Image settings

When you create an install image from the dashboard, you choose the device type, the OS version, and a set of defaults that are embedded in the image so a device is useful the moment it boots. This page summarizes those choices.

Setting	Purpose	More detail
Device type	Target hardware family and CPU architecture.	Supported platforms
OS version	The OS version installed by the image.	OS upgrades
Disk encryption	Encrypt the configuration and data areas.	Disk encryption
Recovery passphrase	Break-glass passphrase for encrypted devices.	Disk encryption
Storage mapping	Partitions and mounts to ensure on the device.	Storage
Network configuration	Initial network settings (the fallback baseline).	Networking
Time / NTP	Initial time sources.	Time synchronization
Proxy	Initial proxy settings.	Proxy configuration
Administrator password	Initial local administrator password.	User accounts
Provisioning credentials	Allow the device to onboard automatically.	Onboarding methods

Defaults, not limits

Image settings provide a device’s starting configuration. Once a device is online, almost everything can be changed from the dashboard — so a single image can serve a whole fleet, with per-device differences applied afterward.