Overview
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS MEILISEARCH
Meilisearch is a fast, typo-tolerant open-source search engine written in Rust and shipped as a single statically linked binary, purpose-built for the search-as-a-feature use case. It serves a REST API over indexed documents with sub-50ms query latency and supports prefix search, typo tolerance, faceting and filtering, sorting, geo search, synonyms, stop words, and semantic and hybrid search via vector embeddings. Documents and indexes are persisted to an embedded LMDB store on the local filesystem. Applications integrate through official client SDKs (JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, Java, .NET and more), authenticating with the master key or scoped API keys minted from it. This image runs the single-node Community Edition, which is fully MIT licensed - a self-hosted search backend for any application, with no per-query fees and no vendor lock-in.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Strong random master key generated per instance at first boot (production mode - the API rejects unauthenticated calls)
- Engine bound to 127.0.0.1 only; nginx terminates TLS on 443 and reverse-proxies to it; HTTP redirects to HTTPS
- certbot and the nginx plugin pre-installed - enable a Let's Encrypt certificate with one command
- Anonymous analytics disabled
- UFW firewall - ports 80 and 443 only; SSH on 22
- fail2ban, AppArmor
- CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, Kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
- Meilisearch security baked in: strong master key generated at first boot, engine bound to localhost behind an nginx TLS proxy on 443, analytics disabled - unlike bare Meilisearch AMIs that run in development mode with no master key and leave the API open on a public port with no TLS.
- CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
- API-first self-hosted search: typo-tolerant full-text plus semantic and hybrid vector search over a simple REST API and official SDKs - no per-query pricing. MIT license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | $0.02 |
t3.large | $0.03 |
t3.small | $0.02 |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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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
Meilisearch 1.46.1 - Initial release (June 2026)
- Meilisearch 1.46.1 (single-node Community Edition, MIT) on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- CIS Level 1 hardening applied (ansible-lockdown/UBUNTU24-CIS)
- CVE-scanned before every release
- Production mode with a strong master key generated at first boot
- Engine bound to 127.0.0.1; nginx terminates TLS on 443; HTTP redirects to HTTPS
- certbot and the nginx plugin pre-installed for one-command Let's Encrypt TLS
- Anonymous analytics disabled
- UFW firewall pre-configured (ports 80, 443 only)
- fail2ban, auditd, AppArmor pre-configured
- SBOM (CycloneDX 1.6) at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report (OpenSCAP) at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- IMDSv2 enforced
Additional details
Usage instructions
- Launch instance (t3.small minimum, t3.medium recommended)
- Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 from your IP
- SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
- Read credentials: sudo cat /root/meilisearch-credentials.txt
- Call the API over HTTPS with the master key as a Bearer token: curl -k -H "Authorization: Bearer MASTER_KEY" https://<PUBLIC_IP>/keys
- Create an index, add documents and search: curl -k -X POST https://<PUBLIC_IP>/indexes -H "Authorization: Bearer MASTER_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary '{"uid":"movies","primaryKey":"id"}'
Meilisearch runs API-first in production mode - there is no browser dashboard; manage it through the REST API or an official client SDK. The master key is generated at first boot and stored in /root/meilisearch-credentials.txt. The site uses a self-signed certificate (accept the browser warning, or pass -k to curl). For production, replace it with a CA-signed certificate: sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com
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Visit us online: https://lynxroute.com
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