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This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for a pre-hardened, SI Core STIG Hardened image and seller support. CentOS 9 is the ideal solution for organizations seeking a reliable, secure, and community-driven operating system. With its enhanced security features and state-of-the-art performance improvements, CentOS 9 allows businesses to deploy applications with confidence. This AMI offers seamless integration with AWS services, enabling scalable and flexible configurations. Ideal for hosting web servers, databases, or cloud-based applications, CentOS 9 provides a consistent development and production environment. Choose CentOS 9 for enhanced security, stability, and the robust support of a thriving open-source community.
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Overview
CentOS 9 is a robust and stable operating system designed for enterprise-level applications and environments. Built on the popular open-source Linux distribution, CentOS 9 offers a reliable platform with long-term support, ensuring that your systems remain secure and up to date.
With CentOS 9, users can leverage the latest features and enhancements in Linux, including improved performance, enhanced security protocols, and updated software packages. This makes CentOS 9 an ideal choice for businesses looking to deploy critical applications, run web servers, and manage cloud infrastructure efficiently.
The flexibility of CentOS 9 allows for easy integration with various cloud services and third-party applications, making it a versatile solution for your IT needs. Whether you're running small websites, large data centers, or complex cloud solutions, CentOS 9 provides the tools you need to optimize your operations.
In addition, CentOS 9 fosters a large, active community that continuously contributes to the ecosystem, providing you with extensive resources, documentation, and support. This extensive support network ensures that any challenges faced while using CentOS 9 can be swiftly addressed.
Deploying CentOS 9 in an EC2 environment allows for scaling, flexibility, and high availability, making your applications more responsive to user demands. Take advantage of what CentOS 9 has to offer and streamline your cloud infrastructure today.
Hardening and Support
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for a pre-hardened, Supported Images Core STIG Hardened image and seller support. Additional detailed information on our hardening process can be found in the Core STIG Hardening for Linux Guide or the Core STIG Hardening for Windows Guide
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Highlights
- CentOS Stream 9 from centos.org offers a robust and reliable open-source platform designed for enterprise-level applications. It provides the latest enhancements in security, performance, and scalability, making it an ideal choice for developers and system administrators looking for a stable foundation. With comprehensive support for a wide range of hardware architectures, CentOS 9 ensures compatibility with modern infrastructure and can be seamlessly integrated into existing environments.
- One of the standout features of CentOS 9 is its long-term support commitment, providing users with the assurance of ongoing updates and security patches. This stability allows businesses to focus on development and deployment without the constant need for migration or disruption. Furthermore, its extensive community backing and documentation enable users to quickly troubleshoot and optimize their environments, enhancing productivity and efficiency.
- CentOS 9 is particularly well-suited for cloud environments, making it an excellent choice for organizations leveraging AWS EC2. Its lightweight nature ensures efficient resource usage, while its compatibility with numerous software stacks supports a full range of applications from web hosting to data processing. As a result, it empowers businesses to innovate and respond rapidly to changing market demands without compromising reliability.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
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t3.micro Recommended | $0.07 |
t2.micro | $0.21 |
c3.2xlarge | $0.56 |
c3.4xlarge | $1.12 |
c3.8xlarge | $2.24 |
c3.large | $0.14 |
c3.xlarge | $0.28 |
c4.2xlarge | $0.56 |
c4.4xlarge | $1.12 |
c4.8xlarge | $2.24 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this hardened CentOS 9 image, billed per running instance. Pricing is not one flat rate. Instead, each rate is tied to the specific EC2 instance type you launch, listed in the table. Rates scale with the compute size and family you choose, from small general-purpose types up to large memory, storage, GPU, and bare-metal options. Larger instances carry higher hourly rates. You control your cost by selecting the instance type that fits your workload. Charges apply only while instances run, on top of standard AWS infrastructure fees.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You get a CentOS 9 operating system image pre-configured with security hardening and the latest updates. It runs on the EC2 instance type you select. The compute resources (CPU, memory, storage) come from that instance type, not the image itself.
The hourly software rate applies only while an instance runs. Stopped or paused instances do not accrue the hourly software charge. You may still pay standard AWS fees for attached storage, such as EBS volumes, while the instance is stopped.
Each running instance bills separately at the hourly rate for its instance type. Total software cost is the sum across all running instances. Running two different instance types means two different hourly rates apply at the same time, both on the same invoice.
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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
System updates - use latest base image, username changes from centos to ec2-user
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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 'ec2-user'.
OS commands via SSH: SSH as user 'ec2-user' to the running instance and use sudo to run commands requiring root access.
