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For the EMEA region, optimized and pre-configured for performance with AWS-specific profiles, Red Hat Enterprise Linux combines production stability with developer agility.
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Overview
* Virtual machine image for North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
* Direct support from Red Hat
* Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) eligible.
* Red Hat Hybrid Committed Spend eligible
* Flexible pricing options available via Private Offers. Contact your Red Hat account team or partner for more information.
Need to move fast in the cloud? Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for AWS is your launchpad for building and scaling applications with speed and confidence. Pre-tuned for AWS and deeply integrated with services like AWS CloudWatch and the AWS CLI, it delivers a ready-to-use experience that helps you hit the ground running without extra setup or configuration.
RHEL for AWS is an optimized Red Hat Enterprise Linux offering designed specifically for AWS environments. It includes built-in features and integrations that streamline performance, management, and security, such as:* Pre-configured AWS-specific performance profiles for faster, consistent deployments
* Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) support for enhanced network performance
* AWS CLI (aws-cli) provides command line interface management of RHEL for AWS images and resources
* Red Hat Lightspeed for proactive monitoring and intelligent issue resolution across hybrid environments
* Image mode streamlines cloud operations with container-native tools, enabling bootable RHEL container images and immutable system images for reduced attack surface
* Optional automated updates and rollbacks for faster operations with reduced risk
* Leverage RHEL as a trusted AI foundation with an extensive ecosystem of trusted partners and tools.
For Procurement
* Pay-as-you-go pricing is based on instance size and vCPU quantity. Discounted 1 & 3 year VM software reservation purchase options are also available.
* Flexible pricing options available via Private Offer. Please contact your Red Hat account team or Red Hat partner for more details.
Not ready to buy? Start your no-cost 60-day trial of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for AWS() today and evaluate its performance and reliability for your cloud workloads.
For Developers
Build faster
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for AWS is optimized for speed and developer productivity. Pre-tuned images with AWS-specific performance profiles eliminate the need for manual configuration, so you can spend less time setting up and more time coding. Integrated toolchains, container runtimes, and cloud-native workflows help you build, test, and deploy applications faster directly within your AWS environment.
Save time
Use RHEL for AWS's integrated AWS CLI to manage AWS services directly from your RHEL command line. System roles and automation integration with Red Hat Ansible® Automation Platform help standardize configurations across instances, saving time and reducing manual effort.
Support
Direct support from Red Hat's award-winning support team with 24x7 access for high-severity issues, and access to an extensive Knowledgebase and other tools in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
For System Admins and Corporate IT
Reduce risk
RHEL for AWS comes hardened with built-in security profiles, Secure Boot, and Confidential Compute to help safeguard your workloads from boot to runtime. Benefit from a trusted software supply chain and meet compliance mandates with confidence using a platform certified across major security standards.
Decrease downtime
Integrated analytics and remediation via Red Hat Lightspeed (included) to proactively identify and provide guidance for fixing issues. It delivers continuous vulnerability alerts and targeted assistance to help maximize uptime and avoid security issues, noncompliant settings, unpatched systems, and configuration drift. Red Hat Lightspeed is FedRAMP approved.
Streamline management and automation
With deep integration into AWS services, RHEL for AWS enables you to manage cloud resources and infrastructure from a single interface. Automate patching, updates, and image lifecycle management using Red Hat Satellite and integrated telemetry from Amazon CloudWatch. Access decades of Red Hat's Linux expertise with RHEL Lightspeed, which uses AI to provide proactive guidance on building, deploying, and managing RHEL.
Highlights
- Protect your business with innovative, built-in capabilities. Red Hat Enterprise Linux also provides security technologies, controls, certifications, and the ongoing support of Red Hat to help safeguard your IT infrastructure and business.
- Gain enterprise workload consistency with a unified foundation. Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers a consistent application and user experience regardless of the underlying infrastructure.
- Simplify management with integrated tools. Red Hat Enterprise Lightspeed offers built-in manageability and integration with Red Hat management and automation products. Every active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription includes access to Red Hat Lightspeed.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Rhel 9.7
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m5.large Recommended | $0.03 |
t3.micro | $0.03 |
t2.micro | $0.03 |
r5dn.12xlarge | $0.542 |
c6in.large | $0.03 |
z1d.12xlarge | $0.542 |
c6id.24xlarge | $1.085 |
g5.24xlarge | $1.085 |
m5d.4xlarge | $0.181 |
i4i.2xlarge | $0.12 |
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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.
