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This product has charges associated with it for hardening, update maintenance, and seller support. Hardened AlmaLinux 8 is rigorously hardened following the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) standards, which are recognized as the industry's best practice for secure configuration through a consensus-driven process.
Overview
This is a repackaged open source software wherein additional. charges apply for extended support with a 24 hour response time.
This image has been expertly preconfigured by Hardened Images to align with the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) standards, recognized as the gold standard for secure configuration, and embraced by government, business, industry, and academic circles. STIG guidelines not only ensuretop-tier security but also facilitate compliance with a broad spectrum of cybersecurity frameworks.
Tailored for system and application administrators, security experts, auditors, help desk professionals, and deployment specialists, this image streamlines the process of developing, deploying, evaluating, or securing solutions that incorporate this Linux system, boosting your operational efficiency.
Choosing an AMI hardened by Hardened Images significantly enhances the efficiency, reduces the cost, and minimizes the risk linked to your organization's AWS solution deployments.
As a trusted consulting partner for small to medium-sized businesses, Hardened Images enables you to initiate and sustain a secure cloud presence. As your dedicated cloud virtual machine experts, we empower you to build with confidence and security from the outset.
Highlights
- Fortified following the rigorous standards of a STIG Benchmark, crafted through a collaborative, consensus-based process and endorsed by both government entities and businesses for its unparalleled security and reliability. This underscores the benchmark's effectiveness in safeguarding critical infrastructure and sensitive data, making it a cornerstone in the pursuit of robust cybersecurity defenses.
- Hardening is a process of limiting potential weaknesses that make systems vulnerable to cyber attacks.
- Every Hardened Images image is updated at launch with the up to the minute security upgrades and patches making sure you are always running the most secure version available.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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OtherLinux 8
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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 | $0.05 |
t2.micro | $0.05 |
t3.micro | $0.05 |
c5ad.xlarge | $0.10 |
c5a.8xlarge | $0.80 |
c5a.large | $0.10 |
c6i.12xlarge | $1.60 |
c5n.18xlarge | $2.40 |
r5.metal | $3.20 |
c5ad.2xlarge | $0.20 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for this hardened AlmaLinux 8 image, billed per running instance. Pricing has no upfront commitment and follows usage. Each dimension maps to a specific AWS EC2 instance type, such as general-purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, storage-optimized, and accelerated compute families. Your hourly software rate is tied to the instance type you launch. Larger instance sizes within a family carry higher rates because they provide more compute, memory, or storage. You choose the instance that fits your workload, and charges scale with the size and family you select.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You pay for a hardened version of AlmaLinux 8. Hardening limits system weaknesses that expose it to cyber threats. The image follows recognized secure configuration standards. This differs from a standard image by reducing vulnerabilities like unauthorized data access and denial of service.
The software rate meters running time only. Fully stopped instances do not accrue hourly software charges. Stopped instances may still incur separate AWS storage fees for attached volumes, but those are AWS infrastructure costs, not the software license charge.
Your hourly software rate is tied to the specific instance type you launch. Moving to a larger size within a family raises the hourly rate, since it provides more compute, memory, or storage. Charges apply only while that instance runs.
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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
Routine update with all vendor security fixes through June 2026
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connect over SSH using the key pair selected at launch. The default user is shown above. See the listing's usage instructions for full details.
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