Appsmith - Hardened Self-Hosted Low-Code Internal Tools Platform
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 APPSMITH
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Appsmith is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools - admin panels, dashboards, CRUD apps, support consoles and approval workflows - without writing front-end code. You drag and drop from 45+ pre-built UI widgets (tables, forms, charts, lists, modals), bind them to data with a visual query editor, and add logic in plain JavaScript anywhere a value is accepted. It ships as a single all-in-one stack: a Java application server with an embedded MongoDB metadata store, PostgreSQL, and Redis, fronted by a Caddy reverse proxy. Appsmith connects to 25+ data sources, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Snowflake, Redis, Amazon S3, Google Sheets, REST APIs and GraphQL. Self-hosted means your apps, queries and data stay inside your own AWS account. Apache-2.0 license, no vendor lock-in.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Per-instance secrets - the encryption keys and the embedded MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Redis passwords are generated at first boot, never baked into the image
- No administrator account baked in - the first user to sign up becomes the Instance Administrator, and a background service disables further signups automatically once the first admin is registered
- HTTPS enabled by default with a self-signed certificate (in-container Caddy reverse proxy); set a custom domain to switch to a built-in Let's Encrypt certificate
- Embedded MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Redis bound to localhost inside the container - never exposed on the network
- Anonymous usage telemetry disabled
- UFW firewall pre-configured - only TCP 22, 80, 443 are exposed
- 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
NOTES
The full Appsmith stack (application metadata, your apps, and uploads) persists on a dedicated data volume across container restarts and instance reboots. On first launch the platform initializes its embedded databases, which takes a few minutes; a loading page is shown until it is ready. To move off the self-signed certificate, set APPSMITH_CUSTOM_DOMAIN to your domain in /etc/appsmith/appsmith.env to enable the built-in Let's Encrypt integration, then restart the service.
Highlights
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Appsmith security baked in: per-instance encryption keys and database passwords generated at first boot, no admin account baked into the image (the first signup becomes the Instance Administrator and further signups auto-close), HTTPS on by default, anonymous telemetry disabled, and the embedded MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Redis bound to localhost only.
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.
Build internal tools without front-end code: drag-and-drop UI widgets, 25+ data source connectors (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, REST, GraphQL, Snowflake, S3, and more), and JavaScript anywhere. Apache-2.0 license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in, ever.
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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
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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.
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