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    This product has charges associated with it for seller support. Rocky Linux 10 is a robust, enterprise-focused operating system designed for high stability and performance, suitable for a variety of workloads on AWS EC2. With its binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it offers seamless migration for existing RHEL users. This AMI comes pre-configured with essential tools and optimized settings, making it perfect for web hosting, server applications, and cloud-native development. Its secure environment and active community support provide peace of mind for critical applications. Whether you're deploying a single instance or scaling out multi-tiered architectures, Rocky Linux 10 ensures you can leverage the full capabilities of AWS while maintaining cost-efficiency and system reliability. Experience modern computing streamlined with the resilience of Rocky Linux.

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    This is a repackaged open source software wherein additional charges apply for extended support with a 24 hour response time.

    Rocky Linux 10 is a community-driven, production-ready operating system that is 100% binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Designed to be a robust and reliable platform, it provides enhanced security, stability, and performance for modern cloud applications.

    Key Features:

    • Direct RHEL Compatibility: Seamlessly migrate your applications and workloads from RHEL environments without any compatibility issues.
    • Long-Term Support: Benefit from a commitment to long-term support, ensuring your systems remain updated and secure.
    • Enterprise-Level Security: Utilize advanced security features, including SELinux and regular security updates to protect your data and applications.
    • Optimized for Cloud: Fully optimized for running on Amazon EC2, providing excellent performance in cloud environments.

    Benefits:

    • Cost-Effective Solution: Leverage the power of a community-supported operating system without the licensing costs associated with proprietary alternatives.
    • Flexibility and Customization: Easily customize your environment to suit various applications, from web servers to database management systems.
    • Strong Community Support: Engage with a vibrant community of developers and users who contribute to ongoing improvements and provide assistance.

    Use Cases:

    • Web Hosting: Ideal for hosting websites and applications with minimal overhead and maximum performance.
    • Development and Testing: Create a consistent development environment for building and testing applications before deploying them to production.
    • Containerized Applications: Serve as a stable base for deploying containerized applications using Docker or Kubernetes, leveraging modern orchestration technologies.

    Start utilizing Rocky Linux 10 on AWS EC2 for a reliable, secure, and efficient operating environment tailored to meet your enterprise needs.

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    Highlights

    • Rocky Linux 10 is designed to provide a stable, enterprise-ready platform backed by a strong community. With a focus on security and scalability, this AMI offers critical updates and applications, ensuring that your production environment remains robust and reliable. Users can benefit from its compatibility with existing RHEL infrastructures, making migration seamless and straightforward, thereby reducing the overhead associated with adopting a new operating system.
    • The versatility of Rocky Linux 10 makes it suitable for various applications, including cloud-native development, containerization, and web hosting. Its performance optimization allows it to efficiently handle demanding workloads while minimizing resource consumption. Additionally, enterprises can leverage its capabilities for deploying microservices or virtualized environments, ensuring they can scale efficiently according to operational needs.
    • With comprehensive support for popular open-source tools and libraries, Rocky Linux 10 empowers developers and system administrators alike to build, test, and deploy applications without compatibility concerns. The community-driven nature fosters collaboration and innovation, ensuring that users have access to the latest features and improvements. This AMI is a perfect choice for organizations seeking a trustworthy and forward-looking Linux environment in the AWS cloud.

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    $0.56
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    Once the instance is running, connect to it using a Secure Shell (SSH) client with the configured SSH key. The default username is 'rocky'.

    OS commands via SSH: SSH as user ' rocky' to the running instance and use sudo to run commands requiring root access.

