How do I find the size of Linode's distribution images?

To get a list of our Supported Distributions along with their base image sizes, you can use either our API or the Linode CLI. The Linode CLI is a wrapper around the API. Both of these resources will provide the image size information you're looking to obtain.

I prefer to use the Linode CLI as it provides information in a cleaner format. If you haven't used the Linode CLI previously, the following guide provides the installation instructions, along with some example commands.

• An Overview of the Linode CLI

Once you've configured the Linode CLI, you can obtain the images list with sizes using the following command:

linode-cli images list

Any images preceded by linode/ under the id column are public images, and the size column is MB.

To make an API call directly, I would recommend reviewing the following guide to get started.

• Getting Started with the Linode API

You can then run the following query to obtain the list of available images:

curl https://api.linode.com/v4/images/ | json_pp

You can find more information on the Images endpoint in our API documentation.

• https://www.linode.com/docs/api/images/