Overview
Elevate your enterprise workloads on AWS with CIQ LTS, the premier Long Term Support solution for Rocky Linux. As the founding support and services partner for Rocky Linux, CIQ delivers a seamless experience with tailored AWS images designed for enterprise demands. Rocky Linux from CIQ 9.2 LTS will receive updates from CIQ through December 2027.
Experience the simplicity of CIQ LTS with our point-and-click AWS rollout, allowing you to effortlessly leverage and advance your infrastructure. Packages with security issues marked as Important or Critical may be eligible for backports. Generally, this applies to packages with a CVE score of 7.0 or higher. Other security-related backports and bug fixes are at CIQ discretion.
Today, CIQ is known worldwide as the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux and the creator of the next generation federated computing stack. CIQ is the official founding support and services partner for both the Rocky Linux project and the RESF. As part of our commitment to your success, CIQ supports Rocky Linux with updates for minor versions even after they've been declared EOL. By backporting fixes from newer releases, we ensure your transition to Rocky Linux is as smooth and secure as possible.
Highlights
- Extended OS Longevity: CIQ LTS guarantees at least 2-year lifespan for point release operating systems, providing unparalleled stability and continuity for organizations that rely on complicated qualified and secure software stacks.
- Flexibility: Benefit from DNF/RPM updates directly through CIQ global repositories hosted on AWS
- Stay Compliant: CIQ already meets the highest security standards that Enterprises and U.S. Federal Government/Agency customers demand. We provide extended life to major/minor Enterprise Linux versions (Long Term Support, LTS), as well as security enhanced versions of Rocky Linux from CIQ.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
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t4g.small Recommended | $0.045 |
c6gn.4xlarge | $0.045 |
c7g.16xlarge | $0.045 |
i4g.2xlarge | $0.045 |
g5g.4xlarge | $0.045 |
c7gn.2xlarge | $0.045 |
c6gd.12xlarge | $0.045 |
r6gd.medium | $0.045 |
c6g.16xlarge | $0.045 |
c6g.8xlarge | $0.045 |
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64-bit (Arm) 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
Updated to include the latest patches and security updates available as of 8/19/2025. Updated to include new global repository mirrors and auto-configuration for new systems.
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Usage instructions
Connect to the instance using SSH. Use the following information to connect to the instance: User: rocky IP address: use the public IP address of the instance For example: $ ssh -i ./ssh-key-yyyy-mm-dd.key rocky@IPAddress When you are logged in as the rocky user, you can use the sudo command to run administrative tasks. The firewall is enabled by default with only port 22 open.
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This listing provided by CIQ includes access to repositories for dnf/rpm updates and is regularly refreshed. This offer includes Basic Support from CIQ, which offers ticket and email-based support covering user accounts, product inquiries, bug reports, onboarding, and basic installation and configuration assistance. More comprehensive SLA-backed Enterprise Support plans at the Standard or Premium level are available from CIQ for additional charges. See the CIQ Support Overview under Learning Resources for full details, or contact us for further information.
CIQ is committed to providing a working image which meets the highest quality standards. If you have a question or encounter a problem related to deploying the software in this listing into your cloud environment, a question regarding the EULA, or if you are in interested in adding an enterprise support agreement via private offer for help managing your Rocky Linux operating system, contact CIQ Cloud Marketplace Support at .
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