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    Operating System Compatibility
    100% binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), enabling seamless migration of applications and workloads
    Cloud Optimization
    Fully optimized for running on Amazon EC2, providing enhanced performance in cloud computing environments
    Security Framework
    Advanced security features including SELinux and regular security updates for comprehensive system protection
    Long-Term Support
    Commitment to extended support with consistent system updates and maintenance
    Community-Driven Development
    Open-source platform with active community contributions for continuous improvement and innovation
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    "Minimal Linux distribution based on CentOS Stream 10 with lightweight package configuration"
    Network Optimization
    "Enhanced Networking with Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) enabled for improved network performance"
    Security Configuration
    "SELinux enabled with root login disabled and SSH public key authentication"
    Cloud Compatibility
    "Cloud-init integrated with automatic root partition and filesystem extension during boot"
    Automatic Update Mechanism
    "Automatically updated at launch with latest CentOS Stream 10 security patches"
    Operating System Migration
    "Provides in-place conversion tooling for migrating from CentOS Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 using Convert2RHEL utility"
    Extended Support Lifecycle
    "Offers extended security patches and updates until June 2029, providing five additional years of support beyond standard end-of-life"
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    "Provides integrated security technologies, controls, and ongoing product security team support"
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    "Supports consistent management across physical, virtual, private cloud, public cloud, and edge deployment environments"

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    reviewer2758263

    Has supported our hybrid cloud migration and reduced vendor dependency with strong community collaboration

    Reviewed on Oct 08, 2025
    Review from a verified AWS customer

    What is our primary use case?

    Our main use case for Rocky Linux  is to host servers and developer environments for leading telecom vendors.

    What is most valuable?

    The best features Rocky Linux  offers, in my experience, include long-term support, stability, and one-to-one binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux .

    Rocky Linux has been a major driver for our cloud migration strategy and has proven to be one of the most cost-effective solutions for us, allowing us to save huge revenue while maintaining fantastic consistency with updates.

    What needs improvement?

    From a feature or experience perspective, it has been fantastic, but the only drawback we have seen is that even though there are timely deliveries of security patches and vulnerability fixes, the Rocky Linux Security Advisor or RLSA updates via the DNF utilities are broken or delayed. When we use the DNF functionality to search the affected RLSA or RLSA with CVE IDs, it's not working as expected, and the mirrors or the XML files need to be updated similar to Red Hat, which would help us keep our environment more secure and make maintenance easier. Otherwise, we have to do extensive research to identify the affected packages or RPMs with specific RLSA numbers.

    I would like to see improvements in the security areas and updates of RLSA details as soon as the RLSA numbers are updated in the XML file. Security has been a major driver for IT organizations across the world and must be addressed at a faster pace. The unavailability of RLSA in the DNF search has been a major drawback that I would like to see improved in the future.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Rocky Linux for three years for our day-to-day use cases.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    We have seen a stable Rocky Linux environment as of now.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Our solution does not currently involve architecture with scalability.

    How are customer service and support?

    Customer support for Rocky Linux is excellent, and the documentation is also very good.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    We were using CentOS  previously, and as the lifecycle of CentOS  was changed by Red Hat, we looked for an alternative, and Rocky Linux suited us best.

    How was the initial setup?

    It has been a wonderful experience associating with Rocky Linux, and we would continue to use it full-fledged. I don't see that we have to choose any alternative OS in the near future.

    What was our ROI?

    ROI has been good as we have significant open source community involvement. In fact, we have increased our footprints, allowing us to onboard more resources or employees, which is a positive sign.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Rocky Linux is good and streamlined, with no hiccups.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    Before choosing Rocky Linux, we evaluated other options including Ubuntu , Oracle Linux , and a few other flavors, but since Rocky Linux has one-to-one binary compatibility with Red Hat, it was the best fit.

    What other advice do I have?

    Rocky Linux has been a ready-to-use solution for us, so we don't need to have vendor dependency or vendor lock for any support or help. The community has been a great help in resolving all issues, and while from a monetary point of view, it has resulted in significant savings, we cannot provide the exact numbers as some of this is company confidential.

    There is not much need for further improvements at this juncture.

    If you want to get a premium product with the best in-house community support, Rocky Linux would be the one solution.

    On a scale of 1-10, I rate Rocky Linux a 9 out of 10.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
    Basil Jiji

    Has supported critical applications and reduced infrastructure costs through community-driven updates

    Reviewed on Oct 07, 2025
    Review from a verified AWS customer

    What is our primary use case?

