Debian GNU/Linux 8 (Jessie)
Debian | 8.7Linux/Unix, Debian 8.6+1 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Great service - needs a couple of very minor refinements
The Debian instance that I fired up was 7.3 and everything went off without a hitch.
I noticed in the other reviews the issue with logging in as 'admin' instead of 'root'. A good security move on Amazon/Debian's part, but a potential gotcha that should be brought to the attention of the installer with a bit more prominence, as a suggestion.
This instance was very well thought out, in terms of defaults, and the person or people responsible should be commended for a job well done. The instance naming convention could be a bit clearer, as a suggestion.
The step-by-step procedures are clear and comprehensive. I would have no hesitation in recommending this service, based on what has happened so far. I intend to put other services on AWS as a result of this experience.
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Debian is everywhere
I tried it for a short time. I know Debian well and so I can say that you have to use it on AWS
Rock solid, no problems
Its an office Debian AMI, whats not to like?
There are a couple of things to note:
1. You cannot login as root by default, but must use the admin user.
2. M3.small is not yet available.
great product.
Works as expected
The standard Debian experience - everything is set up the way you expect it to be. No problems or misconfiguration experienced to date.
Excellent - had Eccet running in the cloud in no time
While it is no wonder, as this is the standard deployment scenario, I still was amazed that I had Eccet up and running "in the cloud" just three days after I had started to look at Amazon Web Services at all.
Much of that attributes to have my standard deployment base OS available. The installation went so smooth that I am hard-pressed to find two little nags:
- It took me a moment to get used to the Ubuntu-style sudo-to-be-root configuration.
- The hostname isn't set to something that would resolve externally, but given the possibilities of assigning this very flexibly in the AWS, it might just not be possible always.
The latter was the only thing I needed to "fix" by setting it to the public instance DNS name, as my application uses the hostname to register instances with the broker service.
Overall rating: Excellent!
Very good
It is a well configured version of Debian 7, that I have installed php 5 mysql to run my applications. It work very fast.
Solid as a rock
This is the mother of various Linux distros and much appreciated by software professionals. I've been using live-build for a couple of weeks now and it is a thing of beauty. Thank you Debian.
Works great
Its debian, works great.
Notes:
Log in as admin.
You have to "purchase" and accept the terms of the image before you can deploy it.
Debian is our choice since 1999
Debian is prime choice for IT professionals, and we are using it since 1999. Packaging system provides quick installation of thousands of software programs. Updates are such that one need not re-install the system for years or never.
Great and Stable AMI
Exactly what you could expect from Debian. For those who have issues with logging in, please make sure you're using the 'admin' user as opposed to the 'root' user.