Run BrowserBox on AWS EC2 Amazon Linux | Install Tutorial | Dosyago

This video tutorial details the installation of BrowserBox, a comprehensive, feature-complete, advanced, open-source remote browser isolation product, on AWS EC2.

The install uses the Amazon Linux operating system. It is designed to provide a stable, secure, and high-performance execution environment for applications running on Amazon EC2.

The install proceeds more quickly than expected due to the surprisingly good performance, and low ping, of a typical Amazon EC2 t2.micro instance in the US West 2 region (Oregon).

We cover the basics, such as:

- creating the instance
- setting up the security group to open the correct ports
- creating the DNS mapping
- installing git
- cloning the repository BrowserBox repository
- installing the BrowserBox application
- testing and verifying the installation

The video was recorded on November 4 2023, in Europe, by Cris, the creator of BrowserBox and founder of Dosyago. Reach out to the Dosyago Corporation at [email protected] for questions, post a comment below.

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The install uses the Amazon Linux operating system. Amazon Linux is derived from Fedora, which is also the upstream for CentOS. However, with CentOS 8, the relationship has shifted somewhat. CentOS used to be a downstream, binary-compatible version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), but with the shift to CentOS Stream, it has become a midstream between Fedora and RHEL, where changes are introduced and tested before making it to RHEL.

Here are some key points about Amazon Linux:

Optimized for EC2: Amazon Linux is optimized for performance on EC2 instances and includes a number of AWS tools and utilities.

Security: It has a strong emphasis on security, and Amazon provides ongoing security and maintenance updates to all Amazon Linux instances.

AWS Integration: It comes with AWS CLI tools pre-installed, making it easier to work with AWS services.

Package Repository: Amazon Linux has its own package repository that contains software packages used by the distribution.

Long-Term Support: Amazon Linux 2, the latest major version, offers long-term support until at least 2023.

More information:

AMI Updates: Amazon provides updated Amazon Linux AMIs regularly with the latest security patches and bug fixes.

While both Amazon Linux and CentOS share a common ancestor in that they are both derived from sources provided by the Fedora project, they have different goals and are customized for their respective platforms. CentOS aims to be an enterprise-ready, community-supported, largely RHEL-compatible OS, while Amazon Linux is focused on providing a stable platform specifically tailored and optimized for Amazon's cloud environment.

Amazon Linux is not binary-compatible with CentOS or RHEL. While there may be similarities, packages and software developed for CentOS/RHEL may not be directly compatible with Amazon Linux and vice versa due to differences in library versions and system paths. Users may need to adjust configurations or even source code when migrating between these systems.