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Overview
This image is designed for organizations that require secure, compliant, and audit-ready systems without spending days on manual configuration. It delivers a strong baseline for FedRAMP, NIST, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and other security frameworks.
Key Benefits
- Pre-Hardened with CIS v2 Benchmarks: Enforces system, network, and kernel-level security controls.
- Audit-Ready: Configurations aligned to security compliance requirements.
- Reduced Attack Surface: Unnecessary services disabled; strict firewall, SSH, and file permissions enforced.
- Production-Ready: Ideal for cloud workloads, application hosting, and secure bastion hosts.
- Time-Saving Deployment: Launch a hardened instance in minutes instead of weeks.
Security Enhancements Include
- Strong password policies and account lockout rules
- Disabled insecure protocols and services
- Secure SSH configuration (key-based auth, root login disabled)
- Firewall rules applied with firewalld
- Auditd enabled for system activity logging
- File integrity monitoring with AIDE
- Kernel parameter hardening via sysctl
Target Users
- IT Security Teams - Rapidly deploy hardened OS baselines.
- DevSecOps Engineers - Integrate secure images into CI/CD pipelines.
- Compliance Officers - Maintain adherence to CIS standards with minimal manual effort.
- Cloud Architects - Build secure infrastructures from the ground up.
Technical Specifications
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Base OS: Rocky Linux 8.10 (64-bit)
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Security Standard: CIS Rocky Linux 8 Benchmark v2.0.0
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Access: SSH key authentication (password authentication disabled)
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Firewall: Pre-configured with default-deny rules
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Logging: Audit logs enabled and persistent
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Update Method: dnf update for ongoing security patches
Getting Started
- Launch the image from AWS Marketplace.
- Connect via SSH:
ssh -i <your-key.pem> rocky@
Begin deploying your applications on a hardened, secure Rocky Linux environment.
Highlights
- Pre-Hardened with CIS v2 Benchmarks
- Production-Ready
- Time-Saving Deployment
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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
- Strong password policies and account lockout rules
- Disabled insecure protocols and services
- Secure SSH configuration (key-based auth, root login disabled)
- Firewall rules applied with firewalld
- Auditd enabled for system activity logging
- File integrity monitoring with AIDE
- Kernel parameter hardening via sysctl
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Usage instructions
Getting Started
- Launch the image from AWS Marketplace.
- Connect via SSH:
ssh -i <your-key.pem> rocky@<instance-ip>
Begin deploying your applications on a hardened, secure Rocky Linux environment.
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