![Photon](http://storage.googleapis.com/project-photon/vmw-logo-photon.svg "VMware Photon")

 This repository is intended for developers who want to modify Photon and build their own customized ISO images or contribute to the code base.

 **Photon OS 2.0 is here!**
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 Photon OS 2.0 introduces new security and OS management capabilities, along with new and updated packages for Cloud native applications and VMware appliances. 

 - For download instructions and links to Photon OS binaries, go to the [Download Guide in the github wiki](https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS).
 - For an overview of changes, see [What's New in Photon OS 2.0 in the github wiki](https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/What-is-New-in-Photon-OS-2.0).

 **Photon OS Resources**
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 - **Documentation**: See the [Docs](docs/) folder.
 - **Security Updates**: Visit [Security-Advisories](https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Advisories).
 - **Vagrant box**: An official Vagrant box is available on Hashicorp Atlas, to get started: `vagrant init vmware/photon`. A plugin to support Photon OS guests in Vagrant is available at [https://github.com/vmware/vagrant-guests-photon](#https://github.com/vmware/vagrant-guests-photon). Some users have found that our Vagrant box requires VirtualBox 4.3 or later. If you have issues, please check your version.