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Deployed on AWS
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For the EMEA region, optimized and pre-configured for performance with AWS-specific profiles, Red Hat Enterprise Linux combines production stability with developer agility.
Overview
* Direct support from Red Hat
* Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) eligible.
* Red Hat Hybrid Committed Spend eligible
* Flexible pricing options available via Private Offers. Contact your Red Hat account team or partner for more information.
Need to move fast in the cloud? Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for AWS is your launchpad for building and scaling applications with speed and confidence. Pre-tuned for AWS and deeply integrated with services like CloudWatch and the AWS CLI, it delivers a ready-to-use experience that helps you hit the ground running without extra setup or configuration. Trusted by 90%* of the Fortune 500, RHEL provides a consistent, secure foundation across AWS, hybrid, and on-prem environments. Whether you're deploying one instance or scaling across regions, get started with Pay As You Go and start building on a platform designed for performance and peace of mind.
RHEL for AWS is an optimized Red Hat Enterprise Linux offering designed specifically for AWS environments. It includes built-in features and integrations that streamline performance, management, and security, such as:
* Pre-configured AWS-specific performance profiles for faster, consistent deployments
* Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) support for enhanced network performance
* Integrated AWS CLI and CloudWatch telemetry for seamless observability and management
* Red Hat Insights for proactive monitoring and intelligent issue resolution across hybrid environments
* Immutable image mode and container-native tooling to simplify cloud-native development and reduce attack surfaces
* Optional automated updates and rollbacks for faster operations with reduced risk
* Leverage RHEL as a trusted AI foundation with an extensive ecosystem of trusted partners and tools.
For Procurement
* Take advantage of your existing Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) when purchasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, to optimize costs and spend down your commitment.
* Pay-as-you-go pricing is based on instance size and vCPU quantity. Discounted 1 & 3 year VM software reservation purchase options are also available.
* Flexible pricing options available via Private Offer. Please contact your Red Hat account team or Red Hat partner for more details.
For Developers
Build faster
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for AWS is optimized for speed and developer productivity. Pre-tuned images with AWS-specific performance profiles eliminate the need for manual configuration, so you can spend less time setting up and more time coding. Integrated toolchains, container runtimes, and cloud-native workflows help you build, test, and deploy applications faster directly within your AWS environment.
Streamline your workflows
Use RHEL for AWS's integrated AWS CLI to manage AWS services directly from your RHEL command line. System roles and automation integration with Red Hat Ansible® Automation Platform help standardize configurations across instances, saving time and reducing manual effort.
Support
Direct support from Red Hat's award-winning support team with 24x7 access for high-severity issues, and access to an extensive Knowledgebase and other tools in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
For System Admins and Corporate IT
Reduce risk
RHEL for AWS comes hardened with built-in security profiles, Secure Boot, and Confidential Compute to help safeguard your workloads from boot to runtime. Benefit from a trusted software supply chain and meet compliance mandates with confidence using a platform certified across major security standards.
Decrease downtime
Red Hat Insights continuously monitors your RHEL for AWS deployments and flags issues before they impact performance. Get real-time visibility into vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and drift, plus step-by-step remediation guidance, all from a centralized dashboard. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorized, it's enterprise-ready out of the box.
Streamline management and automation
With deep integration into AWS services, RHEL for AWS enables you to manage cloud resources and infrastructure from a single interface. Automate patching, updates, and image lifecycle management using Red Hat Satellite and integrated telemetry from Amazon CloudWatch. Access decades of Red Hat's Linux expertise with RHEL Lightspeed, which uses AI to provide proactive guidance on building, deploying, and managing RHEL.
Highlights
- Protect your business with innovative, built-in capabilities. Red Hat Enterprise Linux also provides security technologies, controls, certifications, and the ongoing support of Red Hat to help safeguard your IT infrastructure and business.
- Gain enterprise workload consistency with a unified foundation. Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers a consistent application and user experience regardless of the underlying infrastructure.
- Simplify management with integrated tools. Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers built-in manageability and integration with Red Hat management and automation products. Every active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription includes access to Red Hat Insights.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Rhel 10.0
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Pricing
Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time. Alternatively, you can pay upfront for a contract, which typically covers your anticipated usage for the contract duration. Any usage beyond contract will incur additional usage-based costs.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m5.large Recommended | $0.03 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.03 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.03 |
r4.16xlarge | $0.723 |
r5n.4xlarge | $0.181 |
p2.16xlarge | $0.723 |
m5ad.4xlarge | $0.181 |
z1d.2xlarge | $0.12 |
m4.large | $0.03 |
r5a.12xlarge | $0.542 |
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All fees are non-refundable
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Delivery details
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.
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Usage instructions
- Launch the product via 1-Click or the marketplace listing.
- Access your instance using ssh
- Open an SSH client
- Locate your private key file that was used to launch this instance.
- Use the default username 'ec2-user' and the ssh key registered with AWS. Note that 'root' is disabled by default.
- You should regularly update the OS to apply security fixes and enhancements.
- To do this, run 'sudo yum -y update'
- For more information please see the Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Web Services documentation.
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Kelvin W.
Main Operating System used for work
Reviewed on Dec 14, 2017
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Secure, reliable and well maintained by the developers. Simple to use
What do you dislike about the product?
Due to the aim of having a reliable OS, some of the more up-to-date packages are not readily available from the repos. To install more up to date software, sometimes you will need to manually build and compile.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are using RedHat Enterprise Linux as our Production desktop VM. RedHat Enterprise Linux makes it easy to secure our VMS and ensure all our employees comply with our security standards.
Defense & Space
KVM review
Reviewed on Oct 11, 2017
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use. Command line interface has good online tutorials and support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Troubleshooting can be tricky as logs are not very descriptive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Virtulzation ease of access for development and automation.
Information Technology and Services
RHEL, The OS for real computer users
Reviewed on Mar 28, 2017
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to control every little aspect of administration
What do you dislike about the product?
the stock console color scheme that is set by RHEL, id rather see text on a white backgound. When things are blue its terrible
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use RHEL for all of our servers, it provides much better stability and patch management than windows
Recommendations to others considering the product:
good admins that know what they are doing
Matt C.
Assistant Network Administrator
Reviewed on Mar 16, 2017
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The support for the Operating Systems and how customizible they are. We are taking full advantage of the free open source operating systems when funds are limited.
What do you dislike about the product?
Relying on a community of helpful people for support is a different mindset compared to using Windows Server or Mac OSX where there is a corporation to call for support.
Note: The community is always incredibly helpful!
Note: The community is always incredibly helpful!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We run our network registration server on CentOS and one of our survey servers on another distribution of CentOS. The setup was incredibly easy and maintenance is relatively simple.
Information Technology and Services
Ubuntu
Reviewed on Feb 23, 2017
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of installation and how it uses only minimal space.
What do you dislike about the product?
The office tools are not as elaborate as competition
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I needed a legit solution which does not increase the cost of my additional resources. By using RH, I have achieved my plan of production effectively.