EC2 Instance Storage - AMI

Question 1

What does AMI stand for and what is it?

Answer 1

Amazon Machine Image. It is a customisation of an EC2 Instance.

Question 2

True or False? AMIs are built for a specific region?

Answer 2

True. However these can be copied across regions.

Question 3

What three types of AMIs can you launch EC2 instances from?

Answer 3

A Public AMI: AWS provided

Your own AMI: You make and maintain them yourself

An AWS Marketplace AMI: An AMI someone else made (and potentially sells)