Elastic Beanstalk

Question 1

What 3 architecture models are available in Elastic Beanstalk?

Answer 1

• Single Instance (Good for dev)
• Load Balancer with Auto Scaling Group (Good for prod web apps)
• Auto Scaling Group only (Good for worker apps in prod, non-web app)

Question 2

What are the 3 components of Elastic Beanstalk?

Answer 2

• Application
• Application version
• Environment name

Question 3

What should you do if you need to deploy an app quickly, that has a lot of OS dependencies?

Answer 3

Create a Golden AMI

Question 4

What is a Golden AMI?

Answer 4

It is a standardized company-specific AMI with packaged OS dependencies, App dependencies and company-wide software

Question 5

What 3 things could you try if your environment changes to red?

Answer 5

• Review environment events
• Pull logs to view recent log file entries
• Rollback to a previously working version of your app