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This product has charges associated with it for support. Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for support and maintenance by AskforCloud LLC.
Rocky Linux is a community-driven enterprise Linux operating system built to provide compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It delivers a stable, secure, and reliable foundation for cloud environments, enterprise applications, development platforms, and production workloads. With a long-term maintenance lifecycle, Rocky Linux helps organizations deploy enterprise-grade infrastructure without subscription licensing requirements.
Key Advantages
Enterprise RHEL Compatibility: Provides binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allowing existing applications, configurations, and workloads to run with minimal changes.
Production-Ready Performance: Designed for demanding workloads, including enterprise servers, cloud platforms, virtualization environments, and large-scale deployments.
Extended Lifecycle Support: Offers long-term updates, security enhancements, and maintenance releases to support stable infrastructure operations.
Open Source & Community Powered: Developed through an open-source community model focused on transparency, security, reliability, and continuous improvement.
Rocky Linux delivers enterprise-level capabilities with the freedom and flexibility of open-source technology, making it a reliable choice for modern cloud, hybrid, and on-premises infrastructure deployments.
Disclaimer- This Virtual Machine Offer contains free and open-source software. All software names, logos, and trademarks referenced in this Virtual Machine Offer remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Askforcloud LLC does not provide or include any commercial license, subscription, or proprietary support entitlement for the products mentioned above.
Rocky Linux® is a registered trademark of Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation in the United States and other countries.
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- Askforcloud LLC simplifies cloud adoption with ready-to-deploy AMIs built for speed, security, and performance. Empower your workloads with scalable, reliable, and efficient cloud solutions designed for seamless deployment.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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OtherLinux Rocky Linux 9.1
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t2.medium Recommended | $0.10 |
t2.micro | $0.01 |
t3.micro | $0.01 |
u-3tb1.56xlarge | $1.00 |
dl1.24xlarge | $1.00 |
r5.2xlarge | $0.10 |
x1e.16xlarge | $1.00 |
g3.16xlarge | $1.00 |
p3.2xlarge | $0.10 |
r5d.4xlarge | $0.30 |
Vendor refund policy
For this offer, Askforcloud LLC does not offer refund, you can cancel at anytime.
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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.
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Usage instructions
Connect to EC2 Linux instance - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html ( Port - 22 and Username - rocky)
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Multi-Architecture Support
Available for x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures
Package Management
Modulesync command available to replace certain workflows in dnf and createrepo_c
SSH Security Configuration
New OpenSSH option supports setting the minimum RSA key length
RHEL Compatibility
100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux with sources rebuilt directly from RHEL
Enterprise Operating System
Open-source enterprise operating system designed for stable production deployments
Pre-installed Security Tools
Over 2500 pre-installed security tools including Nmap, Metasploit Framework, Wireshark, Burp Suite, Aircrack-ng, John the Ripper, Hydra, Nikto, Sqlmap, and THC-Hydra ready for immediate use.
Desktop Environment and Remote Access
XFCE4 graphical desktop environment accessible via VNC on port 5901 immediately after instance launch without manual server configuration.
Filesystem Compliance
FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) compliant filesystem enabling standard Linux directory structure for binaries, support files, and libraries.
Security Tool Categories
Comprehensive toolset covering Information Gathering, Vulnerability Analysis, Web Application Analysis, Database Assessments, Password Attacks, Wireless Attacks, Exploitation, Sniffing and Spoofing, Post Exploitation, Forensics, Reverse Engineering, and Reporting capabilities.
Preinstalled Security Tools
Over 600 preinstalled tools for penetration testing, forensics, scanning, reconnaissance, exploitation, privilege escalation, and exfiltration tasks.
Wireless and Bluetooth Auditing
Wireless and Bluetooth assessment tools including Aircrack-ng, Kismet, and Ubertooth for auditing 802.11 networks and Bluetooth devices.
Exploitation and Privilege Escalation
Exploitation tools such as Metasploit Framework, sqlmap, and John the Ripper for testing vulnerabilities and escalating privileges within systems.
Web Application Security Testing
Web application analysis tools including Burp Suite, Nikto, and OWASP ZAP for comprehensive web application security assessment.
Forensics and Data Recovery
Digital forensics tools such as Autopsy, DC3DD, and Guymager for forensic analysis and data recovery operations.
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