Running SQL Server Express on a Linode

After doing some research on SQL Server Express and how it is run in a Linux environment, I found the following information from Microsoft which gives you the system requirements to run it:

Microsoft SQL Server Express Download Details

The above link gives you the system requirements for installing it in a Windows environment, so I did some further digging and it looks as though you'll need to have 2GB of memory on your Linux server in order to run this. The page linked below shows this and recommends you use Ubuntu 16.04 to install SQL Server Express:

Install SQL Server and create a database on Ubuntu

The smallest plan with 2GB RAM is our 2GB plan, the details of which you can find on our Pricing & Plans page.

For further assistance with picking a Linode plan, I recommend taking a look at this guide:

How to Choose a Linode Plan