EC2 Flashcards

1
Q

EC2

4 Pricing Options for EC2

A

On-Demand
Reserved
Spot
Dedicated Host

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2
Q

EC2

What EC2 Instance type is brought up-front in 1 or 3 year blocks

A

Reserved

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3
Q

EC2

What type of Reserved Instance allows the instance type to be changed

A

Convertable RI’s

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4
Q

EC2

What type of Reserved Instance is best for repeated, predictable spikes in use

A

Scheduled RI’s

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5
Q

EC2

What type of Instance is best when multi-tennant virtualisation isnt allowed

A

Dedicated Host

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6
Q

EC2

Rather than passing credentials around to authenticate between services we should use….

A

Roles

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7
Q

EC2

Changes to SG’s take effect ….

instantly / not instantly

A

instantly

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8
Q

EC2

You can attach …. security groups to an EC2 instance

one / many

A

many

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9
Q

EC2

A security group can be attached to …. EC2 instances

one / many

A

many

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10
Q

EC2

SG inbound traffic is …. by default

allowed / blocked

A

blocked

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11
Q

EC2

SG outbound traffic is …. by default

allowed / blocked

A

allowed

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12
Q

EC2

What provides data about your EC2 instance

A

EC2 Instance Metadata

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13
Q

EC2

What contains your EC2 Bootstrap scripts

A

EC2 Instance Userdata

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14
Q

EC2

Which network Interface is best for low cost

A

Elastic Network Interface

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15
Q

EC2

What are the two available network interfaces for your EC2 instance

A

Elastic Network Interface
Enhanced Networking

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16
Q

EC2

Which network interface is best for high performance networking

A

Enhanced Networking

17
Q

EC2

What are the three placement group options for your EC2 instances

A

Cluster
Spread
Partition

18
Q

EC2

Which EC2 placement group is best for low-latancy, high throughput within a single AZ

Cluster, Spread or Partition

A

Cluster

19
Q

EC2

Which EC2 placement group is best for a small number of buisness critical EC2 instances

Cluster, Spread or Partition

A

Spread

20
Q

EC2

Which EC2 placement group is best when you have multipte EC2 instances with redundancy built it

Cluster, Spread or Partition

A

Partition

21
Q

EC2

How many minutes warning are you given before your Spot instance is stopped / terminated

A

2 minutes

22
Q

EC2

What service can you use along side on-prem VMWare for cloud migrations or DR

A

AWS vCentre

23
Q

EC2

What services can you install on-prem to give access to AWS like infra in your datacentre

A

Outpost

24
Q

EC2

When an Auto Scaling group is “scaling in”, using the default termination policy, which EC2 instances are terminated first?

A

The instance launched from the oldest launch configuration.

The default termination policy is designed to help ensure that your instances span Availability Zones evenly for high availability.