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The official Rocky Linux 9 image with LVM
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Overview
This image is built using LVM for the root disk. Boot partitions are stored outside the LVM.
To grow the LVM, use cloud-init to run a script similar to this example:
growpart /dev/nvme0n1 5 lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/rocky-root xfs_growfs /This kickstart generates this image: https://git.resf.org/sig_core/kickstarts/src/branch/r9/Rocky-9-EC2-LVM.ks
Rocky Linux is a free, open, community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with the top upstream enterprise Linux distribution. Built by the community, for the community. With fully open and transparent development, there's plenty of opportunity for anyone to contribute. From documentation, translations, testing, and release engineering to web development, infrastructure, and security, you can be a part of Rocky Linux no matter what your background. Join our Mattermost at https://chat.rockylinux.org and our forums at https://forums.rockylinux.org and get involved today! Bugs can be reported at https://bugs.rockylinux.org .
Highlights
- Configured with cloud-init for your convenience. Login as "rocky"
- The next free, open, community enterprise operating system built by the community, for the community
- With development completely open source and welcoming to all, come join us build, test, and further the Rocky Linux development at https://rockylinux.org
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OtherLinux 9.8.20260525
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Dimensions summary
This listing is the Rocky Linux 9 operating system with LVM, offered at no software cost. You pay nothing for the software itself; the dimensions listed are hourly rates tied to the AWS EC2 instance type you choose to run it on. Each dimension maps to a specific instance size, from small general-purpose types to large compute, memory, storage, and GPU-optimized machines. Your rate scales with the instance's size and capability. You select the instance that fits your workload, and billing follows AWS EC2 usage by the hour.
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The hourly rate covers the AWS EC2 instance you run Rocky Linux on, not the operating system. Each dimension maps to one specific instance type. You pay for compute, memory, storage, or GPU capacity by the hour based on the instance you select.
The Rocky Linux software carries no charge at any time. Hourly billing follows AWS EC2 usage, so running instances accrue instance-hour costs. A stopped or powered-off instance does not accrue compute charges, though AWS may still bill for attached storage.
You select the dimension matching the AWS EC2 instance type your workload needs. Options range from small general-purpose types to large compute, memory, storage, and GPU machines. Moving to a bigger or more capable instance raises the hourly rate. Smaller instances bill less per hour.
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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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The account 'rocky' has been preconfigured and made available with sudo permissions. SSH as this user to your instance, authenticating with the key you provided upon instance creation.
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Customer reviews
ferricoxide
Decent RHEL Clone but minor supportability issues
Reviewed on Jan 24, 2025
Review from a verified AWS customer
Overall, this is a perfectly serviceable RHEL clone offering. It's nice having an distribution-owner created with LVM-enabled "out of the box" (while there are several such options on Azure, they're thin on the ground in AWS). Currently, only real complaints are:
* No Compliance as Code project-entries, so that tool can't be used to automate security-hardening to desired hardening-benchmarks (PCI/DSS, CIS, STIG, etc.)
* Can't use CSP's automated tasks due to service-document issues – even though it's a RHEL clone, services like SSM and GuardDuty don't quite know what to do with/for it