{"id":2858,"date":"2023-02-02T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2023-02-02T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:01:00","slug":"how-to-check-amazon-linux-version-ec2-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-check-amazon-linux-version-ec2-instance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Amazon Linux Version (EC2 Instance)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To check the version of Amazon Linux installed on an EC2 instance, you can use the following command in the terminal:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">cat<\/span> \/etc\/os-release<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This will display the version information, including the version number, in the output. For example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-makefile\">NAME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Amazon Linux\"<\/span><br \/>\nVERSION=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"2\"<\/span><br \/>\nID=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"amzn\"<\/span><br \/>\nID_LIKE=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"centos rhel fedora\"<\/span><br \/>\nVERSION_ID=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"2\"<\/span><br \/>\nPRETTY_NAME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Amazon Linux 2\"<\/span><br \/>\nANSI_COLOR=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"0;33\"<\/span><br \/>\nCPE_NAME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2\"<\/span><br \/>\nHOME_URL=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"https:\/\/amazonlinux.com\/\"<\/span><\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To check the version of Amazon Linux installed on an EC2 instance, you can use the following command in the terminal: cat \/etc\/os-release This will display the version information, including the version number, in the output. 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