AWS Bastion Hosts

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of an AWS Bastion Host?

A) Hosting web applications
B) Providing secure access to private instances within a VPC
C) Managing AWS IAM users
D) Handling DNS resolution for AWS resources

Answer 1

Answer: B) Providing secure access to private instances within a VPC

Explanation: A Bastion Host, also known as a Jump Host, is used to provide a secure gateway for accessing private instances within an AWS VPC.

Question 2

Which protocol is commonly used to connect to an AWS Bastion Host for SSH access?

A) FTP
B) RDP
C) SSH
D) HTTP

Answer 2

Answer: C) SSH

Explanation: Secure Shell (SSH) is commonly used to establish secure connections to AWS Bastion Hosts for remote command-line access to other instances within the VPC.