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This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for a hardened, minimal AlmaLinux 9 image, newest 9.x (now 9.8): 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 AlmaLinux 9 image built and verified by Rinne Labs. Rolling: always the newest 9.x release, currently built from 9.8.
What you are paying for
AlmaLinux is free and open source software, downloadable at no cost from the AlmaLinux OS 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 AlmaLinux 9.8 ISO, "Minimal Install" package group; moves to each new 9.x release as the distribution ships it
- 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 ec2-user with the key pair you chose at launch: ssh -i your-key.pem ec2-user@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. AlmaLinux is free and open source, and the image updates from the distribution's public repositories.
Which version do I get? The newest AlmaLinux 9.x at build time: 9.8 today. It is rebuilt on each 9.x point release and as security updates ship. For one fixed minor, use the pinned AlmaLinux 9.8 listing.
Who maintains this image? Rinne Labs. 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.
"AlmaLinux" is a trademark of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. Rinne Labs is an independent publisher, not affiliated with or endorsed by the AlmaLinux OS 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 AlmaLinux 9.8 ISO, the newest 9.x release at build time, 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 | $0.18 |
t2.micro | $0.045 |
t3.micro | $0.045 |
r5b.24xlarge | $3.40 |
r5a.12xlarge | $2.20 |
r6a.xlarge | $0.18 |
m7i-flex.8xlarge | $1.40 |
r6id.24xlarge | $3.40 |
r5dn.2xlarge | $0.35 |
r4.16xlarge | $2.80 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this hardened, minimal AlmaLinux 9 image, with no upfront commitment. Each dimension maps to a specific AWS EC2 instance type, such as t2.micro, m5.large, or r7a.48xlarge. The software rate is the same billing unit across every option, so your cost per hour changes based on the instance size and family you select. Smaller instances carry lower hourly software fees, and larger compute, memory, storage, or GPU instances carry higher fees. You choose the instance that fits your workload, and billing scales with the hours you run it.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You get a minimal, hardened AlmaLinux 9 image running on the AWS EC2 instance type you select. The image ships with SELinux enabled, the root user disabled, cloud-init enabled, an expandable root disk, and the security updates available at its release date. The hourly fee covers this software layer.
The software fee meters running time by the hour. When you fully stop or terminate an instance, the hourly software charge stops accruing. Underlying AWS storage or other AWS resources may still incur their own charges, but the AlmaLinux software rate applies only while the instance runs.
Each dimension maps to one EC2 instance type, and the software rate is set per type. Smaller types like t2.micro carry lower hourly software fees. Larger compute, memory, storage, or GPU types like r7a.48xlarge carry higher fees. Your bill is the chosen type's rate multiplied by the hours you run it.
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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
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Kernel version: 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8.x86_64
Package changes:
| Old Package & Version | New Package & Version |
|---|---|
| attr.x86_64 2.5.1-3.el9 | attr.x86_64 2.6.0-1.el9_8 |
| bluez.x86_64 5.85-1.el9 | bluez.x86_64 5.87+1.git30db66dc971b-1.el9_8 |
| dbus-broker.x86_64 28-7.el9 | dbus-broker.x86_64 28-9.el9_8 |
| expat.x86_64 2.5.0-6.el9_8.1 | expat.x86_64 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3 |
| glib2.x86_64 2.68.4-19.el9_8.9 | glib2.x86_64 2.68.4-19.el9_8.10 |
| gzip.x86_64 1.12-1.el9 | gzip.x86_64 1.12-2.el9_8 |
| iwl100-firmware.noarch 39.31.5.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl100-firmware.noarch 39.31.5.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl1000-firmware.noarch 1:39.31.5.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl1000-firmware.noarch 1:39.31.5.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl105-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl105-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl135-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl135-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl2000-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl2000-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl2030-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl2030-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl3160-firmware.noarch 1:25.30.13.0-161.1.el9_8 | iwl3160-firmware.noarch 1:25.30.13.0-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl5000-firmware.noarch 8.83.5.1_1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl5000-firmware.noarch 8.83.5.1_1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl5150-firmware.noarch 8.24.2.2-161.1.el9_8 | iwl5150-firmware.noarch 8.24.2.2-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl6000g2a-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl6000g2a-firmware.noarch 18.168.6.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl6050-firmware.noarch 41.28.5.1-161.1.el9_8 | iwl6050-firmware.noarch 41.28.5.1-161.2.el9_8 |
| iwl7260-firmware.noarch 1:25.30.13.0-161.1.el9_8 | iwl7260-firmware.noarch 1:25.30.13.0-161.2.el9_8 |
| kernel-core.x86_64 5.14.0-687.39.1.el9_8 | kernel-core.x86_64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 |
| kernel-modules-core.x86_64 5.14.0-687.39.1.el9_8 | kernel-modules-core.x86_64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 |
| kernel-modules.x86_64 5.14.0-687.39.1.el9_8 | kernel-modules.x86_64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 |
| kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 5.14.0-687.39.1.el9_8 | kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 |
| kernel-tools.x86_64 5.14.0-687.39.1.el9_8 | kernel-tools.x86_64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8 |
| libattr.x86_64 2.5.1-3.el9 | libattr.x86_64 2.6.0-1.el9_8 |
| libssh-config.noarch 0.10.4-18.el9 | libssh-config.noarch 0.10.4-19.el9_8 |
| libssh.x86_64 0.10.4-18.el9 | libssh.x86_64 0.10.4-19.el9_8 |
| libxml2.x86_64 2.9.13-14.el9_8.2 | libxml2.x86_64 2.9.13-14.el9_8.4 |
| linux-firmware-whence.noarch 20260707-161.1.el9_8 | linux-firmware-whence.noarch 20260804-161.2.el9_8 |
| linux-firmware.noarch 20260707-161.1.el9_8 | linux-firmware.noarch 20260804-161.2.el9_8 |
| NetworkManager-libnm.x86_64 1:1.54.3-4.el9_8 | NetworkManager-libnm.x86_64 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 |
| NetworkManager-team.x86_64 1:1.54.3-4.el9_8 | NetworkManager-team.x86_64 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 |
| NetworkManager-tui.x86_64 1:1.54.3-4.el9_8 | NetworkManager-tui.x86_64 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 |
| NetworkManager.x86_64 1:1.54.3-4.el9_8 | NetworkManager.x86_64 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 |
| nftables.x86_64 1:1.0.9-7.el9_8 | nftables.x86_64 1:1.0.9-9.el9_8 |
| pam.x86_64 1.5.1-28.el9 | pam.x86_64 1.5.1-28.el9_8.1 |
| python3-nftables.x86_64 1:1.0.9-7.el9_8 | python3-nftables.x86_64 1:1.0.9-9.el9_8 |
| sqlite-libs.x86_64 3.34.1-10.el9_8 | sqlite-libs.x86_64 3.34.1-11.el9_8 |
Additional details
Usage instructions
To connect to the VM:
- Use SSH to connect
- Username provisioned inside is: 'ec2-user'
- 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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