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This product has charges associated with it for AWS infrastructure. TurnKey's software price is $0. TKLDev is a preconfigured open-source appliance build environment with automated security updates and backup tools.
Overview
This product has charges associated with it for AWS infrastructure. TurnKey's software price is $0.
TurnKey TKLDev helps save you time and money by providing a ready-to-run TKLDev solution that is secure, supported and easy to maintain. The system auto-updates itself with security fixes and is built in a transparent 100% open source process free of hidden backdoors.
TKLDev is the mother of all TurnKey apps. It's used to give birth to all TurnKey apps, including new versions of itself. It's designed to make simple things simple, and hard things possible. It's a self-contained build system that can be used to rapidly prototype and repeatably build any generic Debian-based Linux distribution or TurnKey GNU/Linux system from source.
Highlights
- Secure, supported and easy to maintain: auto-updated daily with latest security patches. Bundled support for no extra charge.
- Free from hidden backdoors and vendor lock-in: transparent 100% opensource build of Debian GNU/Linux with no proprietary components or secret sauce.
- Free 1-click backup, restore and migrate: bundled backup software saves changes to files, databases and package management to encrypted storage which servers can be automatically restored from.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Operating system
Debian 13/Trixie
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Pricing
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Try this product free for 7 days according to the free trial terms set by the vendor. Usage-based pricing is in effect for usage beyond the free trial terms. Your free trial gets automatically converted to a paid subscription when the trial ends, but may be canceled any time before that.
This product is available free of charge. Free subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate your infrastructure costs.
If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
Dimensions summary
The software itself is free. You pay only the hourly rate for the AWS EC2 instance you run it on. Each dimension maps to a specific EC2 instance type, grouped by family: compute-optimized (c-series), general purpose (m- and t-series), memory-optimized (r-series), and storage-optimized (i- and d-series). Within each family, larger sizes carry higher hourly rates because they provide more CPU, memory, or storage. Burstable t-series instances suit lighter, intermittent workloads, while larger fixed-performance types suit sustained builds. You choose the size that fits your workload, and billing is per hour of use.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
One hour maps to one running EC2 instance of the size you launch. Each instance type provides a fixed set of CPU, memory, and storage. You are billed for each hour that instance runs, and you can run several instances at once for additive charges.
The software itself is free, so it adds no hourly charge either way. You pay AWS for instance-hours only while an instance runs. A stopped instance stops accruing compute charges, though attached AWS storage may still incur separate storage fees.
No. Launching the appliance requires only your EC2 instance-hour costs. Registering with the vendor Hub unlocks bundled backup, restore, and support benefits at no added charge. Public forum support is also free. Some optional custom development and advanced support are offered separately.
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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
TurnKey tkldev 19.0 is based on Debian 13 (Trixie). See https://www.turnkeylinux.org/updates/tkldev for appliance-specific release notes.
Additional details
Usage instructions
System Initialization:
After creating an EC2 instance with 1-Click, browse to http://<Public_DNS>/ for system initialization instructions.
Alternatively, log in via SSH as user 'admin' to the running instance. Be sure to use the SSH keypair selected during launch.
This inital step is required to set sensitive passwords & install security updates. You may also be asked to set a domain name for your server. If this is required, then it must be a valid domain name (i.e. have DNS configured).
Accessing the software main web app
http://<Public_DNS>/
This may redirect to https and/or the domain set at initialisation.
OS commands via SSH
Log into the running instance via SSH as user 'admin', using the SSH keypair set at launch time. Use sudo to run commands requiring root access.
Web based System Admin control panel
https://<Public_DNS>:12321
Remove scary browser warnings
By default TurnKey AMIs ship with randomly generated self signed SSL/TLS certifcates. This will cause scary warning in your web browser When accessing https.
To remove the browser warnings, you will need to get a SSL/TLS certificate signed by an authorized Certificate Authority (CA). The recommended way to do that is to get a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. TurnKey comes with a built in tool to do that within your instance:
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Ensure that you have your chosen domain DNS records configured and your domain resolves to your instance.
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Access your instance via SSH.
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Run 'sudo confconsole'.
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Select:
Advanced >> Lets Encrypt >> Gen cert
For more info see: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/confconsole
More info
For more info specific to this instance, visit the product homepage:
Support
Vendor support
E-mail support is provided through the TurnKey Hub at no additional cost. Once you sign up to the TurnKey Hub, your AWS marketplace subscription will be automatically identified. support@turnkeylinux.org
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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