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This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for custom operational agents. Includes CIS benchmarks, resource monitoring, patch management, and drift detection. Enterprise-grade security for the RHEL-compatible AlmaLinux platform from first boot.
Overview
GigaOps Security Agent delivers continuous security and compliance monitoring for AlmaLinux 8. Built by Gigabits, it transforms a standard AlmaLinux image into a hardened, observable platform.
Key Features:
- CIS Benchmarks: Automated Level 1 and 2 checks with per-rule pass/fail status.
- Resource Monitoring: Real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics with configurable alerts.
- Patch Management: Scheduled dnf updates with snapshot and rollback protection.
- Drift Detection: Alerts on unauthorized changes to files, packages, and services.
- Automated Hardening: First-boot security baselines including firewall and SSH restrictions.
- Compliance Reports: Audit-ready output on demand in PDF or JSON.
Ideal For: Organizations migrating from CentOS to AlmaLinux 8 who need built-in security compliance and monitoring.
Highlights
- CIS benchmark compliance for AlmaLinux 8. GigaOps Security Agent applies and monitors Level 1 and 2 benchmarks with per-rule pass/fail tracking on your RHEL-compatible AlmaLinux instance.
- Resource monitoring with configurable alerts. Scheduled patch management with snapshot rollback. Drift detection alerts on unauthorized changes to your AlmaLinux 8 system.
- Automated first-boot hardening. Audit-ready compliance reports on demand. Enterprise security for AlmaLinux 8 as a CentOS replacement without manual configuration.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Rhel 8
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.xlarge Recommended | $0.28 |
t3.micro | $0.10 |
t2.micro | $0.21 |
z1d.xlarge | $0.28 |
r8i.xlarge | $0.28 |
c1.xlarge | $0.28 |
c3.2xlarge | $0.56 |
c4.2xlarge | $0.56 |
c5.2xlarge | $0.56 |
c5a.2xlarge | $0.56 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this hardened AlmaLinux 8 image with a security agent. Pricing is tied to the AWS EC2 instance type you launch, not a fixed plan. Each dimension maps to one instance size, from small general-purpose types like t3.nano up to large compute, memory, storage, and GPU instances such as the c8i, r8i, m8i, and metal families. Larger instances with more CPU, memory, or GPU resources carry higher hourly rates. You choose the instance that fits your workload and scale by switching sizes. Software charges bill alongside standard AWS infrastructure charges.
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One unit is one running EC2 instance of the size you pick. The software charge applies per instance-hour while that instance runs. If you launch several instances, each one meters separately and adds to your bill at its own hourly rate.
The hourly software charge applies only while the instance runs. Fully stopped instances do not accrue software charges. Stopped instances may still incur standard AWS storage fees for attached volumes, but those are separate from the per-hour software rate.
You pay two charges on the same invoice. The hourly software fee for this image applies per running instance. Standard AWS infrastructure charges for compute, storage, and network apply alongside it. Both scale with the instance size and hours you run.
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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
Release 1
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Delivery details 64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a preconfigured virtual image that contains the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers that allow you to run applications and workloads with flexible combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can deploy multiple instances from different AMIs as needed, depending on your requirements.
Version Release Notes: First release
Additional Details Usage Instructions Once the instance is running, connect to it using a Secure Shell (SSH) client with the configured SSH key. The default username is 'alma-user'.
OS Commands via SSH: SSH into the running instance as 'alma-user' and use sudo for commands that require root privileges.
To use the Gigabits Ops Agent, follow instructions here: https://gigabits-logos.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gigabits-ops-agent-usage-instructions.pdf
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