BGP and OSPF overlays
Build routed networks between your sites and cloud servers, running BGP or OSPF over tunnels with the RouterOS v7 routing engine.
MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) brings full RouterOS v7 capabilities to cloud VPS instances. Deploy enterprise routing, BGP multi-homing, dynamic firewall filtering, and encrypted WireGuard/IPsec tunnels in seconds.
The version, kernel and tools in our image.
RouterOS v7.15+ CHR
MikroTik Hardened Kernel
MikroTik CLI / WinBox / WebFig
High-throughput virtual routers, BGP edge gateways, WireGuard / IPsec VPN concentrators, and ISP traffic shaping.
Full root (or Administrator) access over SSH or RDP
Popular ways people use this operating system.
Build routed networks between your sites and cloud servers, running BGP or OSPF over tunnels with the RouterOS v7 routing engine.
Terminate WireGuard tunnels from branch offices, home routers and laptops on one public endpoint.
Connect office networks to cloud servers with IKEv2 IPsec tunnels configured from WinBox or the CLI.
Filter traffic in front of your other servers with RouterOS firewall rules, address lists and connection tracking.
Limit and prioritise traffic per customer or per tunnel with simple queues and queue trees.
Practise OSPF, MPLS and routing filters on a cloud router before changing production MikroTik hardware.
All our OS images side by side.
| Operating system | Release | Package manager | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| MikroTik RouterOS 7 | RouterOS v7.15+ CHR | MikroTik CLI / WinBox / WebFig | High-throughput virtual routers, BGP edge gateways, WireGuard / IPsec VPN concentrators, and ISP traffic shaping. |
| Ubuntu Server | 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) & 22.04 LTS | APT (Advanced Package Tool) & Snap | Web servers, Docker hosts, Node.js/Python microservices, CI/CD runners, and beginners to Linux. |
| Debian GNU/Linux | Debian 12 (Bookworm) & 11 (Bullseye) | APT / Dpkg | Mission-critical database clusters, minimal footprint servers, enterprise systems requiring absolute stability and lowest RAM overhead. |
| AlmaLinux OS | AlmaLinux 9.4 & 8.9 | DNF / RPM | Enterprise software suites, cPanel/WHM web hosting servers, Plesk, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) workload migrations. |
| Arch Linux | Rolling (Current Kernel 6.10+) | Pacman & AUR | Developers needing absolute latest compiler toolchains, experimental kernel modules, bleeding-edge web frameworks, and lightweight custom installs. |
| Windows Server | Windows Server 2022 & 2025 Datacenter | PowerShell / Winget / Chocolatey | Forex automated MetaTrader 4/5 terminals, ASP.NET Core applications, Microsoft SQL Server, Remote Desktop (RDP) multi-user environments, and Active Directory controllers. |
| Custom ISO Mount | Any UEFI/BIOS Bootable Image | Native to chosen OS | Custom BSD network appliances, NixOS declarative infrastructure, lightweight Alpine containers, security testing distributions, and proprietary appliances. |
| Rocky Linux | Rocky Linux 9.4 & 8.9 | DNF / RPM | High-performance computing (HPC), enterprise ERP backbones, cPanel servers, and seamless CentOS replacement. |
| CentOS Stream 9 | CentOS Stream 9 | DNF / RPM | Continuous delivery pipelines, Red Hat Enterprise Linux preview deployments, and enterprise software QA testing. |
| openSUSE Leap & Tumbleweed | openSUSE Leap 15.6 & Tumbleweed Rolling | Zypper & YaST | Sysadmins needing YaST central management, Btrfs automated rollback snapshots, and SUSE Enterprise workload compatibility. |
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Pick the resources you need and the data centre closest to your users.
Choose a Linux or Windows image, or mount your own ISO.
Your server is ready in seconds. Connect over SSH or RDP and start deploying.
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Quick answers to common questions.
Connect with WinBox, open WebFig in a browser, or use SSH for the command line. RouterOS v7 also includes a REST API for automation.
RouterOS is MikroTik's dedicated router operating system. You configure it through its own CLI, WinBox and WebFig, and add features as MikroTik packages, so choose a Linux image if you need to host general applications.
Set a strong password for the admin account, create your own user, limit WinBox, SSH and WebFig to trusted addresses, and disable unused services under IP > Services.
boots.
Yes. You can move to a larger plan from the control panel. Your data and IP address stay the same.
No. Plans are billed monthly or yearly with no setup fee, and you can cancel at any time.
Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream, Arch Linux, openSUSE, RouterOS and Windows Server, or any OS from your own ISO.
Yes. Every server sits behind always-on DDoS filtering at no extra cost.
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