There are several ways to use Red Hat products on Amazon EC2:

• For pay-as-you-go consumption on an hourly basis with no long-term commitments, Amazon EC2 offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux for all major versions for On-Demand Instances. To reserve instance capacity through a low, one-time payment and further reduce your costs, Amazon EC2 offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux for all major version in 32-bit and 64-bit architectures for Reserved Instances.
• Enterprise customers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Premium subscriptions can use Red Hat Cloud Access to move subscriptions to Amazon EC2; see details below.

Note that regardless of method above, you will receive access to the same base images (AMIs) and updates on Amazon EC2.

Amazon EC2 Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux - On-Demand Instances

Amazon EC2 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux On-Demand Instances provide access to the leading open source operating system for customers who want to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux on an hourly basis, while limiting up-front costs, with easy access to subscriptions. This offering allows all AWS users to acquire 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6 subscriptions in all available AWS Regions on-demand with front line support options offered by AWS.

For more information or to find out how to sign up for Amazon EC2 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux On-Demand Instances go to http://aws.amazon.com/rhel/ or read the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Running on Amazon EC2 FAQ.

Amazon EC2 Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Reserved Instances

For customers who want to reserve instance capacity and further lower costs, Amazon EC2 offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reserved Instances. Reserved Instances let you make a low, one-time, upfront payment for an instance, reserve it for a one or three year term, and pay a significantly lower hourly rate for that instance. This offering also allows all AWS users to acquire 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6 subscriptions in all available AWS Regions with front line support options offered by AWS.

For more information on Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances for go http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/ or to sign up for Amazon EC2 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reserved Instances go to http://aws.amazon.com/rhel/.

Red Hat Cloud Access feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Available to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Premium (24×7) subscribers who have direct support relationships with Red Hat, the Red Hat Cloud Access feature of a Red Hat subscription provides enterprise customers the choice of leveraging the value of their subscription either on-premises or on Amazon EC2. With the Red Hat Cloud Access, customers will have the ability to use the advantages provided by Amazon Web Services while continuing to benefit from the support delivered directly by Red Hat.

For information on how to enable existing or new Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions for use on Amazon EC2, see: http://www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud/amazon/.

Get Started

For Amazon EC2 Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux – On-Demand and Reserved Instances:

1. Please visit the Amazon EC2 Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux detail page for more information about pricing and details on how to get started at http://aws.amazon.com/rhel/

For Red Hat Cloud Access:

1. Confirm your eligibility and enroll your existing or new Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions at: http://www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud/amazon/
2. Red Hat will confirm your enrollment and provide access for your AWS account to access official Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs in the EC2 cloud.
3. Find Support: Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux will be provided by Red Hat under the terms of your subscription agreement.

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