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Does DigitalOcean support KVM or nested virtulzation ?
- Posted on March 3, 2021
- Linux BasicsDebian 10DigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean VPCUbuntu 20.04FAQDigitalOcean
Asked by animeshj755
Does DigitalOcean support KVM or nested virtualization ? I want to create a linux instance which supports KVM.
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Hello @animeshj755
Currently, DigitalOcean Droplets support KVM or nested virtualization in all regions. We do not recommend nested virtualization on the platform because there is often very poor performance. Instead, containerization is normally the better option.
Best, Dikshith