Overview
This is the Official CentOS 7 x86_64 HVM image that has been built with a minimal profile, suitable for use in HVM instance types only. The image contains just enough packages to run within AWS, bring up an SSH Server and allow users to login. Please note that this is the default CentOS-7 image that we recommend everyone uses. It contains packages that are updated at points in time to include critical security updates.
Highlights
- All official CentOS Linux images are built with SELINUX set to enforcing mode. However, we test the images with both Selinux enabled as well as permissive.
- Starting with CentOS-7 we now include cloud-init support in all CentOS AMI's, the default cloud user is setup to be 'centos'. Once the machine is running, you will be able to login as this user and use sudo to run privileged commands. You can override this default username by using instance user data at time of instantiation.
- We recommend reviewing the CentOS on AWS Cloud wiki page at http://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/AWS for details on how these images are built, how you might be able to extend and add functionality to these images as well as Getting Started guides.
Details
Typical total price
$0.012/hour
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.nano | $0.00 | $0.006 | $0.006 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier Recommended | $0.00 | $0.012 | $0.012 |
t2.small | $0.00 | $0.023 | $0.023 |
t2.medium | $0.00 | $0.046 | $0.046 |
t2.large | $0.00 | $0.093 | $0.093 |
t2.xlarge | $0.00 | $0.186 | $0.186 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.00 | $0.371 | $0.371 |
t3.nano | $0.00 | $0.005 | $0.005 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.01 |
t3.small | $0.00 | $0.021 | $0.021 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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Delivery details
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
Python 3 is now available. Installing the python3 package gives you the Python 3.6 interpreter.
SSSD has been rebased to version 1.16.5 pacemaker has been rebased to version 1.1.23 MariaDB has been rebased to 5.5.68 Since release 1503 (abrt>= 2.1.11-19.el7.centos.0.1) CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about that feature at this page.
If you plan to use Security Profiles in Anaconda, please see this link.
Many packages have received important updates. Please see the upstream document for details.
Default desktop layout has changed and is documented in upstream
Additional details
Usage instructions
SSH to the instance and login as 'centos' using the key specified at launch. Additional information may be found at : http://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/AWS .
Resources
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Support
Vendor support
CentOS support is entirely community driven and delivered via various venues listed at http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp Please note this is Open Source software. Software support is provided through the software provider's associated community only.
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Customer reviews
Works great
I know this is an older AMI, but it works great. I'll address a few concerns that others likely hit.
SSH: Make sure your SG has the right IP/Host Name in it. You should get a request to accept the client cert on connection no matter the auth issues. If you get that, the connection worked.
Cert issues: For centos, the username is not ec2-user, it's 'centos'. It will error with messages about certs and connections if the user is wrong. That might steer you in the wrong direction. No user name given will request on on connection.
Try: centos@public-ip for the host names connection string. Make sure the private key is being passed to the connection as well (In putty, you'll find this under Connections -> SSH -> Auth, near the bottom of the page). If any of these three items are off, this fails.
keypair error
Will not recognise the AWS Key pair when trying to login via SSH
Completely useless as there is no way of connecting once the instance has started up
keys not valid
Will not recognise the AWS Key pair when trying to login via SSH
Completely useless as there is no way of connecting once the instance has started up
How do I get the root "centos" password
Hello support, how do i get the root "centos" password. I can't find it in system log. Please help. Thank you
SSH connection doesnot work
i have tried through ssh and direct connect nothing works. plus no documentation is available on provided link. i think they do not support this AMI anymore