Using Amazon Linux 2 outside of Amazon EC2 - Amazon Linux 2
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Using Amazon Linux 2 outside of Amazon EC2

The AL2 container images can be run in compatible container runtime environments.

AL2 can also be run as a virtualized guest outside of directly being run on Amazon EC2.

Note

The configuration of AL2 images differs from AL2023.

When migrating to AL2023, ensure that you review Using Amazon Linux 2023 outside of Amazon EC2 and adapt your configuration to be compatible with AL2023.