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.
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.
Deploy a server
At the heart of our platform is the ability to deploy, configure, and manage bare metal servers across our global platform.
Configure networking
We've designed our network for ultimate performance and configurability. Each server is connected by a fully routed Layer 3 connection.
Metal End-of-Sale Updates
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.
Retiring Spot Market
As of April 1, 2025, Equinix Metal has decided to retire the Spot Market service on June 20, 2025. It is recommended that customers instead use on-demand servers for their workload.
Retiring Ubuntu 20.04
As of April 1, 2025, to align with Canonical's EoL date of May 31, 2025, Equinix Metal will be retiring Ubuntu 20.04. Existing servers running this operating system will not be affected; however, it is recommended that they upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04.
Ending Live Chat
As of March 21, 2025 the live chat feature in the Metal Console is no longer available. To contact Support, submit a ticket through the Console, and our staff will contact you.
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.
Sunsetting Load Balancers
As of January 10, 2025, Load Balancers are no longer generally available. 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.
Storage Appliance Requests
As of January 5, 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.
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.