The Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 is available bringing several new features.
As from now, the Amazon Linux
AMI 2013.09 is available for launch in all regions.
Connectikpeople has observed
that, the 2013.09 release contains several new features that are detailed here.
- Kernel 3.4.62: the kernel is upgraded to version 3.4.62.
- AWS Command Line Interface 1.1 is the latest version of this python-based interface to AWS, including command-line completion for bash and zsh. The tool is pre-installed on the Amazon Linux AMI as the aws-cli package.
- GPT partitioning on HVM AMIs: The root device of the Amazon Linux HVM AMI is now partitioned using the GPT format, where previous releases used the MBR format. The partition table can be manipulated by GPT-aware tools such as parted and gdisk.
- AWS has improved the Ruby 1.9 experience on the Amazon Linux AMI, including the latest patch level (ruby19-1.9.3-448). This improvement also fixes several other bugs, including a load issue with rake, and a fixed bigdecimal . Furthermore, Ruby now has alternatives support in the Amazon Linux AMI. You can switch between Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 with one command.
- RPM 4.11.1 and Yum 3.4.3: The core components of RPM and Yum have been updated to newer versions, with RPM 4.11 and Yum 3.4.3 being featured in this release. Both of these updates provide numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features.
- R 3.0: With this release, we have updated R to 3.0.1, following the upstream release of R 3.0.
- Nginx 1.4.2 , replaces the 1.2.x Nginx packages that Amazon Web service had previously delivered in the Amazon Linux AMI repositories.
For those who unfamiliar,
Connectikpeople may recall that, the Amazon Linux AMI is a rolling release,
configured to deliver a continuous flow of updates that allow you to move from
one version of the Amazon Linux AMI to the next.
