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This product has charges associated with it for technical support with a 24-hour response time. This AMI provides Podman 5.8 on a CentOS Stream 9 minimal installation with the latest updates, repackaged by Easycloud with continuous support.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for technical support with a 24-hour response time. This AMI provides Podman 5.8 on a CentOS Stream 9 minimal installation with the latest updates, repackaged by Easycloud with continuous support.
Pre-installed Components
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Podman 5.8.2: Podman is a daemonless, rootless container engine developed by Red Hat that provides a Docker-compatible interface for building, running, and managing OCI containers without requiring a privileged background daemon. This AMI includes Podman 5.8.2, podman-docker for seamless Docker CLI compatibility, Buildah for advanced image building, and Skopeo for image inspection and registry operations. Version 5.8.2 delivers the latest improvements in rootless container performance, network stack stability, and OCI specification compliance.
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CentOS Stream 9: CentOS Stream 9 is the upstream development branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, offering a continuously updated and stable Linux platform. It is the natural host for Podman and the Red Hat container toolchain, ensuring seamless integration with cgroup v2, SELinux, and kernel namespace features required for secure rootless container execution.
Key Benefits
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Daemonless and Rootless Security Model: Unlike traditional Docker, Podman runs containers without a central privileged daemon, dramatically reducing the attack surface for container workloads. The rootless configuration on this AMI allows ec2-user to run containers with full namespace isolation without any root privileges, following the principle of least privilege by default. This architecture is recommended by Red Hat and major security frameworks for production container deployments.
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Best Practice Compliance: This AMI is configured following official Red Hat and AWS guidelines, with podman.socket enabled for on-demand API activation, ec2-user subuid/subgid namespaces properly allocated for rootless operation, and Docker CLI compatibility provided through podman-docker so existing scripts and workflows work without modification.
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Expert Engineering and Support: This AMI is built and maintained by Easycloud engineers with deep expertise in container platform deployment and AWS infrastructure. Our team provides fast, professional technical support to help you resolve issues quickly and prevent costly downtime for your container workload layer.
Highlights
- CentOS Stream 9 (Minimal Installation),updated to the latest version.
- Professional installation following best practices.
- Expert Support: Backed by comprehensive documentation and fast, professional technical assistance.
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CentOs CentOS Stream 9
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
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t3.medium Recommended | $0.04 |
t3.micro | $0.03 |
t2.micro | $0.03 |
c6id.2xlarge | $0.19 |
r6a.12xlarge | $0.68 |
z1d.3xlarge | $0.29 |
g5.2xlarge | $0.19 |
m5.large | $0.12 |
g3.4xlarge | $0.29 |
r5a.24xlarge | $0.68 |
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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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Connection Methods
Once launched, SSH into the instance. The default username is 'ec2-user'. You can switch to the root user environment by running: sudo su -
Install Information
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Podman: 5.8
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podman-docker: Docker CLI compatibility layer (docker commands are remapped to podman)
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Socket: /run/podman/podman.sock
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Config: /etc/containers/registries.conf
Usage Instructions
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Verify Podman is installed and check the version: podman version
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Confirm the Podman API socket is active: sudo systemctl status podman.socket
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Run your first rootless container as ec2-user (no sudo required): podman run --rm hello-world
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List running containers: podman ps
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Manage the Podman API socket via systemd:
sudo systemctl start podman.socket
sudo systemctl stop podman.socket
sudo systemctl status podman.socket
Firewall Configuration
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SSH (Port 22): Required for remote administration and secure shell access.
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Security Recommendation: For production environments, strictly limit access to these ports to trusted IP addresses only via cloud Security Groups or the local firewall.
Support
Vendor support
Should you encounter any issues while using the system, please do not hesitate to contact us via email at: support@easyclouds.io ,Thank you!
AWS infrastructure support
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