Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 is a Linux operating system from 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.","id":"collection-text-media#amazon-linix-2-overview-intro","heading":"Why Amazon Linux 2?"},"metadata":{"tags":[]}}]},"metadata":{"auth":{},"testAttributes":{}},"context":{"page":{"locale":null,"site":null,"pageUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/","targetName":null,"pageSlotId":null,"organizationId":null,"availableLocales":null},"environment":{"stage":"prod","region":"us-east-1"},"sdkVersion":"1.0.117"},"refMap":{"manifest.js":"47864e0370","rt-text-media-collection.rtl.css":"38310b08f6","rt-text-media-collection.css.js":"35f162f975","rt-text-media-collection.css":"ed7cf9b245","rt-text-media-collection.js":"f286311cb5","rt-text-media-collection.rtl.css.js":"61190f0adc"},"settings":{"templateMappings":{"hyperlinkText":"hyperlinkText","hyperlinkUrl":"hyperlinkUrl","heading":"heading","mediaAltText":"mediaAltText","mediaPosition":"mediaPosition","mediaUrl":"mediaUrl","subheader":"subheader","bodyContent":"bodyContent","videoOverlayTitle":"videoOverlayTitle","videoThumbnailUrl":"videoThumbnailUrl","videoPlayButtonText":"videoPlayButtonText","dark":"dark"}}}

Amazon Linux 2 includes support for the latest Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance capabilities and is tuned for enhanced performance. It includes packages that help ease integration with other AWS services."},"metadata":{"tags":[]}},{"fields":{"useCaseTitle":"Peace of mind with long-term support","id":"product-use-cases#amazon-linix-2-overview-benefits-2","customSortOrder":"2","useCaseSummary":"

Amazon Linux 2 offers long-term support. Developers, IT administrators, and ISVs get the predictability and stability of a long-term support (LTS) release, but without compromising access to the latest versions of popular software packages."},"metadata":{"tags":[]}},{"fields":{"useCaseTitle":"Enhanced developer productivity","id":"product-use-cases#amazon-linix-2-overview-benefits-3","customSortOrder":"3","useCaseSummary":"

Amazon Linux 2 is offered as a virtual machine and container image for on-premises development and testing. Developers can speed up their application development by building, testing, and integrating on the same Linux distribution that is used in their production environment."},"metadata":{"tags":[]}},{"fields":{"useCaseTitle":"Large partner network","id":"product-use-cases#amazon-linix-2-overview-benefits-4","customSortOrder":"4","useCaseSummary":"

Amazon Linux 2 has a rapidly growing community of AWS Partners that includes independent software vendors (ISVs). You can install and run many popular partner applications."},"metadata":{"tags":[]}}]},"metadata":{"auth":{},"pagination":{"empty":false,"present":true},"testAttributes":{}},"context":{"page":{"locale":null,"site":null,"pageUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/","targetName":null,"pageSlotId":null,"organizationId":null,"availableLocales":null},"environment":{"stage":"prod","region":"us-east-1"},"sdkVersion":"1.0.117"},"refMap":{"manifest.js":"3daf852ae2","rt-qa-sampler.rtl.css":"49ffbf5e67","rt-qa-sampler.css":"ba3dc4de37","rt-qa-sampler.js":"c82b7d838e","rt-qa-sampler.css.js":"339cdf2b22","rt-qa-sampler.rtl.css.js":"30ca2422c8"},"settings":{"templateMappings":{"patternHeading":"patternHeading","patternSubheading":"patternSubheading","topic":"useCaseTitle","content":"useCaseSummary"}}}