Overview
This is a repackaged open source software wherein additional charges apply for extended support with a 24 hour response time. In order to receive support, please email support@hardenedimages.com .
Consul offers a cutting-edge service networking solution designed to automate network configurations, streamline service discovery, and facilitate secure connectivity across any cloud or runtime environment.
This image comes meticulously preconfigured by Hardened Images, adhering to the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), which set the gold standard for secure configuration. These guidelines are vendor-neutral, developed through a collaborative, consensus-based approach, and recognized by government, business, industry, and academia alike. Importantly, STIG standards also serve as a robust foundation for compliance with a wide range of cybersecurity frameworks. Tailored for system and application administrators, security experts, auditors, help desk staff, and platform deployment professionals, this image is optimized for those looking to develop, deploy, evaluate, or secure applications leveraging this Linux system. It significantly enhances operational efficiency, while also mitigating time, cost, and risk associated with deploying your organization's AWS solutions.
As a trusted consulting ally for small to medium-sized businesses, Hardened Images empowers you to establish and maintain a secure presence in the cloud. We are your dedicated experts in cloud virtual machines, enabling you to commence your projects with the assurance of top-tier security.
Highlights
- Enhanced Security & Compliance: Leveraging Consul's secure service-to-service communication on Hardened Images not only protects against vulnerabilities with robust encryption but also meets stringent compliance requirements, making it ideal for regulated industries.
- Reliable, Optimized Performance: The combination ensures optimized performance with Hardened Images' efficiency and Consul's automated service discovery and health checking, ensuring fast, reliable service connections and uptime.
- Streamlined Operations: This setup automates the discovery of services and ensures that traffic is directed only to healthy instances, all within a secure, compliant, and performance-optimized environment, simplifying operational complexities.
Details
Typical total price
$0.142/hour
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
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t2.large | $0.10 | $0.093 | $0.193 |
t2.xlarge | $0.10 | $0.186 | $0.286 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.10 | $0.371 | $0.471 |
t3.nano | $0.10 | $0.005 | $0.105 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.10 | $0.01 | $0.11 |
t3.small | $0.10 | $0.021 | $0.121 |
t3.medium Recommended | $0.10 | $0.042 | $0.142 |
t3.large | $0.10 | $0.083 | $0.183 |
t3.xlarge | $0.10 | $0.166 | $0.266 |
t3.2xlarge | $0.10 | $0.333 | $0.433 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
At the moment, we're unable to offer refunds, but you're free to terminate your instance at any time to avoid further charges. We're here to help if you have any questions about managing your service!
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
Initial release of Hardened Consul AMI.
Additional details
Usage instructions
##Connecting to the VM: ##
To connect to your instance, you will need to use SSH over port 22. The default username for connecting is centos. For further information about the standard AWS method of connecting to an instance, see information described here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
Accessing Consul
Consul is installed on this instance. To interact with Consul and perform basic operations, first ensure it's installed and running on your system by executing consul version, which displays the current version of Consul you have installed. Then, check the status and connectivity of the Consul agent within your cluster by running consul members, which lists all the nodes in the Consul cluster, indicating that the agent is up and communicating effectively. These commands serve as a foundational step to verify that Consul is properly set up and operational on your system, allowing you to proceed with further configurations or service management tasks as needed.
Additional Details
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No additional external resources are required for the product to function
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There are no security keys or credentials in place that need to be rotated
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There is no customer data that is collected in order for this software to function
Resources
Vendor resources
Support
Vendor support
Included with every Hardened Images virtual machine is a dedicated, passionate world-class support team. Have a question? Just reach out! We love to help. Email support is available directly at support@hardenedimages.com .
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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