Equinix Metal Docs

Sunsetting Equinix Metal

We have stopped commercial sales of Metal and will sunset the service at the end of June 2026. More details about what to expect in the immediate future and beyond are in the blog post by Brian Stein, senior VP, Edge Infrastructure Services.

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Account management

This is where you can manage your personal profile, adjust your login and security settings, and manage your personal SSH and API keys.

• User accounts
• Organizations
• SSH keys

Deploy a server

At the heart of our platform is the ability to deploy, configure, and manage bare metal servers across our global platform.

• About our servers
• Deployment options
• Operating systems

Configure networking

We've designed our network for ultimate performance and configurability. Each server is connected by a fully routed Layer 3 connection.

• Subnets and IP Addresses
• BGP on Equinix Metal
• Layer 2 Networking

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Recently updated

EOL Operating Systems

On March 5, 2025 Equinix Metal is retiring Flatcar Linux, VyOS, Nutanix, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9. Users with no active instances of these operating systems will no longer see the option to choose them when deploying a new server. Existing servers running these operating systems will be unaffected. Organizations with a running instance of these operating systems will still be able to deploy them, but we will no longer be making updates to our images.

Storage Appliance Requests

As of Jan 2025, Equinix Metal is no longer accepting orders for new storage appliances. There will be no changes to the service or support of existing reservations. Customers with storage appliances can contact sales to expand their capacity, if needed.

Sunsetting Load Balancers

As part of the Equinix Metal Sunset, Load Balancers are no longer generally available. As of Jan 10, 2025, deploying and managing Load Balancers is only available to Projects and Organizations that already have a Load Balancer deployed. If you currently have a Load Balancer, it will continue to function without disruption.

EOL Operating Systems

On January 5, 2025, we will end native support for the following operating systems: Alma Linux, Alpine Linux, and FreeBSD. More details are on the Metal-published Operating System Images page.

Contract Renewals

At the end of your current term, your Metal server reservations will transition to month-to-month billing at your existing rate and will continue to be billed until canceled or the final sunset of the service on June 30, 2026, whichever comes first. If contracted, you will have the flexibility to terminate the agreement either at the end of the current contractual period or at the end of any monthly renewal. See Transitioning Equinix Metal®: Flexible options and continued support for more information.