Ubuntu Server Available Through Amazon EC2

Posted by Michael Larabel on December 16, 2008

Canonical's Rick Clark has announced today that the server build of Ubuntu is now available through Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service. Canonical has optimized a build of the Ubuntu Server edition for the EC2 environment and it's currently in a open beta program. Using Ubuntu in Amazon's cloud computing service is free, except for the normal costs incurred when using Amazon Web Services.

This announcement was made on the ubuntu-devel mailing list and additional details can be found on the Ubuntu EC2 web-site.

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