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Usage instructions
- Launch the product via 1-Click or the marketplace listing.
- Access your instance using ssh
- Open an SSH client
- Locate your private key file that was used to launch this instance.
- Use the default username 'ec2-user' and the ssh key registered with AWS. Note that 'root' is disabled by default.
- You should regularly update the OS to apply security fixes and enhancements.
- To do this, run 'sudo yum -y update'
- For more information please see the Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Web Services documentation.
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Customer reviews
Shreyas D.
Dependable, Consistent Performance That Keeps Working Overtime.
Reviewed on Apr 23, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like is how dependable it feels in real world environment and rather then experimentation it is designed for consistency, means once something is configured and tested, it keep working in the same way over the time. there will be no changes after updates.
What do you dislike about the product?
somethings are much more limited in RHEL, such as subscription model, we need paid Subscription model to access official repositories and updates and also supports, some time for small firm it feels like restricted.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Is managing large number of systems efficiently also it can be stressed if there is No standardization, patching, configuration and compliance.
Aditya J.
Perfect OS for Developers and Cloud Integration
Reviewed on Apr 22, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like Red Hat Enterprise Linux because it's a lightweight and easily available OS with a wide variety of features. It's perfect for programming, DevOps, virtual machines, and especially Linux and Shell programming. I appreciate that it's a good beginner-friendly OS, which makes it suitable for both newcomers and professionals in Linux programming. It's very useful for reducing the load on BIOS. I also find its collaboration capabilities with cloud services and virtual machines to be great features. It's more secure and resilient, and I haven't encountered any problems with it. The setup is easy with guidance from knowledgeable authorities, and I've used it successfully with AWS Cloud and Azure Cloud.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I didn't like that it needs a knowledgeable person for installation. Rest is good in the RHEL OS.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux solves the issue of bulky OS, being lightweight and useful for programming. It's easy on BIOS, collaborates with cloud services, and suits Linux programming from beginners to pros.
Sujith Kumar Reddy M.
Stable Updates, Expensive Licensing
Reviewed on Apr 21, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that updates from Red Hat Enterprise Linux are always stable, which makes it easier and gives me confidence to apply changes in any environment for validation. The libraries don't change or break suddenly, and the system is fully compatible with Docker images, which simplifies validations overall from the application. I also find the setup very easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
License is very expensive. Libraries are not cutting edge technology, language version lagging behind on the releases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Red Hat Enterprise Linux for compatibility with Docker images and optimization for cloud deployments, making it easier and more confident to apply changes and validate environments.
Abhay K.
Secure, Versatile OS with Effortless VM Management
Reviewed on Apr 18, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate the security and virtual machine features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I can easily spin up a virtual machine with minimal effort and utilize it for any use case or sandbox, while maintaining full security. The initial setup was very straightforward for me, especially since I was previously using Ubuntu LTS, so transitioning was seamless. If you're familiar with terminal and command lines, it definitely deserves a 10 out of 10.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not i can recall as of now. I was able to work and achieve everything
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides all needed OS features, simplifying tasks like coding and application development. I can easily create VMs with minimal effort, ensuring secure sandboxes for any use case.
Terry B.
The Perfectly Supported OS for Academic and Professional Use
Reviewed on Apr 16, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a well-supported and very secure operating system, which is used for our machine learning experiments and teaching classes on Unix. It helps our students gain a deeper understanding of Linux. Also, it's great for production efforts using Linux-based software packages. The decent package manager makes it easy for administrators to install packages quickly, and we don't have to manage everything ourselves. There's also a good selection of packages that support a wide range of hardware and software projects. The initial setup process was straightforward, it detected all the hardware in our systems, and there were no problems with installation or learning for those new to Linux.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the differences between Red Hat and free linux versions students run at home or on laptops can be challenging for students. They often don't recognize the differences in package managers, such as RPM versus Ubuntu,'s apt which can add to the confusion. It would be nice if there was an automated facility that could help by suggesting the correct command and packages for the operating system in use. This would reduce the need for students to Google things so much, especially when they're debugging or dealing with package issues without full internet access. It would also be good if there was a package recommender using an LLM where you describe what you want and it suggests the packages to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a well-supported, very secure operating system suitable for machine learning experiments, teaching Unix classes, and supporting Linux-based software projects. Its package manager simplifies administration by making package installations quick and efficient.