AMI

Question 1

What does AMI stand for?

Answer 1

Amazon Machine Image

Question 2

What is the purpose of AMI?

Answer 2

Provides the info required to launch an instance

Question 3

AMI’s are region-specific. True or False?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

How would you use an AMI in another region?

Answer 4

Use Copy AMI to destination region

Question 5

How would you create an AMI?

Answer 5

Using an existing EC2 that’s either running or stopped.

Question 6

What AMI are free?

Answer 6

Community AMI or some from the AWS Marketplace

Question 7

What do all AMIs have?

Answer 7

They have a unique AMI ID. The same AMI will vary in AMI ID and options e.g. architecture options in different regions

Question 8

What information does an AMI hold?

Answer 8

1) A template for the root volume for the instance (EBS snapshot)
2) Launch permissions that control which AWS accounts can use the AMI to launch instances
3) A block device mapping that specifies the volumes to attach to the instance when it’s launched.