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Email support for this AMI is available through the following: https://supportedimages.com/support/ OR support@supportedimages.com
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STIG Hardening Compliance
Pre-hardened image compliant with SI Core STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) standards for enhanced security posture
Long-Term Support
Extended support commitment providing ongoing updates and security patches for system stability and reliability
AWS EC2 Integration
Seamless compatibility and integration with AWS EC2 services enabling scalable and flexible cloud deployments
Multi-Architecture Support
Comprehensive support for a wide range of hardware architectures ensuring compatibility with modern infrastructure
Enterprise-Grade Linux Distribution
CentOS Stream 9 based operating system providing robust platform with improved performance, enhanced security protocols, and updated software packages for enterprise-level applications
SELinux Enforcement
SELinux enforcement enabled by default for mandatory access control and security policy enforcement
Cloud-Init Integration
Built-in cloud-init automation support for automated provisioning workflows and instance configuration during deployment
ENA Networking Support
ENA (Elastic Network Adapter) networking enabled for optimized network performance on AWS EC2 instances
Automated Security Updates
System synchronizes with upstream repositories at first boot to install newest security updates and package revisions
SSH Public Key Authentication
SSH public key authentication configured with ec2-user login and root login disabled by default
In-Place Linux Distribution Conversion
Convert2RHEL tooling enables in-place conversion of instances running on rpm-based Linux distributions to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 while preserving existing customizations, configurations, and preferences.
Extended Security Support
Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) provides access to security patches and updates until June 2029, extending support five years beyond the CentOS Linux 7 end-of-life date.
High Availability Support
High Availability tooling and capabilities included for configuring and managing highly available infrastructure and applications.
System Observability and Management
Red Hat Insights integration provides monitoring, analysis, and remediation capabilities for security, stability, and performance issues across workloads, applications, and platforms.
Cross-Infrastructure Consistency
Unified operating foundation supporting consistent management and deployment across physical, virtual, private cloud, public cloud, and edge environments.
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What is our primary use case?
CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is typically used as an IoT platform for the pre-production testing server.
How has it helped my organization?
CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages helps with my application deployment process in general, and I get more productivity with it.
I measure this productivity by the earlier build time with another OS, which was 32 minutes; with CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, we are able to achieve the build time of around 14 to 16 minutes, down from an earlier 32 to 36 minutes.
I am using performance metrics to evaluate the impact on computing, and basically, where we were using the VPS server for all these things, when we migrated to CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages and containerization, we have observed nearly a 22%, or 20 to 25% drop in tickets.
What is most valuable?
The biggest advantage of CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is the additional security layer which it can provide and the configuration with an additional security layer.
I am using container management in CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, and when we talk about container management, the container generation is quick compared to the other tiers we have evaluated.
The support for DevOps features in CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages helps with my workflow, and when I talk about containerization, we can test the multiple features in parallel and deploy them together, so it makes integration seamless.
We have not seen a measurable difference in compatibility with databases and with other solutions by using CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, but most of the databases and most of the other systems were readily available for it, so whatever was necessary for us was quite valuable to us.
The security framework in CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages helps to protect sensitive data from cyber threats.
What needs improvement?
One disadvantage I feel is specifically when I am working with something involving a GUI or GUI-based scenario; they need to improve their GUI slightly. When I am using a standalone system independently, that's one thing, but I can clearly see the lag in CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages. The support system is not very much up to the mark as we have with Ubuntu, and definitely, with respect to CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, the help or support forum needs to be more comprehensive so that for many issues we need not reinvent the wheel.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have experience with CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages for around nine to ten months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is 99% stable and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is definitely scalable, and I have not encountered limitations in scalability yet.
How are customer service and support?
I would give CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages a rating of six out of ten points for technical support.
As I mentioned earlier, the support forum and all those things are not very accessible and it's a little closed group compared to other operating systems such as Ubuntu or some other forums.
How was the initial setup?
The installation of CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is quite straightforward.
What was our ROI?
I can see value for money with CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
For CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, I feel the price is affordable, but it can be further optimized, and the price could be reduced.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages is different from other competitors such as Ubuntu because they have gone only for the enterprise module; the latest updates are not very open and the project branching and merging is creating a lot of confusion of late.
What other advice do I have?
My deployment model is a hybrid one, and I have it in a hybrid environment.
I usually work with some other cloud providers; we have created our own cloud with CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages, and we provide the services to our local and hybrid cloud model.
I have not purchased anything from the AWS marketplace because their pricing model is very tricky and we are quite concerned about their billing, so that's why we are avoiding AWS.
I can give CentOS 9 (centos 9) | Support by SupportedImages a rating of eight overall.