Overview
Charges for this image cover the security hardening, optimization, and pre-integration work Hanwei performs on top of the upstream CentOS Stream project. No application software is added. This image provides a minimal, EC2-ready CentOS Stream 10 base that is patched to the build date and configured to a consistent hardening and tuning profile, so instances launch ready for use without a further baseline pass.
What Hanwei Adds to Upstream CentOS Stream 10
- 64-bit Arm build: The image targets aarch64 and runs on AWS Graviton instance families.
- Hardening beyond distribution defaults: SSH is restricted to a modern key-exchange, cipher and MAC allow-list, root login and password authentication are disabled, MaxAuthTries is lowered, auditd ships with an expanded rule set, and kernel network parameters are set for a hardened posture.
- A uniform tuning baseline: The soft open-file limit is raised from 1024 to 65536 (hard limit 524288), the device receive backlog and TCP SYN backlog are enlarged, socket buffer ceilings are increased, tcp_slow_start_after_idle is disabled, and journald is capped at 500 MB. The profile raises ceilings only and does not alter protocol semantics or application behaviour.
- AWS operational integration: The Amazon SSM Agent is installed and enabled, and chrony is pointed at the Amazon Time Sync service at 169.254.169.123.
- Build dependencies preinstalled: gcc, make, pkgconf and openssl-devel are present, so software can be compiled on the instance without adding a toolchain.
- Pinned patch level and reproducible build: Packages are updated to the build date and the image is produced by a reproducible build that is validated on EC2 before release.
Access and Security Posture
- SELinux is in enforcing mode.
- The default login is the ec2-user account over SSH using key-based authentication.
- Direct root login over SSH is disabled and password authentication is turned off.
- No application credentials or SSH keys are baked into the image; host keys are generated on first boot.
Operational Impact on EC2
- The image runs on 64-bit Arm (Graviton) instance families.
- The Amazon SSM Agent allows shell access through Session Manager without opening inbound SSH.
- Time is synchronized through the Amazon Time Sync service reached at the link-local address.
- cloud-init handles first-boot initialization: hostname, user data, and the login SSH key.
- The patch level is fixed at build time, so launches from this version are reproducible.
Where This Image Fits
- A general-purpose CentOS Stream 10 base for services, application hosts and build agents.
- Container and CI hosts, with gcc, make, pkgconf and openssl-devel already present.
- Fleets managed through cloud-init and AWS Systems Manager.
- Arm and Graviton deployments seeking price-performance.
About CentOS Stream 10
CentOS Stream 10 is the continuously delivered distribution that tracks the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 minor release, providing a current, RHEL-compatible userland and kernel.
Highlights
- WHAT IS PACKAGED - A minimal CentOS Stream 10 image for 64-bit Arm (Graviton), patched to the build date, with gcc, make, pkgconf and openssl-devel preinstalled so no build toolchain has to be added.
- HOW THE BASELINE IS HARDENED AND TUNED - SSH uses a modern algorithm allow-list with key-only login and root login disabled, auditd is active and SELinux is enforcing; the soft open-file limit goes from 1024 to 65536, and socket backlogs and buffers are enlarged without changing protocol behaviour.
- HOW IT FITS AWS OPERATIONS - The Amazon SSM Agent enables Session Manager access, chrony uses the Amazon Time Sync service, cloud-init handles first-boot setup, and the root filesystem expands to the EBS volume on first boot.
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64-bit (Arm) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
- Rebuilt on the latest CentOS Stream 10 for 64-bit Arm and fully patched at build time.
- Hanwei security hardening and EC2 resource/network tuning baseline applied.
- Amazon SSM Agent and Amazon Time Sync integrated.
- Default login user is ec2-user; direct root login and password authentication are disabled.
- Root filesystem is XFS.
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Usage instructions
SSH to the instance and login as 'ec2-user' using the key specified at launch. Additional information may be found at : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html
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