Sold by: bCloud LLC
Deployed on AWS
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This product has charges associated with it for seller support. Elkarte is a modern, user friendly, and open source forum software designed to create online communities.
Overview
Elkarte-1.1.9 on Ubuntu 24.04 with Maintenance Support by bCloud
Elkarte on AWS Marketplace offers a focused, purpose-built solution designed specifically for online community building. Elkarte is a repackaged open-source forum platform running on Ubuntu 24.04 and optimized for fast deployment on AWS. It is ideal for organizations, startups, and community managers who want a reliable and scalable forum solution without heavy infrastructure overhead.
Delivered as a ready-to-launch Amazon Machine Image (AMI), Elkarte allows you to spin up a fully functional forum environment in minutes while leveraging the flexibility, scalability, and reliability of the AWS Cloud.
Key Capabilities
Elkarte is built using PHP and designed to be lightweight while still delivering powerful features, including:
- Fully responsive user interfaces for a seamless experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices
- Advanced moderation tools for managing users, posts, and permissions
- Granular privacy and security controls to protect community data
- Customizable themes and layouts to match your brand identity
- Extensible architecture for easy integration with third-party services and plugins
All of these capabilities are packaged into an AWS-optimized AMI, making deployment, scaling, and management simple within the AWS ecosystem.
Support & Maintenance
While Elkarte itself remains 100% open source, optional paid support and maintenance services are available for customers who require enterprise-grade reliability. These services include:
- Regular Ubuntu 24.04 operating system updates
- Security patching and system hardening
- Proactive system monitoring and maintenance
- Troubleshooting and technical assistance with defined response times
This support model provides the flexibility of open-source software combined with the confidence of professional, AWS-ready operations.
AWS Marketplace Optimization
Elkarte on AWS Marketplace is designed for seamless cloud adoption and includes:
- One-click deployment via EC2 AMI
- Integrated AWS billing and subscription management
- Full compatibility with AWS services such as Elastic IP, EBS, Security Groups, and Auto Scaling
- Support for both small communities and large, high-traffic forums
You only pay for the AWS infrastructure you use, along with optional support charges if selected.
Highlights
- Open-source Elkarte forum platform packaged as an AWS-ready AMI
- Runs on Ubuntu 24.04 with PHP-based lightweight architecture
- One-click deployment on Amazon EC2 via AWS Marketplace
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Ubuntu 24.04
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m4.large Recommended | $0.07 |
t2.micro | $0.001 |
t3.micro | $0.07 |
t3.small | $0.07 |
c4.large | $0.07 |
c5.large | $0.07 |
m3.medium | $0.07 |
c3.large | $0.07 |
m3.large | $0.07 |
t2.xlarge | $0.07 |
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No refund
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Delivery details
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
Packaged with latest updates as of Jan/2025
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connect your instance via SSH, the username is ubuntu. More info on SSH: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html - Run the following commands: #sudo su #sudo apt update Hit on browser - http://public-ip Use Database Details as below: Database name: elkarte Database user: elkarte Database Password: Enter_Instance_ID
Support
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