Configure a Linux AMI to support hibernation - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
AL2023 minimal AMI released 2023.09.20 or laterAmazon Linux 2 minimal AMI released 2019.08.29 or laterAmazon Linux 2 released before 2019.08.29Amazon Linux released before 2018.11.16CentOS version 8 or laterFedora version 34 or laterRed Hat Enterprise Linux version 8 or 9Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released before serial number 20210820Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) released before serial number 20190722.1Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)

Configure a Linux AMI to support hibernation

The following Linux AMIs can support hibernating an Amazon EC2 instance, provided you complete the additional configuration steps described in this section.

For the Linux and Windows AMIs that support hibernation and for which no additional configuration is required, see AMIs.

For more information, see Update instance software on your Amazon Linux 2 instance.

AL2023 minimal AMI released 2023.09.20 or later

To configure an AL2023 minimal AMI released 2023.09.20 or later to support hibernation

  1. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo dnf install ec2-hibinit-agent

  2. Restart the service.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo systemctl start hibinit-agent

Amazon Linux 2 minimal AMI released 2019.08.29 or later

To configure an Amazon Linux 2 minimal AMI released 2019.08.29 or later to support hibernation

  1. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install ec2-hibinit-agent

  2. Restart the service.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo systemctl start hibinit-agent

Amazon Linux 2 released before 2019.08.29

To configure an Amazon Linux 2 AMI released before 2019.08.29 to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 4.14.138-114.102 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum update kernel

  2. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install ec2-hibinit-agent

  3. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  4. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 4.14.138-114.102 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

  5. Stop the instance and create an AMI. For more information, see Create an Amazon EBS-backed AMI.

Amazon Linux released before 2018.11.16

To configure an Amazon Linux AMI released before 2018.11.16 to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 4.14.77-70.59 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum update kernel

  2. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install ec2-hibinit-agent

  3. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  4. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 4.14.77-70.59 or greater.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

  5. Stop the instance and create an AMI. For more information, see Create an Amazon EBS-backed AMI.

CentOS version 8 or later

To configure a CentOS version 8 or later AMI to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum update kernel

  2. Install the Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

  3. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install ec2-hibinit-agent

  4. Enable the hibernate agent to start on boot.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo systemctl enable hibinit-agent.service

  5. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  6. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

Fedora version 34 or later

To configure a Fedora version 34 or later AMI to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 5.12.10-300.fc34.x86_64 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum update kernel

  2. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo dnf install ec2-hibinit-agent

  3. Enable the hibernate agent to start on boot.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo systemctl enable hibinit-agent.service

  4. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  5. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 5.12.10-300.fc34.x86_64 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8 or 9

To configure a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or 9 AMI to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum update kernel

  2. Install the Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository.

    RHEL version 8:

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

    RHEL version 9:

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm

  3. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo yum install ec2-hibinit-agent

  4. Enable the hibernate agent to start on boot.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo systemctl enable hibinit-agent.service

  5. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  6. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) released before serial number 20210820

To configure an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) AMI released before serial number 20210820 to support hibernation

  1. Update the linux-aws-kernel to 5.8.0-1038.40 or later, and grub2 to 2.04-1ubuntu26.13 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt update
[ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt dist-upgrade

  2. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  3. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 5.8.0-1038.40 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

  4. Confirm that the grub2 version is updated to 2.04-1ubuntu26.13 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ dpkg --list | grep grub2-common

Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) released before serial number 20190722.1

To configure an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS AMI released before serial number 20190722.1 to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 4.15.0-1044 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt update
[ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt dist-upgrade

  2. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt install ec2-hibinit-agent

  3. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  4. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 4.15.0-1044 or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a

Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)

To configure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to support hibernation, you need to install the linux-aws-hwe kernel package version 4.15.0-1058-aws or later and the ec2-hibinit-agent.

Important

The linux-aws-hwe kernel package is supported by Canonical. The standard support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ended in April 2021, and the package no longer receives regular updates. However, it will receive additional security updates until the Extended Security Maintenance support ends in 2024. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Hibernation for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS now available on the Canonical Ubuntu Blog.

We recommend that you upgrade to the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) AMI or the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) AMI.

To configure an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS AMI to support hibernation

  1. Update the kernel to 4.15.0-1058-aws or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt update
[ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt install linux-aws-hwe

  2. Install the ec2-hibinit-agent package from the repositories.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo apt install ec2-hibinit-agent

  3. Reboot the instance.

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo reboot

  4. Confirm that the kernel version is updated to 4.15.0-1058-aws or later.

    [ec2-user ~]$ uname -a