This product has charges associated with it for a hardened, minimal Oracle Linux 10.2 image: 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, UEK.
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for a hardened, minimal Oracle Linux 10.2 image built and verified by Rinne Labs.
What you are paying for
Oracle Linux is free and open source software, downloadable at no cost from Oracle. 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 Oracle Linux 10.2 ISO, "Minimal Install" package group
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
Boots Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK); the Red Hat Compatible Kernel is not installed
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. Oracle Linux is free and open source, and the image updates from the distribution's public repositories.
Will the version change? No. This listing stays on Oracle Linux 10.2 and is rebuilt only for security updates. To follow 10.x as it moves, use the rolling Oracle Linux 10 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.
"Oracle" and "Oracle Linux" are trademarks of Oracle Corporation. Rinne Labs is an independent publisher, not affiliated with or endorsed by Oracle Corporation. 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.
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 Oracle Linux 10.2 ISO 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. The image boots Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK); the Red Hat Compatible Kernel is not installed.
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You pay by the hour for this hardened, minimal Oracle Linux image, billed per running EC2 instance. There are no tiers or plans. Instead, each priced dimension maps to a specific EC2 instance type, and your rate follows the instance you choose. Options span general-purpose (m, t), compute-optimized (c), memory-optimized (r, x, z, u), storage-optimized (d, i), and accelerated computing (g, p, f, dl, inf, trn, vt) families across several generations and sizes. Smaller sizes cost less per hour; larger sizes cost more. Your software charge stops when you stop the instance.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What does one hourly unit cover for this listing?
Each hourly rate covers the software license for one running EC2 instance of the matching type. The rate is metered per instance-hour. If you run several instances, each one accrues its own hourly software charge. Your instance size determines which rate applies.
Am I charged the software fee when my instance is stopped?
The software fee meters running instance-hours only. A stopped instance does not accrue this hourly software charge. Note that AWS may still bill underlying storage or other resources while the instance is stopped, but that is separate from the listing's software charge.
What is included in the image, and do I pay extra for updates?
You get a minimal, hardened Oracle Linux image with SELinux enabled, root user disabled, cloud-init enabled, and an expandable root disk. It ships with security updates available at release. The vendor notes RHEL images keep current at no extra cost; contact the vendor to confirm update handling for this image.
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When paid hourly, the instance can be terminated at anytime to stop incurring charges and no refund is available. For the yearly subscribers, refund can be handled for the unused time.
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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
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