My main use case for Amazon Linux is making the virtual machine and deploying the web application and different types of network services.

I am using the video analytics application for analytics for the ATCS and ITMS camera. I deploy all web applications on these Amazon Linux virtual machines and use it for microservices such as NGINX and Apache2.

Amazon Linux is used by my team for the testing environment and staging environment for the UAT and for the production environment. I can use different types of this Linux environment for my team.

The best features Amazon Linux offers are that it is a freeware RHEL and I can access it from anywhere in any location.

Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization by providing the best security features and low space for the integration of web applications and microservices.

I can use the integrated firewall system as well as bind the port with different types of network, including different types of ports.

Amazon Linux can be improved by providing day-to-day patching updates.

The security features can be improved for another application such as NGINX and Apache2.

I have been working in my current field for approximately 8+ years.

I have been using Amazon Linux for more than five years.

The advice I would give to others looking into using Amazon Linux is that it is highly scalable and provides different types of microservices, so I kindly recommend these services for a reliable cost. My review rating for Amazon Linux is 7 out of 10.

My main use case for Amazon Linux is to host my company's applications, internal applications, and automations.

For example, I host my own application called IriusRisk on Amazon Linux. I also deploy internal applications such as GoCD, which is a CI/CD solution, and I deploy agents that report information to my SIEM.

The best features Amazon Linux offers include how easy it is to deploy; I can launch a new EC2 instance from an AWS Amazon Linux image, and it helps significantly with maintenance since I do not have to maintain the image itself as it is already provided by AWS.

The easy deployment and managed images have helped my team by making it completely transparent for my engineers; we do not need to generate the images, we do not have to maintain the packages, and we only have to consume Amazon Linux images to always get the latest version.

Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization by providing a great solution for hosting all of my applications, and it has helped my team focus only on the development of my applications since we do not have to worry about maintaining any base image.

Specific outcomes that show how Amazon Linux has helped my team include fewer issues since we do not have to worry about my own images or keep track of package versioning, which already comes within AWS Amazon Linux and translates into more performance since the images are already built; I cannot provide a metric since we have already used this image, and we have never had to build my own images.

Amazon Linux can be improved by providing security updates more frequently.

I have been using Amazon Linux for eight years.

Amazon Linux is stable.

The scalability of Amazon Linux is really good since I can consume it every time I need.

I have never had to use customer support for Amazon Linux, but I have used AWS customer support service, and it is really helpful with a very short response time.

Positive

I did not previously use a different solution.

I do not have any specific ROI metrics since I have always used Amazon Linux for deploying my products, but I know that I have some other images that I build myself, and I know that building them, maintaining them, and deploying them is much less effective than deploying an Amazon Linux image because I have to maintain them and keep an eye on the packages used to ensure they are up to date and do not have any security issues.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is very easy and straightforward; I just fill a form and my instance is already running if using the image, and as for the pricing, it is included within the AWS cloud usage, so no extra fees are added by Amazon Linux.

Before choosing Amazon Linux, I did not evaluate other options.

I would rate Amazon Linux a 10 out of 10.

I chose a 10 because it helps speed up deployments, it is really scalable, and it saves me a lot of headaches.

I do not purchase Amazon Linux through the AWS Marketplace; I use AWS Amazon Linux from within the EC2 application and do not have to buy it in the marketplace.

My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is to use it, and you will find new use cases for it; it will help you significantly in shipping faster.

My overall review rating for Amazon Linux is 10.

Amazon Linux is used in projects at my company. A quick specific example of how I use Amazon Linux is in applications, for clients, and in application migrations.

The best features Amazon Linux offers are best practices in AWS, the usability, and the ease of use in AWS.

What makes the usability and switching in AWS stand out for me is the ease of usability, that it already comes with frameworks installed, and the ease of use with SSL. Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization, and I have seen improvements and benefits since using it. I have noticed improvements, even small ones, such as time optimization.

Amazon Linux can be improved with better integrations in applications. There are other improvements I think Amazon Linux needs, but it is mostly working well for me.

I have been using Amazon Linux for five years.

Amazon Linux is stable in my experience.

Amazon Linux's scalability meets my needs as it does not present any problems for me in day-to-day use.

Customer support for Amazon Linux exists, but I have never needed to use it, although I know it is available. I would rate the customer support at a seven on a scale of one to ten.

I previously used Ubuntu before Amazon Linux, and I decided to switch due to its features.

I have seen a return on investment with Amazon Linux, especially in terms of time saved. For example, the instance is created quickly and comes with some Amazon packages already installed, which has saved me time.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Amazon Linux is that there is no cost, and I am paying only for the AWS instance.

