Amazon Linux - AshokBhat/notes GitHub Wiki

About

• Linux distribution developed by Amazon Web Services
• Current generation: Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023)
• Optimized for Amazon EC2 and AWS Graviton
• Based partly on Fedora
• Supported until June 30, 2029
• No additional licensing cost

Availability

• Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for Amazon EC2
• Docker container image
• VM images for KVM and VMware
• Can be used for on-premises development and testing

Components

• dnf package manager
• SELinux
• IMDSv2
• x86_64 and [aarch64](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/aarch64)
• Linux LTS kernels

Versions

• Amazon Linux AMI — legacy, EOL
• Amazon Linux 2 — supported until June 30, 2026
• Amazon Linux 2023 — supported until June 30, 2029

See also

• [Fedora]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[[RHEL) | CentOS
• [Debian]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[[Ubuntu)
• [Amazon EC2]] ](/AshokBhat/notes/wiki/[[AWS) | Amazon