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Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) is our new Linux-based operating system for AWS that is designed to provide a secure, stable, high performance environment to develop and run your cloud applications. AL2023 provides seamless integration with various AWS services and development tools and offers optimized performance for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Graviton-based instances and AWS Support at no additional licensing cost. Starting with AL2023, a new Amazon Linux major release will be available every 2 years. This cadence provides you with a more predictable release cycle and up to 5 years of support, making it easier for you to plan your upgrades.

Highlights

Predictable two-year major release cycle and long-term support
Frequent deterministic upgrades with versioned repositories and improved security posture
Kernel hardening features and Kernel Live Patching

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$0.038/hour

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Amazon Linux 2023 AMI

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Instance type	Product cost/hour	EC2 cost/hour	Total/hour
t2.nano	$0.00	$0.006	$0.006
t2.micro AWS Free Tier	$0.00	$0.012	$0.012
t2.small	$0.00	$0.023	$0.023
t2.medium	$0.00	$0.046	$0.046
t2.large	$0.00	$0.093	$0.093
t2.xlarge	$0.00	$0.186	$0.186
t2.2xlarge	$0.00	$0.371	$0.371
t3.nano	$0.00	$0.005	$0.005
t3.micro AWS Free Tier	$0.00	$0.01	$0.01
t3.small	$0.00	$0.021	$0.021

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Type	Cost
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes	$0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage

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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

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/release-notes/relnotes-20230419.html

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Usage instructions

The Amazon Linux 2023 AMI can be launched through the EC2 console's Quick Launch page.

Resources

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AL2023 User Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon Linux Security Center

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