# Filesystem Layout
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 This section covers the filesystem layout of an AL2023 system, including details that may be specific to instances or AL2023 based containers. See the `file-hierarchy(7)` man page for more information. 

**Topics**
+ [`/` (The root directory)](filesystem-root.md)
+ [`/boot` (Kernel, initramfs, etc.)](filesystem-slash-boot.md)
+ [`/etc` (System Configuration)](filesystem-slash-etc.md)
+ [`/home` (User home directories)](filesystem-slash-home.md)
+ [`/root` (root user home directory)](filesystem-slash-root.md)
+ [`/srv` (Server Payload)](filesystem-slash-srv.md)
+ [`/tmp` (small temporary files)](filesystem-slash-tmp.md)
+ [`/run` (runtime data)](filesystem-slash-run.md)
+ [`/usr` (System Resources)](filesystem-slash-usr.md)
+ [`/var` (Persistent Variable System Data)](filesystem-slash-var.md)

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon Linux. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query linux` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).