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This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for a hardened, minimal Rocky Linux 9.6 image: SELinux enforcing, root login disabled, key-only SSH, audit rules, PAM lockout and sysctl hardening, each verified on a booted instance. 8GB size (no LVM), UEFI/GPT, cloud-init, ENA and NVMe.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for a hardened, minimal Rocky Linux 9.6 image built and verified by Rinne Labs.
What you are paying for
Rocky Linux is free and open source software, downloadable at no cost from the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation. This listing charges neither for the operating system nor for support.
The charge covers the hardened build: a security baseline applied to the image at build time, an automated assertion suite that proves every control of that baseline is live on a booted instance before the image is published, and continued rebuilds carrying current security updates.
Hardening baseline
Every control below is applied at build time and verified by an automated assertion against a booted instance before publication. The image records the baseline it carries in a versioned marker at /etc/rinne-labs-hardening.
- SELinux enforcing, at runtime and persistently across reboots
- Root login over SSH disabled
- Key-only SSH: password and keyboard-interactive authentication refused
- Reduced SSH surface: X11 forwarding off, lowered MaxAuthTries and LoginGraceTime, empty passwords and host-based authentication refused
- Kernel network hardening via sysctl, confirmed live in the running kernel
- Audit rules loaded in the running kernel, auditd enabled at boot
- Account lockout via pam_faillock, with a bounded unlock interval and root exempt
- Password quality enforcement via pam_pwquality
- A default umask of 027 for login shells
- Login banners on console and network logins
- The default user's authorized_keys restricted to mode 0600
Key Features
- Built from the official Rocky Linux 9.6 ISO, "Minimal Install" package group
- 8GB root volume, no LVM, for a fast boot and a small storage footprint
- UEFI/GPT boot with an XFS root filesystem
- cloud-init configured; root partition and filesystem grow to the volume size at first boot
- Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) and NVMe drivers present and verified
- AWS CLI preinstalled
- Distribution security updates applied at build time
Ideal For
- Apache HTTP Server and NGINX web and reverse-proxy tiers
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB database hosts
- Jenkins, GitLab CI and self-hosted GitHub Actions runners
- Terraform, OpenTofu and Ansible control nodes
- Docker and Podman container hosts, and Kubernetes worker nodes
- Auto Scaling groups and immutable golden-image fleets
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I connect? SSH in as rocky with the key pair you chose at launch: ssh -i your-key.pem rocky@your-instance. Password login is disabled and root may not log in over SSH; run sudo -i for a root shell.
Do I need a subscription? No. Rocky Linux is free and open source, and the image updates from the distribution's public repositories.
Who maintains this image, and how often is it rebuilt? Rinne Labs. It is rebuilt as the distribution ships security updates and on each new release, and nothing is published until it passes the full assertion suite on a booted instance.
Why Rinne Labs
- Every image comes out of the same reproducible, fully automated build pipeline, starting from the distribution's official ISO. Nothing is hand-edited in.
- Every image is validated by an automated assertion suite against a booted instance, covering the hardening baseline, the cloud drivers, the repositories and the applied updates. An image that fails an assertion is not published.
"Rocky Linux" is a trademark of the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation. Rinne Labs is an independent publisher, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation. This product repackages free and open source software; all trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
THIS IMAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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Highlights
- Hardened at build time and proven on a booted instance before publication: SELinux enforcing, root login over SSH disabled, key-only authentication, a reduced SSH surface, kernel network hardening, audit rules loaded in the running kernel, account lockout and password quality through PAM, a 027 umask and login banners. Every control carries an automated assertion that must pass before the image ships, and the image records its baseline at /etc/rinne-labs-hardening.
- Minimal by construction: built from the official Rocky Linux 9.6 ISO using only the "Minimal Install" package group, on an 8GB root volume with no LVM, UEFI/GPT boot and an XFS root filesystem. Fewer packages means a smaller attack surface, quicker launches for auto-scaling groups, and lower EBS cost on every instance you run.
