AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) - AMI Virtualization

The video tutorial explains the concept of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in AWS, highlighting its role as a blueprint for server configurations. It discusses the relationship between instances and AMIs, the various sources of AMIs, and how to create and use them. The tutorial also covers virtualization types and the importance of the root volume in AWS instances. The video concludes with a review of key concepts and encourages revisiting complex sections for better understanding.

What is an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and why is it important in AWS?

What are the different sources from which you can obtain AMIs?

What does it mean when an AMI is set to public, explicit, or owner?

How can you create your own AMI from an existing instance?

What precautions should you take when using public sources to create an AMI?

What are the implications of using a paravirtual AMI compared to a hardware virtual machine AMI?

Describe the role of the root volume in an instance.

What is the significance of the boot sector in the instance root volume?

Explain the difference between an instance store backed AMI and an EBS backed AMI.

How do you ensure that changes made to the root volume are retained after an instance is terminated?