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This product has charges associated with it for the AWS infrastructure used to run this free AMI; no Hanwei software fee applies. Hanwei prepares a minimal CentOS Stream 9 image with essential utilities, a versioned security-hardening baseline, automatic-update configuration, credential-free construction, and EC2 validation.
Overview
CentOS Stream 9 Minimal with Utilities delivers a clean, production-ready Linux server environment optimized for AWS cloud deployments. This AMI provides a lightweight foundation for building custom server images, running containerized applications, or deploying enterprise workloads.
CentOS Stream 9 is a continuously delivered distribution tracking just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 development. It features Linux kernel 5.14 with enhanced performance, security improvements, and hardware support.
Key features of CentOS Stream 9:
- Linux Kernel 5.14 - Enhanced performance and hardware support
- Python 3.9 - Modern Python runtime included
- RHEL 9 compatible - Binary compatible with RHEL 9
- Long-term support - Maintained until 2027
- No X.Org Server - Headless server optimized
Pre-installed utilities:
- net-tools - Classic network utilities (ifconfig, netstat, route, arp)
- zip/unzip - Archive compression and extraction
- wget/curl - File download and data transfer tools
- vim - Advanced text editor
- tar/gzip - Archive management tools
- sudo - Privilege escalation management
- AWS CLI v2 - AWS resource management from command line
Security hardening:
- SSH key-only authentication (password login disabled)
- SELinux enforcing mode enabled
- firewalld configured for basic protection
- Automatic security updates via dnf-automatic
- Minimal installation reduces attack surface
This AMI is suitable for:
- General-purpose Linux servers
- Web servers and application servers
- Database servers
- Container hosts (Docker, Podman)
- Development and testing environments
- Building custom AMIs
- Migration from CentOS 7
Highlights
- Long-term support - CentOS Stream 9 is maintained until 2027, providing years of updates and security patches for enterprise workloads.
- Essential utilities - net-tools, zip, wget, curl, vim pre-installed for immediate productivity. No need to install basic tools after launch.
- Security hardened - SSH key-only auth, SELinux enforcing, automatic updates. Minimal installation reduces attack surface for production workloads.
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The software itself is free, so the vendor adds no license fee. The hourly rate you pay is the standard AWS charge for running that EC2 instance. Cost tracks the instance family and size you pick, from small general-purpose types to large compute, memory, storage, and GPU options.
Hourly charges apply only while the instance runs. A stopped instance stops accruing hourly compute charges. You may still pay AWS for attached storage, such as EBS volumes, while the instance is stopped. Software is free, so no software fee applies in any state.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Version release notes
CentOS Stream 9 Minimal with Utilities provides a clean, lightweight Linux server environment with essential system tools pre-installed. Based on CentOS Stream 9 with long-term support until 2027.
Included Software:
- CentOS Stream 9 - Enterprise-grade Linux distribution
- Linux Kernel 5.14.0-710.el9 - Stable kernel with enhanced performance
- net-tools 2.10-alpha - Classic network utilities (ifconfig, netstat)
- zip/unzip 3.0 - Archive compression utilities
- wget 1.21.1 / curl 7.76.1 - File download tools
- vim 8.2 - Advanced text editor
- AWS CLI 2.33.0 - AWS resource management
Security:
- SSH hardened: Key pair authentication only, password login disabled
- SELinux: Enabled in enforcing mode
- Firewall: Configured with firewalld
- Automatic security updates: Enabled via dnf-automatic
Optimizations:
- Minimal installation reduces attack surface
- Only essential packages installed
- Optimized for cloud deployments
- Fast boot time
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Usage instructions
SSH to the instance and login as 'ec2-user' using the key specified at launch. Additional information may be found at : https://docs.usvm.9mmj.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html
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