Overview
Amazon EC2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) subscription-included image provides a dependable platform to deploy a broad range of applications. By running RHEL on EC2, you can leverage the cost effectiveness, scalability, and flexibility of Amazon EC2, the proven reliability of RHEL, and AWS premium support with back-line support from Red Hat. Amazon EC2 running RHEL provides seamless integration with existing Amazon EC2 features including Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic-Load Balancing, and Elastic IPs. Includes access to AWS Red Hat Update Infrastructure for security updates.
Highlights
- Updates available through the BaseOS and Application Stream (AppStream) repositories in AWS Red Hat Update Infrastructure.
- This RHEL subscription-included image includes AWS premium support.
- One-click access to RHEL Knowledgebase included.
Details
Pricing
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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Delivery details
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.
Version release notes
Latest Updates
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connecting to Instance:
To connect to your instance, you will need to use SSH over port 22. The default username for connecting is ec2-user. For further information about the standard AWS method of connecting to an instance, see information described here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
Basic configuration of the environment includes:
- Date and Time
- System Locales
- Application of Updates with DNF/YUM
Resources
Vendor resources
Support
Vendor support
All customers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on EC2 will receive access to security updates from AWS Red Hat Update Infrastrucutre from Red Hat. Paid support is available. AWS Premium support customers can contact AWS to get access to a support structure from both Amazon and Red Hat. Further support is available through forums, technical FAQs, and the Service Help Dashboard. RHEL KB access: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/fleet-rhel.html
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.