This product has charges associated with it for hardening, security configuration, and support.
Valkey is the open-source Redis-compatible cache by the Linux Foundation - the safe, BSD-licensed alternative after Redis changed its license. Unlike bare Valkey deployments that bind to all interfaces with no authentication, this Lynxroute build is security baked in: strong password at first boot, localhost-only binding, FLUSHALL disabled, and CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base.
Drop-in Redis replacement compatible with all existing Redis clients.
BSD-3-Clause license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS VALKEY
Valkey is the open-source, high-performance Redis-compatible in-memory data store maintained by the Linux Foundation - forked from Redis OSS 7.2 in 2024 when Redis Inc. relicensed to BSL. It supports the full Redis API including strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams, pub/sub messaging, Lua scripting, transactions, geospatial commands, hyperloglog, bitmaps and the modules ecosystem. Operators get RDB snapshots and AOF persistence to local disk, replica replication and cluster sharding for horizontal scale. Drop-in compatible with all existing Redis clients across Java, Python, Node.js, Go, PHP, Ruby and 100+ other languages and frameworks - no application code changes required. BSD-3-Clause license - the safe vendor-neutral path forward for self-hosted Redis users.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
Strong random password at first boot - no default or empty password
Binds to 127.0.0.1 only - not exposed to the network by default
FLUSHALL and FLUSHDB disabled
UFW firewall - port 6379 blocked externally, SSH on 22 only
fail2ban, AppArmor
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
Secure by default: strong password at first boot, localhost-only binding, FLUSHALL disabled - unlike bare Valkey AMIs that ship with no auth and open networking.
CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
Drop-in Redis replacement: full Redis API compatibility, works with all existing Redis clients and tooling. Linux Foundation BSD-3-Clause license - no vendor lock-in, ever.
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You pay by the hour based on the EC2 instance size you choose to run this hardened Valkey cache image. Six instance types are offered across two families. The t3 options (t3.micro, t3.small, t3.medium, t3.large) are burstable instances that scale up in compute and memory. The m6i options (m6i.large, m6i.xlarge) provide steady general-purpose capacity, with m6i.xlarge offering more resources than m6i.large. Your hourly rate rises as the instance grows in size. You choose the instance that fits your workload, and billing runs through AWS Marketplace on an hourly usage basis.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What exactly does the hourly software charge cover on top of the base Valkey cache?
You get a security-hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS image running a Redis-compatible Valkey cache. Each instance ships with CIS Level 1 hardening, a CVE scan, a CycloneDX SBOM, a CIS Conformance Report, and unique credentials generated at first boot. The hourly rate covers this pre-configured software image.
Am I charged the hourly software fee when my instance is stopped?
The software fee meters running instance-hours only. A fully stopped instance stops accruing the hourly software charge. Note that stopped instances may still incur underlying AWS storage fees for attached volumes, which are separate from this listing's software charge and billed by AWS.
How do the t3 and m6i instance choices affect what I pay per hour?
You pick one instance type and pay its hourly rate. The t3 types (micro, small, medium, large) are burstable, so compute and memory step up across those sizes. The m6i types (large, xlarge) give steady general-purpose capacity. Larger instances carry higher hourly rates. You are billed only for the type you run.
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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
Updated to version 9.1.1.
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Usage instructions
Launch instance (t3.small recommended)
SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
Get password: sudo cat /root/valkey-credentials.txt
Open port 6379 in Security Group ONLY to trusted IPs (never 0.0.0.0/0)
Connect: valkey-cli -h <PRIVATE_IP> -p 6379 -a <password>
Valkey binds to 127.0.0.1 by default. To allow access from your application servers,
edit /etc/valkey/valkey.conf and change the bind directive, then restart:
sudo systemctl restart valkey
Credentials are saved to /root/valkey-credentials.txt at first boot.
Lynxroute is not affiliated with the Linux Foundation or LF Projects LLC - this AMI packages the BSD-3-Clause open-source Valkey distribution as a self-hosted EC2 service (distinct from AWS ElastiCache for Valkey, which is a managed offering). "Valkey" is a trademark of LF Projects LLC.
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