Overview
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS GRAFANA + PROMETHEUS
Grafana is a Go-based analytics and visualization platform that turns time-series metrics into interactive dashboards, panels, and alerts; Prometheus is a Go-based monitoring system and time-series database that scrapes and stores metrics over HTTP. In this bundle Grafana is the front door and Prometheus is the metrics backend - the two are pre-connected, with Prometheus added to Grafana as the default data source so you can open Explore and run PromQL queries (for example, "up") immediately. Prometheus scrapes itself and Grafana out of the box and is sized with a 15-day local retention window; add your own scrape targets to monitor application and infrastructure metrics. Grafana persists dashboards, users, and settings in an embedded SQLite database; Prometheus stores samples in its on-disk TSDB. Grafana OSS is AGPL-3.0 and Prometheus is Apache-2.0, so the entire stack is auditable with no vendor lock-in. Running your own stack keeps all metrics and dashboards inside your AWS account.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- A unique Grafana admin password generated at first launch (the default admin/admin is rotated away)
- Nginx reverse proxy with TLS - Grafana proxied on port 443
- Prometheus (port 9090) bound to localhost only - Grafana is the only exposed UI
- Grafana usage reporting and update checks disabled (no phone-home)
- Prometheus provisioned as the default Grafana data source
- UFW firewall - ports 22, 80, 443 only
- fail2ban, AppArmor
- CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, Kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
- Grafana security baked in: a unique admin password generated at first launch, Nginx TLS on 443, Prometheus bound to localhost only, and usage reporting disabled - unlike bare Grafana AMIs that ship with the default admin/admin password, no TLS, and the metrics database exposed.
- CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
- Works the moment you log in: Prometheus is pre-wired as Grafana's default data source and already scraping. Grafana OSS AGPL-3.0 + Prometheus Apache-2.0 - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m6i.xlarge Recommended | $0.05 |
t3.large | $0.03 |
m6i.large | $0.03 |
m6i.2xlarge | $0.07 |
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We do not offer refunds for this product. AWS infrastructure charges (EC2, EBS, data transfer) are billed separately by AWS and are not refundable by us.
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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
Grafana + Prometheus 13.0.2 - Initial release (June 2026)
- Grafana 13.0.2 + Prometheus 3.12.0 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Grafana OSS (AGPL-3.0) installed from the official Grafana apt repository - enterprise build never installed
- Prometheus (Apache-2.0) from the official release, bound to localhost only
- Prometheus pre-provisioned as Grafana's default data source - works at first login
- Unique Grafana admin password generated at first launch (default admin/admin rotated away)
- Nginx HTTPS reverse proxy on 443; Grafana usage reporting disabled
- CIS Level 1 hardening applied (ansible-lockdown/UBUNTU24-CIS)
- CVE-scanned before every release
- UFW firewall pre-configured (ports 22, 80, 443 only)
- fail2ban, auditd, AppArmor pre-configured
- SBOM (CycloneDX 1.6) at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report (OpenSCAP) at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- IMDSv2 enforced
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Usage instructions
- Launch instance (m6i.xlarge recommended)
- Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 and TCP 80 from your IP
- SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
- Read credentials: sudo cat /root/grafana-credentials.txt
- Open https://<PUBLIC_IP> in your browser - accept the self-signed certificate warning
- Log in with the admin user and the generated password from the credentials file
- Go to Explore, select Prometheus, and run a query such as "up" - the data source is already connected
The default admin/admin password is rotated to a unique value at first launch. The Prometheus data source is pre-configured as default; Prometheus listens on localhost only and is reached through Grafana. Credentials are saved to /root/grafana-credentials.txt at first boot. Prometheus keeps 15 days of local metrics by default; add scrape targets in /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml and run: sudo systemctl reload prometheus Replace the self-signed TLS certificate with a CA-signed certificate (sudo certbot --nginx) for production use.
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Visit us online: https://lynxroute.com
For Grafana documentation: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/ For Grafana upstream issues: https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues For Prometheus documentation: https://prometheus.io/docs/ For Prometheus upstream issues:
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