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== Amazon Linux 2 ==
 
== Amazon Linux 2 ==
Amazon Linux version 2 is the current iteration of Amazon's default EC2 Linux-based operating system.  You can verify the version of Amazon Linux you are running by running this command:
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Amazon Linux version 2 is the current iteration of Amazon's default EC2 Linux-based operating system on AWS.  You can verify the version of Amazon Linux you are running by running this command:
 
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[jamie@ca.dawgland.com:~]$ cat /etc/os-release
 
[jamie@ca.dawgland.com:~]$ cat /etc/os-release

Revision as of 21:58, 28 July 2021

Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux version 2 is the current iteration of Amazon's default EC2 Linux-based operating system on AWS. You can verify the version of Amazon Linux you are running by running this command:

[jamie@ca.dawgland.com:~]$ cat /etc/os-release

Hit the ENTER key after typing the above command, and you should see similar output:

NAME="Amazon Linux"
VERSION="2"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="centos rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2"
HOME_URL="https://amazonlinux.com/"