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Upgrading command line tools to support TLS1.3 on Amazon Linux 2

A server I need to communicate with only allows TLS1.3 traffic. I have thus updated the version of OpenSSL bundled with Amazon Linux 2 to OpenSSL 1.1.1c. Following this guide I am now able to use TLS 1.3 using OpenSSL e.g. openssl s_client -connect…
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Apache Server Stops Serving Requests Temporarily with Apache 2.4.12 on Amazon Linux with PHP 5.4.40 FPM/Worker

We have an apache server stopping serving requests constantly due to the following error: (70007)The timeout specified has expired: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:33740] AH01075: Error dispatching request to : (polling), referer:…
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Using iptables without root privileges

When running the following script as user ec2-user, I get the error message iptables v1.4.18: can't initialize iptables table filter: Permission denied (you must be root) Script: #!/bin/sh # Offending IP as detected by mod_evasive # Add the…
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Per-second billing for custom AMI

In the beginning of October this year Amazon announced per-second billing for EC2 instances. This potentially could be a big cost reduction for me. However Amazon also says this billing is platform dependent: Per-second billing is not currently…
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Can I install a recent gcc from binaries on Amazon Linux?

I'm using Amazon Linux on an EC2 instance started from the most recent 2017.03 AMI (ami-6df1e514). This distribution comes with g++ 4.8.3 from 2013. I need something more recent that can compile C++14. Is there any way to install a more recent gcc…
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Ran chkconfig but crond not starting on reboot on Amazon Linux

I am trying to get the cron daemon to start on reboot on an instance of Amazon Linux (Linux version 3.14.57-34.46.amzn1.x86_64). I have run: $ sudo chkconfig crond on If I run: $ chkconfig --list crond I get: crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on …
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Starting HHVM automatically on Amazon Linux server boot

I'm having trouble getting hhvm to start when my Amazon Linux (which is apparently very similar to Centos) EC2 instance starts. When I reboot the server hhvm doesn't come up, and there's nothing in the error logs. When I use sudo service hhvm…
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puppet 3.7 does not install on Amazon linux after the 2015.03 release

hi i am/was using amazon linux and using the RHEL 6 puppetlabs repositories to upgrade the installed puppet client from 2.7 to 3.7. With the latest release of Amazon Linux 2015.03 this process raised the error 25-Mar-2015 13:06:59 …
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"Unsupported osfamily: Linux" when trying to install Apache using Puppet

I'm trying to setup a simple Puppet setup on AWS EC2 using the latest Amazon Linux AMI. I've followed through the install guide for RHEL and have a puppetmasterd daemon running. When apply the following manifest in…
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How best to maintain a recent bash version on amazon linux?

I require Bash 4.2 or higher. Amazon Linux default repositories only provide Bash 4.1. I have done some searches and can not find a yum repository for recent versions of Bash. I don't want to compile from source, because I want to outsource keeping…
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Amazon Linux LAMP with php 5.5

I installed PHP 5.5 on my Amazon Linux VPS via the instructions here. The CLI is working fine. I also had apache already installed and running via the httpd package. It was running without any issue. I see that there is no mod_php in the list of…
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Setting up sftp on Amazon Linux 2 with ssh keys, user segregation (sftp vs ssh), different ports, and user directory constraints

TDLR: I have a Catch 22 where, depending on permissions on the user's home directory, I can get the SSH authentication to work, or the user directory constraints, but not both. BTW, I really want to roll my own SFTP server. Please don't recommend I…
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Amazon Linux - yum update fails with HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden

I have an Amazon Linux v1 instance in us-west-2 (Oregon) that is failing yum update as per below. This is an old instance that's been working fine for a few years, updated to a t3a.nano a few months ago. It has an S3 gateway in the VPC. I created an…
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Does SElinux in enforcing mode cause delays in file access?

I have enabled SElinux in enforcing mode on Amazon Linux and see that the time taken for file access (read/write/update) has increased by an average of 2-4 seconds. The source process is Salt and the file access is related to the file.managed state…
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Where should init scripts be placed in Amazon Linux 2?

In the Amazon Linux 2 release notes, Amazon advises that initscripts should no longer exist in /etc/init.d Amazon Linux 2 uses the systemd 219 init system to bootstrap userspace and manage system processes. It is available as /sbin/init and…
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