Overview
AlmaLinux OS is an open-source, community-driven Linux operating system that fills the gap left by the discontinuation of the CentOS Linux stable release. AlmaLinux OS is an Enterprise Linux distro, binary compatible with RHEL®, and guided and built by the community.
As a standalone, completely free OS, AlmaLinux OS enjoys $1M in annual sponsorship from CloudLinux Inc. and support from more than 25 other sponsors. Ongoing development efforts are governed by the members of the community.
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is a 501(c)(6) non-profit created for the benefit of the AlmaLinux OS community.
Highlights
- AlmaLinux OS Amazon Machine Images include Cloud-init, AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) and EC2 Instance Connect support. The default cloud user is set up to be "ec2-user". After the machine is running, you will be able to log in as this user and run privileged commands with sudo.
- Packages and modules are available through the BaseOS, AppStream, Extras and CRB repositories.
- All AlmaLinux OS images are built with SELinux set to enforcing mode.
Details
Typical total price
$0.021/hour
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.00 | $0.012 | $0.012 |
t2.small | $0.00 | $0.023 | $0.023 |
t2.medium | $0.00 | $0.046 | $0.046 |
t2.large | $0.00 | $0.093 | $0.093 |
t2.xlarge | $0.00 | $0.186 | $0.186 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.00 | $0.371 | $0.371 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.01 |
t3.small Recommended | $0.00 | $0.021 | $0.021 |
t3.medium | $0.00 | $0.042 | $0.042 |
t3.large | $0.00 | $0.083 | $0.083 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
no refunds
Legal
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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
New minor version (9.5) of AlmaLinux OS 9 - https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.5.html
Additional details
Usage instructions
- Launch an instance and select a key pair.
- Use SSH client software with the private key from your key pair to connect to the instance:
- Username: ec2-user
- Port: TCP/22 (default)
Resources
Support
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