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This product has charges associated with the pre-configured security setup, including Docker installation and continuous image maintenance. Deploy a security-hardened Red Hat 9 virtual machine configured with over 200 controls out of the box, optimized for secure workloads.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source operating system, Red Hat 9, with additional charges applied for extended support that includes a 24-hour response time. To access support, contact us at support@hardenedimages.com .
This image includes Docker Engine, a lightweight virtualization platform that allows you to build, run, and manage containers. Docker simplifies development, enables consistency between environments, reduces integration issues, and accelerates deployment across diverse infrastructures-making it a key component in modern DevOps and CI/CD workflows.
The Red Hat 9 virtual machine is pre-hardened by Hardened Images using Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) as a baseline. These industry-recognized benchmarks are developed through a collaborative process and serve as a foundation for meeting a wide range of cybersecurity and compliance requirements.
Designed for system administrators, security engineers, developers, auditors, and platform teams, this image helps reduce the time, cost, and risk associated with securing cloud workloads. It is ideal for deploying secure applications in regulated or sensitive environments.
Hardened Images serves as a trusted partner to small and mid-sized businesses, helping them deploy secure cloud infrastructure from day one. With this image, you can launch Red Hat 9 confidently, knowing it is optimized for security, performance, and operational reliability.
Highlights
- Enhanced Security: Our Docker on Hardened Images provides an extra layer of security, safeguarding your containers against vulnerabilities with pre-configured security policies and hardened operating system components.
- Compliance Assurance: Designed to meet stringent regulatory standards, our solution simplifies the path to compliance for industries subject to rigorous data protection and privacy regulations, offering peace of mind in deployment.
- Optimized Performance: Leveraging Hardened Images ensures that Docker runs on a streamlined, optimized environment, enhancing performance and reliability while reducing the overhead typically associated with virtualization.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Rhel 9
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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.
Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate your infrastructure costs.
If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | $0.88 |
t3.micro | $0.70 |
t2.micro | $0.70 |
m5.8xlarge | $3.30 |
c5n.xlarge | $0.88 |
m5zn.xlarge | $0.88 |
c1.medium | $0.88 |
m5zn.metal | $6.20 |
c6a.2xlarge | $0.88 |
c5n.metal | $6.20 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for the software running on a hardened Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 image with Docker. Pricing is not organized as feature tiers. Instead, each option maps to a specific AWS EC2 instance type, and the hourly rate follows the size and family of that instance. Smaller shared instances carry lower hourly rates. Larger, memory-optimized, compute-optimized, storage-optimized, GPU, and bare-metal instances carry higher rates. You choose the instance that fits your workload, then pay only for the hours you run it.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You get a hardened Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 image with Docker preinstalled, running on the AWS EC2 instance type you select. The image is configured to STIG security recommendations. The hourly software rate is separate from the AWS infrastructure charge for that instance.
The software rate meters running time by the hour. When you stop the instance, the hourly software charge stops accruing. Note that AWS may still charge for underlying resources like attached storage while the instance is stopped, but that is separate from the software fee.
Each option maps to one EC2 instance type. The rate follows that instance's size and family. A small shared instance like t3.micro carries a low rate. Large memory-optimized, compute-optimized, storage-optimized, GPU, or bare-metal instances like p5.48xlarge or m8i.metal-96xl carry higher rates.
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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.
Version release notes
This is the initial release of the Docker on Hardened Red Hat 9 image. All current security patches are applied and over 200 security controls are configured by default.
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connecting to the Virtual Machine
To connect to your instance, use SSH over port 22. The default username for this image is ec2-user.
For full details on connecting to EC2 instances, refer to the AWS documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
Security Configuration
This image is pre-hardened with over 200 security controls applied by default. No additional setup or configuration is required after launch.
You can begin using the virtual machine immediately with a secure baseline already in place.
Accessing Docker
Docker is pre-installed on this instance.
To confirm Docker is installed, open a terminal and run the following command: docker --version
This will display the installed Docker Engine version.
To run a sample container, use this command: docker run hello-world
This command will pull a test image from Docker Hub and launch a container to verify that Docker is working correctly. You should see a message confirming that Docker is operational.
Additional Details
- No additional external resources are required for the product to function.
- There are no credentials, access keys, or tokens in place that need to be rotated.
- No customer data is collected by this software at any point.
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Support
Vendor support
Included with every Hardened Images virtual machine is a dedicated, passionate world-class support team. Have a question? Just reach out! We love to help. Email support is available directly at support@hardenedimages.com
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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