchbits, the available templates are:

Windows Server

• 2022 Datacenter Evaluation

• 2020 Datacenter Evaluation

VMware

• 7.0

• 8.0

CloudLinux

• 8

• 9

Oracle Linux

• 7

• 8

• 9

Ubuntu Server

• 18.04

• 20.04

• 22.04

• 24.04

Debian

• 10

• 11

• 12

AlmaLinux

• 8

• 9

• 10

Proxmox VE

• 7

• 8

Rocky Linux

• 8

• 9

• 10

CentOS

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Fedora

37

OpenVZ

7

How to reinstall a server using one of our templates?

1. Go to the server

Start by going into Metal, and logging in. Then select your server, by clicking on it's name.

Then go to the Reinstallation tab.

2. Running a disk wipe

Before reinstalling, always run a disk wipe, otherwise the template installation may fail.

Select Disk Wipe [1] > Disk Wipe [fast, insecure] [2].

Then scroll down to the bottom, and click on START INSTALLATION.

Then confirm the disk wipe, by clicking on START REINSTALLATION.

Then wait for the disk wipe to finish.

If it's stuck on Preparing boot environment for 10+ minutes, then first please try to restart the server. If that doesn't fix it, please reach out to us via the buttons on the right top.

3. Start the reinstallation

Once again go back to that Reinstallation tab, and select the OS that you'd like to reinstall your dedicated server with [1], as well as the version [2].

Then scroll down to the bottom, and in here you can select your SSH key [optional] [1]. To add an SSH key to your metal account, please take a look at our Adding an SSH key article.

Afterward, select your desired partitioning [2]. In brackets, you'll see the requirements, so for example, you can't use RAID1 if you have a 960GB NVMe, and a 10 TB HDD.

Then, set the root/administrator password [3]. The only requirement here is that it needs to be at least 8 characters long. We strongly recommend that after the reinstallation is done, you change this password inside of the server using the passwd command.

Optionally, you can also change the hostname of your server in here [4].

Then click on the Start Installation button.

After that, you'll have to once again confirm the reinstallation, by clicking on the Start Reinstallation button.

Then, you'll need to wait until it's done.

And just like that, your server has been reinstalled!