Quickstart for Debian

Debian, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, is called 'the universal operating system' because it runs on almost everything. It supports almost all CPU architectures and offers live ISO downloads with the Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, XFCE, LXDE, and MATE desktops.

Deploy Debian on Elestio

1. Open the Debian deployment page and sign in, or create an account.
2. Choose a cloud provider, a region and a data center. Pick the region closest to your users for the lowest latency.
3. Choose an instance size. Elestio only lists the sizes that can run Debian properly (at least 1 vCPU and 1 GB of RAM).
4. Choose your support plan and the maintenance window for system and software updates (times are in UTC).
5. Click Create Service. Debian is deployed and ready in a few minutes, and you receive an email with the access details.

The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the installation guide.

Access Debian

Open your service in the Elestio dashboard and go to the Overview tab. Click Display Admin UI to reveal the URL, username and password of your Debian instance.

If the password field is blank, Debian does not ship with a pre-created admin user: open the admin URL to start its setup. Software without a web interface, such as databases, is reached with the credentials and port listed in the same tab. See Admin UI and credentials.

Next steps

• Custom domain and SSL: point your own domain to Debian (guide).
• Backups: new services follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy by default (backups).
• Updates: manage the Debian version and update policy (software versions and updates).
• Learn Debian: read the official Debian documentation.