    My main use case for Rocky Linux  is that all the applications used by our company are hosted in Rocky Linux  servers, so we will be maintaining, remediating the vulnerabilities which are getting reported on the servers, patching the servers and making them up to date, and helping all the users who log into servers to use their applications without any issues.

    A specific example of an application where I'm using Rocky Linux in my company is the POS machines which are used by the customers, where all the POS related applications are hosted in Rocky Linux operating system, so that's where Rocky Linux came into the picture, and from the OS level, we will be giving all the support wherever it is necessary.

    The middleware packages such as Apache Tomcat , Java, HTTPD are all running on these Rocky Linux servers, so we ensure all those services are up and running without any issues.

    What is most valuable?

    The best features Rocky Linux offers are that it is much easier to use. Since it is open source, whatever issues we face, we can get answers from the community for each and every issue we encounter, so finding a solution for each problem is much easier, and that's the major feature I feel for Rocky Linux.

    When comparing Rocky Linux to Red Hat, it is more stable, as whatever issues arise, we can solve them quickly, and since there is an open community, we receive help from everybody who is using this.

    Rocky Linux has helped our organization significantly in terms of cost. If we were purchasing a Red Hat subscription, it would cost significantly more, but since Rocky Linux is open source and free, it has helped with cost reduction, allowing us to utilize those funds for other needed things.

    When we moved from Red Hat to Rocky Linux, we saved around 70% of the cost which was used for subscriptions. That money is now used for other things such as middleware applications and monitoring applications including DataDog and Dynatrace .

    What needs improvement?

    To improve Rocky Linux, providing releases for each package, firmware, and kernel more quickly would be beneficial. Currently, it takes more than one month to release a new package or kernel, so speeding that up would help reduce reported vulnerability remediations.

    Documenting the frequently asked questions and related issues in a PDF or Word document would be helpful so that everybody can refer to them, eliminating the need to post a question and wait for a reply, thus reducing time delay.

    Currently, there aren't many needed improvements, only the support aspect needs a little improvement. Everything else is going well and smoothly.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Rocky Linux for more than six years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Rocky Linux is stable, scalable, and it is very much easier to use.

    How are customer service and support?

    Regarding customer support, since it is open source, most of the solutions are available on the community page, but even if we raise a support ticket, we receive a resolution or a reply from the team within two business days.

    I would rate the customer support a seven.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    Before choosing Rocky Linux, we were considering moving with Red Hat itself, planning to move from RHEL  8 to RHEL  9, but after considering the cost involving Red Hat, we thought about an open source solution, which led us to Rocky Linux.

    What was our ROI?

    When it comes to return on investment, a lot of money is saved since we moved from a purchased license to the open source provided by Rocky Linux. Time is also saved since whenever an issue arises, we get resolutions from the community without needing to raise a ticket with the support team.

    What other advice do I have?

    When we encounter an issue, we look all over the internet, not only depending on the community, so whichever solutions provide us with proper resolution are considered.

    My advice to others looking into using Rocky Linux is that it is much easier to use, it's scalable, performance is good, and there is no cost involved in using it.

    I rate Rocky Linux nine out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud

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    Massimiliano Adamo

    Has supported seamless migrations and enabled running complex data workloads securely

    Reviewed on Oct 02, 2025
    Review provided by PeerSpot

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Rocky Linux  as a big data platform, with a Solar, Apache setup having many nodes, in production just eight and two in test. We have an application server with Tomcat  and TomEE, and we use it for the application server for this big database, Quadrant, Docker , and we have CUDA installed with Docker , using PySpark, Torsion, TensorFlow , and many other things. We use Rocky Linux  for all, and I have installed Ansible  and Prometheus to monitor all servers in production.

    We have a normal three-tier architecture and new things on Docker with PySpark, using it for enrichment and loading a million records of data in our database. We have a Spark node with Apache Spark ; it's part of our big data, similar to Hadoop  big data.

