AMIs

Question 1

What is AMI?

Answer 1

Amazon Machine Image - provides the information required to launch an instance.
AMIs are Region specific

Question 2

T/F - AMIs are regions specific

Answer 2

True

Question 3

If you need to use an AMI created in a region different then the one you are in. What can you do?

Answer 3

Copy the image you want to your region

Question 4

Where can you can get an AMI (3 places)?

Answer 4

Community AMI (free)
AWS Marketplace (free or paid depending on what you need)
You can create your own AMI

Question 5

What information is on an AMI?

Answer 5

A template for the root volume instance (EBS or Instance Store). i.e.( OS, App Server, applications).

Launch permissions that control which AWS accounts can use the AMI to launch instances

A block device mapping that specifies the volumes to attach to the instance when its launched.