Overview
Bacalhau by Expanso is now part of Expanso Edge. This AMI runs a Bacalhau compute node for teams that already operate a Bacalhau orchestrator. For new edge and distributed data deployments, see Expanso Edge on AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-juqoahc2n6x2w
What the image does
- Installs a pinned Bacalhau release, verified against Bacalhau's release signing key at build time
- Runs Bacalhau as a systemd service under a dedicated system user
- Reads its orchestrator URL and token from EC2 user-data on first boot; no credentials are baked into the image
- Hardened Ubuntu 22.04 LTS base: no password or root SSH login, unattended security upgrades, IMDSv2 required
Quick start
Launch the instance with user-data written as key=value lines:
orchestrator-url=nats://ORCHESTRATOR_HOST:4222 node-token=YOUR_NODE_TOKEN
Optional keys: node-name (defaults to the instance ID) and node-labels (comma-separated key=value pairs). The node registers with your orchestrator when it boots.
Networking
The node only makes outbound connections to your orchestrator and needs no inbound ports. The suggested security group allows SSH (port 22) for administration; restrict its source to your own IP range at launch, or remove it and use AWS Systems Manager Session Manager.
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Highlights
- Bacalhau by Expanso, now part of Expanso Edge. For new deployments, see the Expanso Edge listing on AWS Marketplace
- Joins your existing Bacalhau orchestrator from EC2 user-data at first boot, with no credentials in the image
- Signature-verified Bacalhau release on hardened Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, running as a systemd service
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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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
Bacalhau v1.9.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Bacalhau by Expanso is now part of Expanso Edge: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-juqoahc2n6x2w
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Usage instructions
Launch the AMI with EC2 user-data written as key=value lines: orchestrator-url=nats://ORCHESTRATOR_HOST:4222 and node-token=YOUR_NODE_TOKEN (optional: node-name, node-labels). The node registers with your Bacalhau orchestrator at first boot. It needs outbound access to the orchestrator only. The suggested security group allows SSH (port 22) for administration; restrict its source to your own IP range at launch, or remove it and use AWS Systems Manager Session Manager. Bacalhau by Expanso is now part of Expanso Edge: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-juqoahc2n6x2w
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Bacalhau is open source; report issues at https://github.com/bacalhau-project/bacalhau/issues and read the documentation at https://docs.bacalhau.org . Expanso's supported product is Expanso Edge:
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