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LocalAI is an open-source, drop-in OpenAI-compatible API server delivered as a single statically linked Go binary - chat, embeddings, images, and audio served from your own VM with no GPU and no cloud egress. Unlike bare LocalAI AMIs that expose port 8080 unauthenticated to the public internet and ship without any TLS termination, this Lynxroute build is ready out of the box: per-instance LOCALAI_API_KEY at first boot, host Nginx with TLS in front of the API, the LocalAI process bound to loopback, UFW firewall pre-configured, and a CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base.
MIT license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
Overview
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS LOCALAI
LocalAI is an open-source, OpenAI-compatible inference server delivered as a single statically linked Go binary. It exposes the same REST surface as OpenAI - /v1/chat/completions, /v1/embeddings, /v1/audio/transcriptions, /v1/audio/speech, /v1/images/generations, /v1/models, plus a built-in /models gallery API - so any client written for OpenAI (openai-python, openai-node, LangChain OpenAI provider, LlamaIndex, IDE plugins) talks to it unchanged with one base URL swap. Inference runs entirely on CPU using llama.cpp and Whisper.cpp backends; GGUF model files load from local disk under /var/lib/localai/models and persist across restarts - no external database, no Redis, no cloud egress to OpenAI or Anthropic. Bring your own GGUF model (LLaMA family, Mistral, Qwen, Phi, Gemma) or install one in two clicks from the bundled gallery (mudler/LocalAI gallery index). MIT license, no vendor lock-in.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Per-instance LOCALAI_API_KEY (24-char random) generated at first boot, enforced by LocalAI for every /v1/, /models, /embeddings, /audio, /images call - never baked into the AMI
- The same API key authenticates OpenAI-SDK REST clients (Authorization: Bearer) and the Web UI ("Login with API Token") - one credential, one rotation surface
- LocalAI bound to 127.0.0.1:8080 - the API process never listens on a public interface
- Host Nginx fronts port 443 with a self-signed certificate; HTTP redirects to HTTPS; security headers (X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy) applied
- UFW firewall pre-configured - only TCP 22, 80, 443 are exposed
- fail2ban, AppArmor
- CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
- LocalAI security baked in: per-instance LOCALAI_API_KEY at first boot, LocalAI bound to 127.0.0.1, host Nginx with TLS on :443, all auth enforced by LocalAI for /v1/, /models, /embeddings, /audio, /images - unlike bare LocalAI AMIs that expose port 8080 unauthenticated to the public internet, ship no TLS terminator, and leave the model upload and gallery endpoints anonymous.
- CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
- Drop-in OpenAI replacement on your own VM: /v1/chat, /v1/embeddings, /v1/images, /v1/audio routed by a single Go binary; openai-python, LangChain, and LlamaIndex work unchanged. CPU-only inference - no GPU, no NVIDIA stack, no per-call billing. MIT license - no vendor lock-in, ever.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.large Recommended | $0.03 |
t3.medium | $0.02 |
m6i.xlarge | $0.05 |
m6i.large | $0.03 |
m6i.2xlarge | $0.07 |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Version release notes
Version 4.2.5 - Initial release (May 2026)
- LocalAI 4.2.5 single-binary on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- CIS Level 1 hardening applied (ansible-lockdown/UBUNTU24-CIS)
- CVE-scanned before every release
- Per-instance LOCALAI_API_KEY (24-char random) generated at first boot - enforced by LocalAI for all /v1/, /models, /embeddings, /audio, /images calls
- LocalAI bound to 127.0.0.1:8080 and reachable only through host Nginx with TLS
- Same API key authenticates OpenAI-SDK REST clients (Authorization: Bearer) and the Web UI ("Login with API Token")
- UFW firewall pre-configured (TCP 22, 80, 443 only)
- fail2ban, auditd, AppArmor pre-configured
- SBOM (CycloneDX 1.6) at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report (OpenSCAP) at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- IMDSv2 enforced
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Usage instructions
- Launch instance (t3.large recommended; t3.medium minimum for the smallest quantized models)
- Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 from your IP only
- SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
- Read credentials: sudo cat /root/localai-credentials.txt
- Open https://<PUBLIC_IP>/ in your browser - accept the self-signed certificate warning
- Click "Login with API Token", paste the API key from the credentials file
- Web UI: Models tab -> pick a model from the gallery -> Install. Or drop a GGUF file into /var/lib/localai/models and run sudo systemctl restart local-ai
- REST API (OpenAI-compatible) with curl:
curl -k https://<PUBLIC_IP>/v1/chat/completions
-H "Authorization: Bearer <api-key>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{"model":"<your-model>","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'
The same API key authenticates Web UI sessions and OpenAI-SDK REST clients (Authorization: Bearer). Credentials are saved to /root/localai-credentials.txt at first boot. Models are NOT pre-loaded - install on demand from the gallery or upload your own GGUF files. Replace the self-signed TLS certificate with a CA-signed certificate for production use: sudo certbot --nginx -d YOUR_DOMAIN
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Lynxroute is not affiliated with the LocalAI project this AMI packages the MIT-licensed open-source LocalAI binary as a self-hosted EC2 service.
Visit us online: https://lynxroute.com
For LocalAI documentation: https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/ For LocalAI upstream issues:
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