Before choosing Amazon Linux, I evaluated other options, specifically Debian and Windows.

My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is that you can use it without regret. I would rate this review at ten out of ten.

The use cases for this in our company is that we have a customer that internally uses it for several applications, and they are a telecommunications company that has virtual machines and Linux machines for several purposes.

In my opinion, the best features of Amazon Linux include the stability and its standard Linux distribution, which in some cases is easier to deploy and manage than the Ubuntu distribution, but I feel comfortable with Ubuntu too.

The rich documentation with Amazon Linux is beneficial for my migration processes; I think that one of the strongest parts is the documentation. AWS has a lot of documents and official documentation, which is pretty good in most cases, even though in some instances, you have to use the documentation for third parties.

It helps with workflow by being pretty useful for automation tasks.

Right now, I don't think there are any specific areas to improve in Amazon Linux.

I say it's stable because I'm a pretty big fan of the Linux platform in general, so for me, it is the most stable distribution and the most stable operating system, especially since I know that they use the latest kernel.

I say it is also scalable because when AWS starts a project that works with something, they do things in a very good manner; AWS is a very stable distribution.

I rate the support or customer service of Amazon as very good because our customer has a support contract, so they pay a lot of money for access; my team can reach AWS engineers 24/7. It's really good support.

I haven't used a lot of support in the case specifically for Amazon Linux, but the few times I have to request support for that platform, the engineers have been very proficient and they have a lot of knowledge in the platform.

For me, the initial setup is complex, but I don't have sufficient elements to emit a concept in that part.

I use AWS, Azure, and I'm starting to use GCP, Google Cloud Platform.

I have also used ZoomInfo. I have been using the product since its creation. I have not used the ZoomInfo product.

With Amazon, I use AWS in infrastructure, EC2, S3, RDS, etcetera. Mostly infrastructure products, and in Azure, I use virtual machines, VNETs, and SQL Azure, etcetera.

I have used Amazon Linux machines, but in some cases, I deliver Ubuntu servers, but I have used Amazon Linux machines as well.

I use that feature in Amazon Linux, absolutely.

I don't remember if I use the optimized kernel in Amazon Linux because I have used the Linux functions and the Linux functionality per se, but I'm not used to that functionality in AWS.

I don't have so much experience regarding the pricing and licensing of Amazon Linux.

We are partners with Amazon, we are registered partners, and we have several people certified in AWS, but we need to get much more business and pay the subscription to go to the next step in our level of partnership.

I rate this review with an overall rating of 10.

The main use case for Amazon Linux is hosting websites.

This is for overall company operations.

The best features with Amazon Linux include the integration with AWS and other services.

It is an operating system that AWS manages, and I feel I can trust it regarding the updates without interfering with or interrupting services.

The performance of Amazon Linux with AWS services is perfectly fine. I use it and change the instance type to give it more resources at times, and for the sandbox, I give it less, and it satisfies what we want.

Amazon Linux reduces the time it would take for setup or deployment because I rely on the documentation for AWS since it's streamlined, and the commands I need to run are easily accessible whenever I need to look up anything.

We've used the application load balancers with Amazon Linux, and that's the main one I can think of regarding advanced networking capabilities.

That feature has definitely helped us enhance the scalability and reliability of our cloud applications by easing administration, as the application load balancer is managed by AWS and ties in with Amazon Certificate Manager, ensuring I do not have to concern myself with scalability and any updates.

The main positive impact of Amazon Linux on my company has been no interruptions of services.

The public website is up and running, which allows us to monetize with virtually no staff hours for downtime or service interruptions.

I cannot say honestly how these features have contributed to my system security and package management processes.

I try to keep the services and what I use on Amazon Linux very limited to support overall configurations.

I would love it if Amazon could provide fleet management of their operating system for updates and configuration, as that's an area I would need more attention to.

I have dealt with the Amazon Linux product for 10 years.

I would rate customer service or technical support from Amazon a 10.

Positive

I switched to Amazon Linux primarily because I was running my operating systems within AWS, knowing that Amazon would support it and all the documentation was up-to-date.

We were using CentOS before switching to Amazon Linux.

Mainly, we used CentOS, which was managed by Red Hat or IBM. Once they changed their upgrade path, it became unviable, so we went with Amazon Linux, which made the most sense in AWS.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of Amazon Linux is straightforward and simple.

I have seen a return on investment with Amazon Linux.

I have experience with RDS with AWS.

I have experience with Amazon Linux and other Amazon products.

I have mentioned relevant data points about ease of use and the trust that Amazon provides, as I don't have to concern myself with other Linux distributions.

I realized those benefits during the actual deployment.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate Amazon Linux a 10.