Getting started with Stock images on VPC
A stock image is the out-of-the-box operating system that is customized for IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Virtual Private Cloud environments. It is used to deploy virtual servers or bare metal servers by using different architecture types.
The image that you select determines the operating system that is provisioned for your instance. If the image you select is an 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 the Navigation menu icon
> Infrastructure 
**> Compute > Images.
Images on VPC - Stock images
When you provision a virtual server on your VPC, you need to select an image to determine the operating system for the server. The following groups of operating system stock images are available:
All available stock images can be found in the console. Go to the Navigation menu > Infrastructure > Compute > Images > Stock images.
When you use an IBM stock image, you must apply the most recent security patches and any updates that are provided by the operating system vendor. After you provision a virtual server, it is your responsibility to continue to regularly make package updates for the operating system. If you are using the RHEL AI 1.x stock image, you can't apply updates to an existing virtual server instance. You must provision a new virtual server instance with the most recent image.
To create a virtual server with a stock image, see one of the following topics: