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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