# Overview

The Virtual Image section displays a list of all images, local and synced, that are available to deploy. HPE Morpheus Enterprise includes a rich catalog of pre-configured System Images available for every cloud type. User Images are automatically synced from Cloud Integrations and added to the Virtual Images section. Images can also be uploaded directly into HPE Morpheus Enterprise via local file or url. Amazon and Azure Marketplace images can also be added to the Virtual Images Section.

Understanding the process of prepping images for consumption in HPE Morpheus Enterprise is a very important step toward building an effective HPE Morpheus Enterprise environment. In addition to the information contained in this section on Virtual Images, it may be helpful to see a complete image prep example walkthrough. Our getting started guide for HPE Morpheus Enterprise and VMware includes [a section on preparing images](https://docs.morpheusdata.com/en/latest/getting_started/guides/vmware_guide.html#prepping-an-image) that may provide a helpful example.

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HPE Morpheus Enterprise includes a wide catalog of system image types as examples to show how the product can be used and to give users a starting point for implementing their own library. The included images are not intended to be production-ready images. HPE Morpheus Enterprise always recommends its users create their own gold images which meet their required specifications.

IMPORTANT

Invalid Image Settings cause provisioning failures. HPE Morpheus Enterprise syncs in as much meta-data as possible for synced images, but additional configuration may be needed to ensure successful provisioning.

WARNING

Cloud-init is enabled by default for all Linux images. If your Linux image does not have Cloud-init installed, Cloud-init Enabled must be unchecked before provisioning the image or it will fail immediately.
