Amazon Linuxλ︎
Amazon Linux 2 is a Linux operating system from Amazon Web Services (AWS). It provides a security-focused, stable, and high-performance execution environment to develop and run cloud applications. Amazon Linux 2 is provided at no additional charge. AWS provides ongoing security and maintenance updates for Amazon Linux 2.
Benefitsλ︎
- Amazon Linux is provides at no additional charge
- tuned for enhanced performance with support for the latest Amazon EC2 instance capabilities
- includes packages that help ease integration with other AWS Services
- a virtual machine and container image for on-premises development and testing
- avoid environment issues affecting development by building, testing and integrating on the same Linux distribution used in the production environment
- long-term support without compromising access to the latest versions of popular software packages
- a growing community of Technology Partners applications from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)