Amazon GameLift Servers adds support for Amazon Linux 2023 OS (AL2023) in Amazon Web Services China
Today, Amazon GameLift Servers is announcing support for Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023), the latest Linux-based operating system for Amazon Web Services that is designed to provide a secure, stable, high-performance environment to develop and run your cloud applications. Amazon GameLift Servers is a fully managed service that allows you to manage and scale dedicated game servers for multiplayer games.
AL2023 offers several improvements over Amazon Linux 2 (AL2). For example, AL2023 takes a security-by-default approach to help improve your security posture with preconfigured security policies, SELinux in permissive mode and IMDSv2 enabled by default and live patching. With deterministic upgrades through versioned repositories, you can lock to a specific version of the Amazon Linux package repository, giving you control over how and when you absorb updates. With this capability, you can adhere to operational best practices more efficiently by ensuring consistency between package versions and updates across your environment. For a full comparison, see Comparing Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023.
Amazon Linux 2023 is now available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. To learn more about Amazon Linux 2023, refer to the documentation.