FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive networking and storage devices.
FreeBSD is an operating system used to power servers, desktops, and embedded systems. Derived from BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley, FreeBSD has been continually developed by a large community for more than 30 years. FreeBSD's networking, security, storage, and monitoring features, including the pf firewall, kernel TLS, the Capsicum capability frameworks, the ZFS filesystem, and the DTrace dynamic tracing framework, make FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage systems.
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FreeBSD provides access to over 34,000 third-party applications via the ports tree and binary packages.
FreeBSD's widely-recognized stability and reliability and lengthy support for stable branches makes it ideal for building long-lived services.
Between Capsicum, Jails, and support for multiple firewalls, FreeBSD provides an unsurpassed security feature set.
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FreeBSD/ARM 14 is a free operating system, so the software carries no license charge. You pay only the hourly rate for the AWS ARM-based (arm64) instance you choose to run it on. Each dimension maps to a specific instance type across several families, including general purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, storage-optimized, and high-performance computing sizes. Within each family, sizes range from micro and medium up to metal (bare metal). Your hourly cost scales with the size and family you select. There are no tiers or add-ons to combine — pick one instance per running workload.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What does one hourly unit map to when I run FreeBSD/ARM 14?
Each dimension maps to one AWS ARM-based (arm64) instance running for one hour. You pick a single instance type, such as t4g.medium or m7g.metal, and pay per hour it runs. Since FreeBSD is free, the rate reflects the instance size and family you select.
Am I charged when my instance is stopped or powered off?
Software charges meter running hours only. A stopped or powered-off instance does not accrue hourly charges for this listing. You may still incur underlying AWS storage fees for attached volumes, but the FreeBSD operating system carries no license cost in any state.
What drives my cost across the different instance families and sizes?
Cost scales with the instance family and size you pick, not with any usage metric. General purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, storage-optimized, and high-performance computing families each have their own rates. Within a family, larger sizes cost more per hour. You run one instance per workload; there are no add-ons to combine.
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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.
This AMI launches with sshd running and the SSH public key you provide at launch time allowed to log in as ec2-user with passwordless "su" to root. To use this AMI, ensure that your EC2 security group allows SSH (tcp/22) from your location, and then "ssh ec2-user@<Instance IP address>".
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FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive networking and storage devices.
FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive networking and storage devices.
FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive networking and storage devices.
FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive networking and storage devices.
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