beginner~3h

EC2 Fundamentals

Amazon's core virtual server service — AMIs, instance types, and the purchase options that trade commitment for discount.

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🎓 Learning objectives

  • Launch an EC2 instance from the Console and connect to it
  • Explain what an AMI is and the difference between EBS-backed and instance-store-backed AMIs
  • Read an EC2 instance type name (e.g. m5.xlarge) and explain what each part means
  • Choose between On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, and Savings Plans for a given workload

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ec2-security-networkingauto-scaling-load-balancingiam-fundamentals

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