    What is most valuable?

    The best features Rocky Linux offers include clustering and all the packages from Red Hat.

    Rocky Linux has impacted my organization very positively because we migrated everything from CentOS  and Windows servers to Rocky Linux. Everything is clear, with good packaging, and now it's version 9.6, which is very important for us due to security problems since we are in Europe. Rocky Linux is very good for security and other aspects.

    Since migrating to Rocky Linux, I've seen specific outcomes such as improved security because CentOS  stopped the project, and security patches aren't being released. We need to maintain a system similar to Red Hat, which is very stable and has many features such as file system, topology, and containers.

    What needs improvement?

    Rocky Linux could be improved by having more integration with Kubernetes .

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I started using Rocky Linux two years ago because we migrated many servers from the CentOS distribution, and now we have all servers migrated by me in Rocky Linux.

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    When I started to migrate, we had Ubuntu  as another choice to move from CentOS, but Ubuntu  is a little different, and the best way is to maintain Rocky Linux. We used Rocky Linux, and now we are very happy with it; it's a very good choice, and I think it's very powerful, making it an excellent option with 17 VMs using VMware and many instances.

    What other advice do I have?

    I give Rocky Linux a nine out of 10 because ten represents perfection, perhaps similar to a real-time operating system such as those used in airplane computers.

    My advice for others looking into using Rocky Linux is to choose it, especially for people coming from CentOS; I suggest Rocky Linux as the best option, not any other distribution.

    My company has a business relationship with this vendor as a partner.

    You can use my real name when publishing my review. You can use Joint Research Center, JRC, but not my real company name in the review as I'm working for another company.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
    reviewer2758479

    Has supported automated deployments and improved security through consistent patching

    Reviewed on Sep 18, 2025
    Review from a verified AWS customer

    What is our primary use case?

    As a Cloud Ops Engineer, we are setting up the server on the EC2  machine with Rocky Linux , while also doing some setup related to the frameworks for Ruby. We are installing their dependencies related to the Ruby on Rails application and other security-level software such as Rapid7, CrowdStrike, and many more.

    On Rocky Linux , we have deployed a Ruby on Rails application, and we have set up other applications as well.

    We are not doing this stuff manually, as we have set up an Ansible  automation script to set up all this stuff on Rocky Linux, and for the installation and server setup, we are using Terraform . Using Terraform , we are spinning up the instance on AWS  EC2 .

    I purchased Rocky Linux through the AWS Marketplace .

    What is most valuable?

    Rocky Linux provides us with extended maintenance, security patches, and support lifecycle aligned with RHEL , making it highly reliable for critical systems. For production deployment, Rocky Linux is a great choice because it offers full RHEL  compatibility without licensing costs, along with strong community support.

    If we are planning to migrate from CentOS , it was very smooth and straightforward, and we can follow their official document to migrate from CentOS  to Rocky Linux. Rocky Linux 8 is supported until 2029, and Rocky Linux 9 is supported until 2032, which is a significant benefit.

    Previously it was CentOS, which is already EOL, and now we have the latest packages and an up-to-date operating system, so we get the most benefit at the security level. Also, performance-wise, we are seeing improvement in the application and day-to-day operations.

    What needs improvement?

    I have no suggestions regarding how Rocky Linux can be improved. I haven't identified any areas that need improvement yet.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Rocky Linux for over a year.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Rocky Linux is stable in my experience.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Rocky Linux's scalability is very easy. Even if the server is not responding and we want to attach the volume on another instance or a temporary instance, it is very easy and straightforward with no hiccups.

    How are customer service and support?

    I have not reached out to customer support for Rocky Linux. This has not yet been discussed with my security team, as this is recent, and the security team started checking on this.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Negative

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    We switched to Rocky Linux because our previous OS was EOL, and we had to switch to the new OS, so we chose Rocky Linux.

    What was our ROI?