- Ready for AWS from first boot: cloud-init expands the root partition and filesystem to the volume size you launch with, the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) and NVMe drivers are present and verified, and the AWS CLI is preinstalled.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.xlarge Recommended | $0.20 |
t3.micro | $0.05 |
c5d.4xlarge | $0.80 |
c6in.24xlarge | $3.80 |
c6a.large | $0.10 |
i3en.3xlarge | $0.80 |
m6a.24xlarge | $3.80 |
d2.8xlarge | $1.60 |
m6in.8xlarge | $1.60 |
t3a.small | $0.05 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this hardened, minimal Rocky Linux 9.6 image. Pricing is not tiered. Instead, each dimension maps to a specific AWS EC2 instance type, and you pick the one matching your workload. Rates scale with instance size and family. Smaller shared-core types like t3.nano cost less per hour, while large compute, memory, storage, GPU, and high-performance types cost more. Software charges are separate from the AWS infrastructure fees for running the instance. You pay only for the hours each instance runs, with no upfront commitment.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
Each unit covers one running instance of the hardened, minimal Rocky Linux 9.6 image on the matching EC2 instance type, billed per hour. The image ships as a minimal install with SELinux enabled, root user disabled, cloud-init enabled, and an expandable root disk on a single volume.
The hourly software charge meters running time only. A fully stopped instance does not accrue software fees. You may still pay AWS for attached storage while the instance is stopped, but that is separate from the software charge on this listing.
Two charges apply at once on the same bill. The listing charges the hourly software rate for the instance type you run. AWS separately charges its own infrastructure fees for compute, storage, and network. Both accrue only for the hours each instance runs.
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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
Security Update
Kernel version: 5.14.0-611.47.1.el9_7.x86_64
Package changes:
| Old Package & Version | New Package & Version |
|---|---|
| freetype.x86_64 2.10.4-10.el9_5 | |
| glibc-common.x86_64 2.34-231.el9_7.2 | glibc-common.x86_64 2.34-231.el9_7.10 |
| glibc-minimal-langpack.x86_64 2.34-231.el9_7.2 | glibc-minimal-langpack.x86_64 2.34-231.el9_7.10 |
| glibc.x86_64 2.34-231.el9_7.2 | glibc.x86_64 2.34-231.el9_7.10 |
| gnutls.x86_64 3.8.3-9.el9.0.1 | gnutls.x86_64 3.8.3-10.el9_7 |
| graphite2.x86_64 1.3.14-9.el9 | |
| grub2-tools-efi.x86_64 1:2.06-114.el9_7.0.1 | |
| grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 1:2.06-114.el9_7.0.1 | |
| harfbuzz.x86_64 2.7.4-10.el9 | |
| kernel-core.x86_64 5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7 | kernel-core.x86_64 5.14.0-611.47.1.el9_7 |
| kernel-modules-core.x86_64 5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7 | kernel-modules-core.x86_64 5.14.0-611.47.1.el9_7 |
| kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7 | kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 5.14.0-611.47.1.el9_7 |
| kernel-tools.x86_64 5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7 | kernel-tools.x86_64 5.14.0-611.47.1.el9_7 |
| libarchive.x86_64 3.5.3-6.el9_6 | libarchive.x86_64 3.5.3-7.el9_7 |
| libnghttp2.x86_64 1.43.0-6.el9 | libnghttp2.x86_64 1.43.0-6.el9_7.1 |
| libpng.x86_64 2:1.6.37-12.el9_7.1 | |
| python3-libs.x86_64 3.9.25-3.el9_7 | python3-libs.x86_64 3.9.25-3.el9_7.2 |
| python3.x86_64 3.9.25-3.el9_7 | python3.x86_64 3.9.25-3.el9_7.2 |
| vim-minimal.x86_64 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7 | vim-minimal.x86_64 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2 |
Additional details
Usage instructions
To connect to the VM:
- Use SSH to connect
- Username provisioned inside is: 'rocky'
- Use the SSH key provided at the launch of the instance
- Run 'sudo su -' to get a root prompt
More info:
- Login with SSH
- Login from Windows
- Instance status verification section in the AWS Documentation
Check the health and functionality of the virtual machine you have just launched:
- Go to your Amazon EC2 console and ensure you are in the correct region
- Select 'Instances' from the left menu and click on the newly launched instance
- Click on the 'Status and Alarms' tab at the bottom of the page to check all parameters are green
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