Patching base images

Software patches are applied to base images as appropriate to each operating system:

• Windows images are usually updated once per month, consistent with Microsoft’s patch release cycle.

• Linux images are updated on an as-needed basis which varies from distribution to distribution.

Regardless of which operating system an image uses, critical patches are applied to base images as soon as possible even if the change falls outside of the usual update schedule.

See also

Image properties Data immutability On-demand images Importing and exporting images Scheduled images Creating custom images from servers Creating cloud servers from base images: Default base image configurations Base images life cycle Patching base images

Sharing images: Managing shared images Models of sharing images Planning to share or use shared images Preparing to share images Image-sharing roles Getting support for shared images

Understanding Cloud Images introduces key ideas. To learn how to put these ideas to work, start at Actions for Cloud Images.