    Regarding return on investment, we have chosen the same exact resource that we were using earlier, so there is no immediate return on investment. That needs to be identified if we can cut down our resources with a smaller instance, but that has not yet been figured out.

    I notice money saved as a return on investment.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    There is no extra cost for a license if we are purchasing Rocky Linux from the AWS Marketplace .

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I didn't evaluate other options before choosing Rocky Linux.

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate Rocky Linux a nine out of ten.

    If you are using any other RHEL-based OS, Rocky Linux is very similar to other RHEL operating systems.

    I see some performance-related issues, but we are still checking on that, and we don't know if it is related to the OS or the resource; that is something still to be checked from our end.

    I would recommend doing a POC on your existing application or use case with Rocky Linux. If it works smoothly, then observe it for a few periods, and if it works properly for your application and whatever your use case is, proceed with implementation. Each application and use case works totally differently, so if it works for some applications properly, it's not a given that it will work for every application. First do a POC, and if it works properly, then you can proceed with implementation.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Rafael Dina

    Migration has reduced costs and maintained seamless performance with familiar processes

    Reviewed on Sep 18, 2025
    Review provided by PeerSpot

    What is our primary use case?

    My main use case for Rocky Linux  is that we had some web servers that we used as internal web servers on a LEMP stack with Nginx for some internal websites and systems. At the time, they ran on CentOS , but we felt it would be better to migrate them to Rocky Linux . I remember we had a script to migrate those servers and it worked very well. Since then, I have left the company, but my colleagues who are still there are using it with no problems so far.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Stability and good old trusted baseline.

    What is most valuable?

    In my opinion, the best features Rocky Linux offers are stability, compatibility, and community support, all of which I think are extremely necessary and essential for the distribution, and I find that all three pillars are very supported by Rocky Linux.

    The big difference was the compatibility, one-to-one compatibility, and packages and repos, and that was the main thing that helped us significantly after all.

    Rocky Linux has positively impacted my organization, specifically through cost savings, because we did not have to buy any licenses or extra licenses of other distros, such as Oracle or RedHat, and that helped significantly, giving us independence in this project without needing a budget specifically for it. This helped tremendously.

    What needs improvement?

    I cannot think of anything right now that could improve Rocky Linux. I think they should keep up the great job.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Rocky Linux on and off since its first release, right after CentOS  changed its releases and both Rocky Linux and Alma started.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Rocky Linux is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    For my case, Rocky Linux's scalability has been very good.

    How are customer service and support?

    I have not had any experience with customer support so far because I usually research things on my own, and the documentation and community help significantly in those cases.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    We previously used CentOS, and we switched because their release politics were not really going into the stable way that we always thought CentOS was praised for, which is why we chose to migrate.

    How was the initial setup?

    I decided to migrate those web servers specifically to Rocky Linux instead of another option because I actually tried both distributions, Alma and Rocky Linux, and I believe that the one that was most similar to how we used CentOS was Rocky Linux. This was the best choice after all.

    If I recall correctly, I had some problems during the migration process, but it was not with Rocky Linux; it was with AlmaLinux  installation. That was one of the main factors as because we had some bugs. Rocky Linux was a very good choice in the end and it is working efficiently.

    What about the implementation team?

    I have seen a return on investment because our team was very small and is still small in overall support in the company. One good thing is that we did not have to contract any other team member specifically for the migration since everyone was already well-versed with CentOS. This should count as a point, and while I do not have exact metrics of expenses, I believe it saved around some thousands of dollars for the company.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    I did not have any experience with pricing because we used mainly the free version of Rocky Linux at the time.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    Before choosing Rocky Linux, I evaluated other options such as AlmaLinux , and if I recall correctly, we also researched RedHat.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would advise others looking into using Rocky Linux to try it out, especially if they have servers on CentOS, as it is very valid for an upgrade. I know a lot of CentOS servers have already reached the end-of-life state, with no more updates or security updates, so I would recommend a migration to Rocky Linux. I rate Rocky Linux 10 out of 10.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
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