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Overview

This page is the entry point for the SecureAnyCloud Hardened Apache HTTP Server, Caddy & Web Servers AMIs 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:

  • Every image is built by SecureAnyCloud on a fully patched base, with the latest security updates applied at build time
  • Services that are secure by default: administrator passwords, database credentials and application secrets are generated uniquely on the first boot of each instance, so no default login exists and no two instances share a secret
  • Hourly metered pricing 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 a separate software version, named <product> <release> on <operating system> - <date>, for example Algernon 1.17.12 on Ubuntu 24.04 - 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 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:

  • Algernon: 1.17.12 on Ubuntu 24.04
  • Static Web Server: 2.43.0 on Ubuntu 24.04

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.
  • Services bound to localhost. Databases and caches listen on 127.0.0.1 only. Never open database ports (3306, 5432, 6379) to the internet.
  • Patched base. The operating system is fully patched when the image is built.
  • HTTPS on first boot for Algernon 1.17.12 on Ubuntu 24.04 and Static Web Server 2.43.0 on Ubuntu 24.04. These versions serve HTTPS with a per-instance certificate from first boot. The other versions serve HTTP, and their guides show how to add a certificate on the instance or behind an Application Load Balancer with AWS Certificate Manager.

Choose your product

Each row shows the product, its software version, the operating system and the guide to open.

Algernon: Algernon 1.17.12 on Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.04. Open the Algernon guide.

Static Web Server: Static Web Server 2.43.0 on Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.04. Open the Static Web Server 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, 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.

All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.

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