Installation Guide

The Photon OS Installation Guide provides information about how administrators can install Photon OS.

Product version: 3.0

This documentation applies to all 3.0.x releases.

Intended Audiences

This information is intended for Photon OS administrators who install and set up Photon OS.

Downloading Photon OS

Upgrading to Photon OS 3.0

Build an ISO from the Source Code for Photon OS

Building Package or Kernel Modules Using a Script

Running Photon OS on vSphere

Running Photon OS on Fusion

Running Photon OS on Workstation

Running Photon OS on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute

Running Photon OS on Microsoft Azure

Running Photon OS on Google Compute Engine

Running Photon OS on Raspberry Pi 3

Deploying a Containerized Application in Photon OS

Compatible Cloud Images

Installing Photon OS on Dell Gateways

Installing and Using Lightwave on Photon OS

Photon Management Daemon


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