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SQL Server Linux

Overview

This page is the entry point for the SecureAnyCloud Hardened AMIs for Microsoft SQL Server 2022 & 2025 on Ubuntu listing on AWS Marketplace. The listing is a single product that offers several products and releases as separate software versions. Subscribe once, choose the version you want from the Software version list at launch, and open its guide below for the full setup and connection walk-through.

SecureAnyCloud publishes pre-configured AMIs that deploy Microsoft SQL Server on AWS with security hardening built in from the start. The images remove default credentials, generate per-instance secrets on first boot, and run on a fully patched Ubuntu LTS base. Each instance starts with its own credentials, TLS-encrypted connections and no database port exposed.

What you get with every version:

  • An image built on a fully patched Ubuntu LTS base, with security hardening applied before publication
  • First-boot setup that generates a unique SQL Server sa password on each instance and writes it to a root-only file
  • No default password, and no secret shared between instances. SQL Server authentication requires the per-instance password.
  • TLS-encrypted connections, using a certificate generated on each instance's first boot

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 <product> <release> on <operating system> - <date>, for example SQL Server 2022 Developer on Ubuntu 22.04 - YYYY-MM-DD. The date is when that version was added to the listing.
  • Choose your Region and an instance type (m5.large is recommended), your EC2 key pair, and a security group that opens the ports listed in the product's guide. 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.

Versions in this listing, newest release first:

  • SQL Server: 2025 Developer on Ubuntu 24.04, 2025 Enterprise on Ubuntu 24.04, 2025 Express on Ubuntu 24.04, 2025 Standard on Ubuntu 24.04, 2022 Developer on Ubuntu 22.04, 2022 Enterprise on Ubuntu 22.04, 2022 Standard on Ubuntu 22.04

Security model

Every version in this listing follows the same model:

  • No default login. Administrator passwords, database passwords and application secrets are generated on the first boot of each instance and written to a root-only file. No two instances share a secret.
  • Only the documented ports. Each guide lists the ports the product needs. Open only those in your security group.
  • Database port closed to the internet. The listing's default security group opens SSH only. Reach the database port over an SSH tunnel, or allow it only from the networks of your applications, and never from 0.0.0.0/0.
  • Patched base. The operating system is fully patched when the image is built.
  • HTTPS. Each guide shows how to add a certificate on the instance or behind an Application Load Balancer with AWS Certificate Manager.

Choose your product

Every version is SQL Server. Pick the software version that matches the release and operating system you want:

  • SQL Server 2022 Developer on Ubuntu 22.04
  • SQL Server 2022 Enterprise on Ubuntu 22.04
  • SQL Server 2022 Standard on Ubuntu 22.04
  • SQL Server 2025 Developer on Ubuntu 24.04
  • SQL Server 2025 Enterprise on Ubuntu 24.04
  • SQL Server 2025 Express on Ubuntu 24.04
  • SQL Server 2025 Standard on Ubuntu 24.04

How to tell which version you launched

The EC2 console shows the version you chose on the instance's launch record (AMI name and description), and your AWS Marketplace subscription shows it too. On the instance itself, the login message after SSH names the product and its credentials file. 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 in the Marketplace console or email sales@secureanycloud.com.

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