Overview
This Amazon Machine Image (AMI) delivers a streamlined, secure, and high-performance foundation for your cloud infrastructure by providing a minimal installation of CentOS 9 Stream, meticulously configured for the AWS environment.
Engineered for stability and compatibility, this image is built from the latest CentOS 9 Stream packages and is fully aligned with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 development stream. It offers a familiar, enterprise-grade operating system base for developers and system administrators to deploy custom applications, web services, databases, and development platforms.
Key Features & Technical Specifications:
- Minimal, Secure Base: A lean installation reduces the attack surface and includes only essential packages, allowing you to build up systems precisely to your requirements.
- AWS Optimized: Pre-integrated with the latest Amazon EC2 drivers, including ENA (Elastic Network Adapter) for enhanced networking and NVMe drivers for optimal storage performance on modern instance types.
- Hardened Configuration: Implements secure default settings for SSH and system parameters, following cloud security best practices to provide a robust starting point.
- Updated & Patched: Includes all latest security updates and bug fixes at the time of image publication, ensuring a secure launch for your instances.
- Cloud-Init Ready: Fully supports cloud-init for automated instance configuration upon first boot, enabling seamless integration with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like AWS CloudFormation and Terraform.
Primary Use Cases:
- Deployment of custom web servers (Apache, Nginx) and application runtimes.
- Hosting for development, testing, and staging environments.
- Base image for building layered, application-specific AMIs within your organization.
- Running compatible enterprise software that requires a RHEL-like environment.
- A stable foundation for container hosts or CI/CD pipeline nodes.
Support & Licensing:
This AMI is provided under the CentOS Stream project's licensing terms. The image itself is maintained and published by Galaxys Cloud. For detailed support information, including scope and contact methods, please refer to the "Support" tab on this listing.
Launch Instructions:
- Subscribe to this product via AWS Marketplace.
- Launch a new EC2 instance and select this AMI from your "My AMIs" tab or via the Community AMI search.
- Choose your instance type, configure VPC settings, storage, and security groups.
- Connect to your instance using SSH with the appropriate key pair.
Highlights
- Derived from RHEL 9 sources, offering a stable, secure, and production-ready platform with full binary compatibility, ideal for migrating critical workloads.
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For this offering, Galaxys Cloud does not offer refund, you may cancel at anytime.
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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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ver2025
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Usage instructions
To launch your instance, click Continue to Subscribe, then Continue to Configuration. Select your region and software version, then "Continue to Launch. Choose your EC2 instance type, VPC, and key pair.
To connect via SSH, use your private key file and the default user ec2-user. The connection command is: ssh -i /path/your-key.pem ec2-user@your-instance-public-ip
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