Overview
CentOS Stream 10 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 10 "Coughlan" is the latest major release from the CentOS Project, based on Fedora 40 and serving as the upstream for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. It features Linux kernel 6.12 with enhanced performance, security improvements, and support for the latest hardware.
Key features of CentOS Stream 10:
- Linux Kernel 6.12 - Enhanced performance and hardware support
- Python 3.12 - Modern Python runtime included
- RHEL 10 compatible - Binary compatible with upcoming RHEL 10
- Long-term support - Maintained until 2030
- 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 7/8
Highlights
- Long-term support - CentOS Stream 10 is maintained until 2030, providing 5+ 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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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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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
CentOS Stream 10 Minimal with Utilities provides a clean, lightweight Linux server environment with essential system tools pre-installed. Based on CentOS Stream 10 "Coughlan" with long-term support until 2030.
Included Software:
- CentOS Stream 10 (Coughlan) - Enterprise-grade Linux distribution
- Linux Kernel 6.12.0-216.el10 - Latest stable kernel with enhanced performance
- net-tools 2.10-alpha - Classic network utilities (ifconfig, netstat)
- zip/unzip 3.0 - Archive compression utilities
- wget 1.24.5 / curl 8.12.1 - File download tools
- vim 9.1.083 - 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 pair specified at launch. For more details on connecting to a Linux instance, see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html
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