Overview
Flatcar Container Linux is a self-updating operating system designed for containers, making it ideal for running Kubernetes and other container platforms. It is suitable for anyone deploying containerized applications, particularly those seeking to do so securely or at scale.
Flatcar Container Linux offers several benefits over traditional Linux operating systems: Security, Reduced complexity, Automated updates.
Deploying a container-optimized OS like Flatcar is recommended by NIST in its application container security guide: "Whenever possible, organizations should use these minimalistic OSs to reduce their attack surfaces and mitigate the typical risks and hardening activities associated with general-purpose OSs."
Flatcar is free and open source, with a discussion forum for community users. In addition, Kinvolk offers subscription-based enterprise support including 24x7 service level agreement.
Highlights
- Deploying a container-optimized OS like Flatcar is recommended by NIST in its application container security guide
- Automatic updates deliver security and bug-fix patches without the need for patch management
- Reduce security exposure by using a minimal, immutable container OS
Details
Typical total price
$0.042/hour
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.nano | $0.00 | $0.006 | $0.006 |
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.nano | $0.00 | $0.005 | $0.005 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.01 |
t3.small | $0.00 | $0.021 | $0.021 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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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.
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You can spin up single instances of Flatcar Container Linux using the instructions here: https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/installing/cloud/aws-ec2/
Flatcar Container Linux supports a declarative provisioning using the Config format. Learn more from https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/
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