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Rocky Linux

Overview

This page is the entry point for the SecureAnyCloud Hardened Rocky Linux 8, 9 & 10 AMIs: Minimal, LVM, STIG listing on AWS Marketplace. The listing is a single product that offers several products and releases as separate software versions.

Subscribe once, then choose the version you want from the Software version list at launch. Open that version's 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, fully patched at build time and remediated with the OpenSCAP CIS Level 1 Server profile (the STIG and Essential Eight variants apply their own named OpenSCAP profile instead)
  • EC2 hardening with key-only SSH, cloud-init and current kernels
  • No build residue, shared keys or default passwords

Pricing is metered hourly per EC2 instance type and is the same for every version in this listing. The recommended instance type is 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 a separate software version, named <distribution> <release>[ <variant>] - <date>, for example Rocky Linux 10 LVM - YYYY-MM-DD. The date is when that version was added to the listing.
  • Choose your Region, an instance type (m5.large is recommended), your EC2 key pair, and 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.

The listing includes the following releases and variants, newest release first:

  • Rocky Linux: 10.2 (standard); 10 (LVM, Minimal); 9.8 (standard); 9 (Essential Eight, LVM, Minimal, STIG); 8.10 (standard); 8 (LVM, Minimal)

Security model

Every version in this listing follows the same security 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 Every package is updated when the image is built, superseded kernels are removed, and automatic security updates stay switched on.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.
  • Benchmark hardening for Rocky Linux 9 Essential Eight and Rocky Linux 9 STIG. These versions are remediated against the named OpenSCAP profile, and their guides show the report.

Choose your product

Distribution: Rocky Linux. Choose the software version below to open its guide.

Rocky Linux 10 LVM: open guide

Rocky Linux 10 Minimal: open guide

Rocky Linux 10.2: open guide

Rocky Linux 8 LVM: open guide

Rocky Linux 8 Minimal: open guide

Rocky Linux 8.10: open guide

Rocky Linux 9 Essential Eight: open guide

Rocky Linux 9 LVM: open guide

Rocky Linux 9 Minimal: open guide

Rocky Linux 9 STIG: open guide

Rocky Linux 9.8: 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, cat /etc/os-release shows the distribution and release. Open the matching guide above for the rest of the walk-through.

Support

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

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