How to strip down Amazon Linux EC2 to maximize available RAM

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Firstly, this article mainly applies to low memory Amazon Linux EC2 instance types such as t2.nano and t2.micro. The instructions below are also specific to Amazon Linux AMI, which like CentOS, is based on RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Note: This article is from 2016 and applies to Amazon Linux Version 1 only.   Update…