AlmaLinux 10 Minimal

Azure Operating Systems

AlmaLinux 10 Minimal, a free enterprise Linux binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with the desktop era and firmware packages a headless server never uses removed.

Base

Hardened build

minimal ports, security patches applied at build time

Access

Unique credentials

generated on first boot, readable only by root

Verified

Boots working

services pass a health gate before release

Support

24/7, 365 days

by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

AlmaLinux is a community owned enterprise Linux distribution that is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This is the Minimal edition of version 10: the tuning daemon and the support report collector are removed, and the desktop era web console, firmware bundle and boot splash a headless virtual machine never uses are absent from this base to begin with.

The result is a smaller installed package set and a smaller surface to patch and audit, with everything the platform needs to boot, network, authenticate and update itself kept intact.

Why the cloudimg image

The cloudimg image is a minimal AlmaLinux 10 base with current security patches applied at build time and no baked in credentials: access is by the SSH key you choose at launch, so no two instances share a secret. Unattended updates are armed and proven on a real dry run before the image ships, so the machine keeps patching itself after launch. It gives you a lean, trustworthy enterprise Linux starting point rather than a bare install, backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

A stripped down, RHEL compatible base for production servers where a smaller package set matters
A lean foundation for your own applications and container hosts
Migrating RHEL compatible workloads without licence cost, minimal footprint edition

Overview

Why the cloudimg image

Common uses

More in Operating Systems

Alma Linux 8

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2025 Datacenter

Oracle Linux 10.0

Oracle Linux 7

Oracle Linux 8.0