Amazon WorkSpaces introduces support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

AWS today announced support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon WorkSpaces Personal. This operating system includes built-in security features that help organizations to run virtual desktops securely, while increasing agility and reducing cost. With this launch, WorkSpaces Personal customers have the flexibility to choose from a wider range of operating systems including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Desktop, Amazon Linux 2, and Microsoft Windows.

With Red Hat Enterprise Linux on WorkSpaces Personal, IT organizations can enable developers to work in an environment that is consistent with their production environment, and provide power users like engineers and data scientists with on-demand access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments whenever necessary—quickly spinning up and tearing down instances and managing the entire fleet through the AWS Console, without the burden of capacity planning or license management. WorkSpaces Personal offers a wide range of high-performance, license-included, fully-managed virtual desktop bundles—enabling organizations to only pay for the resources they use.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux on WorkSpaces Personal is available in all AWS Regions where WorkSpaces Personal is available, except for AWS China Regions. Depending on the WorkSpaces Personal running mode, you will be charged hourly or monthly for your virtual desktops. For more details on pricing, refer to Amazon WorkSpaces Pricing.

To get started with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on WorkSpace Personal log on to AWS Management Console, navigate to the WorkSpaces service and follow the Amazon WorkSpaces administration guide.