Amazon Linux 2

AWS's long-term-support base image, derived from the RHEL/CentOS 7 family.

v2.0.20260508.0 qcow2 x86_64 openstackproxmoxcloud-initsigned

About

Cloud-init-ready, signed Amazon Linux 2 qcow2 image based on AWS's official KVM cloud release. Long-term support window through 2026, ideal for keeping legacy AWS-style workloads running on OpenStack and Proxmox.

Source repository: open-img-cloud/amazon-linux-2
Upstream: https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/

Downloads

File	SHA-256	Signed	Manifest
amzn2-2.0.20260508.0-x86_64.qcow2	a72566f3e8ec5ab0c50c71aac380ccda18bb99a22f7b3b78aa342744e2945627	yes	MANIFEST

Verify the signature

All releases are signed keylessly via GitHub OIDC. Verify with cosign :

bash

curl -fLO https://images.openimages.cloud/amazon-linux-2/2.0.20260508.0/amzn2-2.0.20260508.0-x86_64.qcow2
curl -fLO https://images.openimages.cloud/amazon-linux-2/2.0.20260508.0/amzn2-2.0.20260508.0-x86_64.qcow2.bundle

cosign verify-blob amzn2-2.0.20260508.0-x86_64.qcow2 \
  --bundle amzn2-2.0.20260508.0-x86_64.qcow2.bundle \
  --new-bundle-format \
  --certificate-identity-regexp 'https://github.com/open-img-cloud/amazon-linux-2/' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com

Use it

Upload to OpenStack Glance:

bash

openstack image create \
  --disk-format qcow2 \
  --container-format bare \
  --file amzn2-2.0.20260508.0-x86_64.qcow2 \
  --public \
  amazon-linux-2-2.0.20260508.0