Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for technical support and maintenance provided by ProComputers.
This is a ready to use minimal CentOS 8 image, mainly used as a common base system on top of which other appliances could be built and tested.
Login using 'centos' user and ssh public key authentication. Root login is disabled.
CentOS 8 is no longer maintained by the CentOS team. Therefore, it is highly recommended to use one of the newer RHEL based AMIs from our popular image list below:
Other minimal ready to use images:
- Oracle Linux 7
- Oracle Linux 8
- Oracle Linux 9
- Rocky Linux 8
- Rocky Linux 9
- AlmaLinux 8
- AlmaLinux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 9
Other CentOS images:
- CentOS 7
- CentOS 7 with LVM
- CentOS 7 with Latest Updates
- CentOS 7 (ARM architecture)
- CentOS Stream 8
- CentOS Stream 8 with LVM
- CentOS Stream 8 with Latest Updates
- CentOS Stream 8 (ARM architecture)
- CentOS Stream 9
- CentOS Stream 9 with LVM
- CentOS Stream 9 with Latest Updates
Red Hat and CentOS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Red Hat or the CentOS Project.
Highlights
- This image is built using CentOS 8 'Minimal Install' group of packages and uses the official CentOS8 vault repositories. It contains just enough packages to run within AWS, bring up an SSH Server and allow users to login. EPEL repository is included. Any CentOS 8 available package can be installed using the default yum command without any additional configuration. Cloud-init is included as well.
- In this CentOS 8 AMI, root partition and filesystem extends automatically during boot if instance volume is bigger than the default 8 GiB one. Using GPT (GUID Partition Table) that allows instance volumes bigger than 2 TiB.
- Within all our CentOS8 images, the Enhanced Networking using ENA (i.e., Elastic Network Adapter) is enabled. SELinux is enabled as well. Latest available CentOS8 security updates released by the CentOS team are included.
Details
Typical total price
$0.073/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.nano | $0.05 | $0.006 | $0.056 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.05 | $0.012 | $0.062 |
t2.small Recommended | $0.05 | $0.023 | $0.073 |
t2.medium | $0.10 | $0.046 | $0.146 |
t2.large | $0.10 | $0.093 | $0.193 |
t2.xlarge | $0.20 | $0.186 | $0.386 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.40 | $0.371 | $0.771 |
t3.nano | $0.05 | $0.005 | $0.055 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.06 |
t3.small | $0.05 | $0.021 | $0.071 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
The instance can be terminated at anytime to stop incurring charges. No refund available.
Legal
Vendor terms and conditions
Content disclaimer
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
Repackaged on a 8 GiB volume using CentOS 8.5 'Minimal Install' group of packages and latest available security updates. Configured by default with CentOS 8 vault repositories located at https://vault.centos.org/centos/8.5.2111/ . EPEL repository is included as well. Any CentOS 8 available package can be installed using the default yum command without any additional configuration. CentOS 8 is no longer maintained by the CentOS team. Therefore, it is highly recommended to use one of the newer RHEL based AMIs from our popular image list below:
- RHEL 7 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B087SQZKTP ,
- RHEL 8 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B087TK4XX1 ,
- CentOS 7 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B087TL7ZK9 ,
- CentOS Stream 8 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B091HZX611 ,
- Rocky Linux 8 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B0988B7RFY ,
- AlmaLinux 8 https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B08R14SDQT .
Additional details
Usage instructions
Ssh to the instance public IP and login as 'centos' user using the key specified at launch time. Use 'sudo su -' in order to get a root prompt. For more information please visit the links below:
- Connect to your Linux instance from Windows using PuTTY: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.html
- Connect to your Linux instance using SSH: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html
Resources
Vendor resources
Support
Vendor support
For support and maintenance issues related to all AMIs bundled by ProComputers.com, please visit https://www.procomputers.com/support.html . Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you notice any AMI related issues.
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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