EC2 & Elastic Beanstalk Week 6/7

What type of service is EC2?

• Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Network as a Service (NaaS)

What is an AMI (Amazon Machine Image) used for in EC2?

• User account information

• Storage for application data

• Security group management

• Template for launching virtual machines with specific configurations

EC2 instances are billed based on:

• A flat monthly fee

• The resources they consume (CPU, memory, etc.)

• The number of times they are launched

• A combination of factors

What is the primary purpose of Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

• Network traffic management

• Launching virtual machines

• Providing persistent block storage for EC2 instances

• Monitoring EC2 instances

Security groups in EC2 control:

• Inbound and outbound network traffic for instances

• Inbound network traffic for instance only.

• Instance lifecycle management

• User access to instances

Which of the following statements about EC2 is most accurate?

• EC2 instances are always public-facing by default.

• EC2 offers a limited selection of operating systems.

• EC2 instances cannot be stopped and restarted later.

• EC2 provides a cost-effective way to run applications in the cloud.

EC2 instances can be launched in different ________ zones for redundancy and fault tolerance.

Amazon VPC allows creating a logically isolated network environment with _______ ________ addresses for EC2 instances.

________ ________ ________ allows secure access to EC2 instances using key pairs.

EC2 offers a variety of pre-configured AMIs with different ________ __________.