Joomla - Hardened Content Management System (CMS)
Lynxroute · Cybersecurity & IT
Certification per AWS Marketplace.
Evidence tier Source Confirmed · 4 captures on record
What the publisher says
As described on AWS Marketplace.
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS JOOMLA
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Joomla is a mature open-source content management system (CMS) for building websites, blogs, corporate portals, and intranets. It is a PHP 8.3 web application served by Nginx with PHP-FPM and backed by a MariaDB database. The bundled feature set covers article and content management with categories and tags, a templating system for site themes, flexible menu management, multilingual sites, fine-grained user management and access control levels (ACL), a media manager, banners, contacts, news feeds, and a powerful extension system of components, modules, and plugins. Thousands of free and commercial extensions and templates are available from the Joomla Extensions Directory. A self-hosted alternative to WordPress and Drupal for structured, multi-author content. GPL-2.0-or-later license - no per-seat fees, no vendor lock-in, all data inside your own AWS account.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Super User and MariaDB credentials generated at first launch (saved to /root/joomla-credentials.txt)
- Web installer runs non-interactively and the installation folder is removed automatically
- HTTPS on by default (self-signed) with HTTP redirected to HTTPS; Certbot pre-installed for Let's Encrypt in one command
- MariaDB database accessible from localhost only
- PHP-FPM bound to loopback behind the Nginx reverse proxy
- UFW firewall - ports 22, 80, 443 only
- fail2ban, AppArmor
- CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, Kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
Highlighted by the publisher on AWS Marketplace.
Joomla security baked in: Super User and database credentials generated at first launch, the web installer removed automatically, HTTPS on by default with the database bound to localhost.
CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
Production-ready LEMP stack: Nginx + PHP 8.3-FPM + MariaDB, Certbot pre-installed for Let's Encrypt HTTPS. GPL-2.0-or-later license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
Agent build and provenance
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Compliance
- FedRAMPConfirmedNot listed90%, registry-checkedNo FedRAMP Marketplace entry matched this vendor's domain, checked 2026-08-27registry recordas observed 2026-08-27
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Vendor
External enrichment · as of 2026-08-29
Plans and pricing as listed
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Refund terms
As stated by the publisher on AWS Marketplace.
We do not offer refunds for this product. AWS infrastructure charges (EC2, EBS, data transfer) are billed separately by AWS and are not refundable by us.
Sources
Publisher resources
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