Getting started with Catalog images on VPC
When you provision IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Virtual Private Cloud on x86 architecture, you can select from the supported virtual server operating system stock images, the virtual server operating system bundle stock image, or a custom image that you import from IBM Cloud Object Storage. The image that you select determines the operating system that is provisioned for your instance. If the image you select is a virtual server operating system bundle stock image, the software that is part of that bundle is also included in your instance.
In IBM Cloud console, go to Navigation Menu icon 
> VPC Infrastructure 
> Compute > Images.
There are 3 different types of images for VPC.
- Custom images (includes Image from volume)
- Stock images
- Catalog images
Images on VPC - Catalog images
If you plan to share or publish a custom image to other accounts within your enterprise, you need to create a private catalog. A private catalog provides a way for you to manage access to products for multiple accounts while those accounts are within the same enterprise. You can share any existing x86 virtual server custom image with a private catalog, except for an encrypted image. For more information about these limitations, see VPC considerations when using custom images in a private catalog.
When you select a catalog image, you need to make sure that you are aware of any associated billing plans.
Beta
Catalog images are billed in one of the following ways:
- Free trial
- Usage-based
- Subscription-based (monthly or yearly)
- BYOL
Images that are shared through a private catalog are still offered without billing.
Any private catalog images available to your VPC can be found inNavigation Menu icon 
> VPC Infrastructure > Compute > Images > Catalog images
To create a virtual server using a a private catalog image, see one of the following: