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title Get Started with SQL Server (On Linux) in the Cloud
titleSuffix SQL Server
description Learn how to install SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), or Ubuntu in the cloud of your choice.
author rwestMSFT
ms.author randolphwest
ms.date 01/02/2026
ms.service sql
ms.subservice linux
ms.topic get-started
ms.custom
intro-get-started
linux-related-content
build-2025

Quickstart: Run SQL Server in the cloud

[!INCLUDE SQL Server - Linux]

In this quickstart, you install [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), or Ubuntu in the cloud of your choice. To run [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] on Linux in Azure, see Provision a Linux virtual machine running SQL Server in the Azure portal.

If you choose to run a paid edition of [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md], you must bring your own license (BYOL).

Note

Starting in [!INCLUDE sssql25-md], SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) isn't supported.

Amazon Web Services

  1. Create a Linux AMI with at least 2 GB of memory from the marketplace:

  2. Connect to the AMI by using ssh.

  3. Follow the quickstart for the Linux distribution you chose:

  4. Configure for remote connections:

    1. Open the Amazon EC2 console.

    2. In the navigation pane, choose Security Groups.

    3. Choose Inbound, Edit, Add Rule.

    4. Add an inbound rule to allow traffic on the port on which [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] listens (default TCP port 1433).

Digital Ocean

  1. Sign in to the control panel and select Create a droplet.

  2. Choose an Ubuntu 22.04 droplet with at least 2 GB of memory.

  3. Connect to the droplet by using ssh.

  4. Follow the Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Ubuntu.

  5. Configure for remote connections:

    1. At the top of the Control Panel, follow the Networking link and then select Firewalls.

    2. Add an inbound rule to allow traffic on the port on which [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] listens (default TCP port 1433).

Google Cloud Platform

  1. Create a Linux image with at least 2 GB of memory from the Cloud Launcher:

  2. Connect to the image by using ssh.

  3. Follow the quickstart for the Linux distribution you chose:

  4. Configure for remote connections:

    1. Go to the Firewall Rules.

    2. Add an inbound rule to allow traffic on the port on which [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] listens (default TCP port 1433).