Posted On: Aug 18, 2023

AWS Batch on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) now supports ECS-optimized Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) AMIs. AL2023 provides customers the latest innovations in Linux with long-term technical support until March 2028.

AWS Batch will continue to use Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) as the default AMI for ECS Compute Environments. To use AL2023 select it in Ec2Configuration section of AWS Batch APIs or in AWS Batch console. Visit EC2 Configuration page of AWS Batch user guide for details.

AL2023 is now supported in all AWS Regions where AWS Batch is currently available To learn more about AWS Batch, see the AWS Batch User Guide.