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Overview

This page is the entry point for the SecureAnyCloud Hardened NixOS & Community Linux Distributions AMIs listing on AWS Marketplace. The listing is a single product that offers several distributions and releases as separate software versions.

Subscribe once, choose the version you want from the Software version list at launch, then open its guide below for the full setup and connection walk-through.

What you get with every version:

  • An image built by SecureAnyCloud from the distribution's official cloud image and fully patched at build time
  • Hardening for EC2: key-only SSH, cloud-init and current kernels
  • No build residue, shared keys or default passwords
  • Hourly metering per EC2 instance type, the same for every version in this listing
  • A recommended instance type of m5.large

How to pick a version

  • Open the listing on AWS Marketplace, choose View purchase options, then choose Subscribe. One subscription covers every product and release in the listing, and the free trial starts with it.
  • When the subscription is active, choose Launch your software.
  • Choose One-click launch from AWS Marketplace (or Launch from EC2 Console for full control). In Version, choose the product and release you want. Each version is named <distribution> <release>[ <variant>] - <date>, for example Fedora Linux 44 Minimal - YYYY-MM-DD. The date is when that version was added to the listing.
  • Choose your Region, an instance type (m5.large is recommended) and your EC2 key pair. Choose a security group that opens port 22 from your own network only, then choose Launch.
  • After launch, open the product's guide below for first login.

You can run several products from the same subscription. Launch one instance per product, each from its own software version.

Releases and variants in this listing, newest release first:

  • Fedora Linux: 44 (Minimal)

Security model

Every version in this listing follows the same model:

  • Fully patched. Every package is updated when the image is built, superseded kernels are removed, and automatic security updates stay switched on.
  • Key-only SSH. You sign in with your EC2 key pair as the distribution's default user. Password login is disabled, the root account is locked and no account has a password.
  • Nothing shared between instances. No SSH keys, host keys, machine ID or credentials are baked into the image. Each instance generates its own on first boot.
  • IMDSv2. Launch with instance metadata version 2 (token required).
  • Only port 22. Open SSH in your security group to your own network only.

Choose your product

Distribution Software version Guide

Fedora Linux Fedora Linux 44 Minimal Open guide →

How to tell which version you launched

The version you chose appears on the instance's launch record in the EC2 console (AMI name and description) and in your AWS Marketplace subscription. On the instance itself, run cat /etc/os-release to see the distribution and release. Then open the matching guide above for the rest of the walk-through.

Support

SecureAnyCloud provides 24/7 support for every version in this listing via the AWS Marketplace support channel. Raise a ticket through the Marketplace console or email sales@secureanycloud.com.

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