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1. What Is Amazon Ec2 Service ?

Answer :
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a Amazon web service that
provides resizable (scalable) computing capacity in the cloud. You can use Amazon
EC2 to launch as many virtual servers you need. In Amazon EC2 you can configure
security and networking as well as manage storage.Amazon EC2 service also helps
in obtaining and configuring capacity using minimal friction.

2.What Are The Features Of The Amazon Ec2 Service ?


Answer :
As the Amazon EC2 service is a cloud service so it has all the cloud features.
Amazon EC2 provides the following features:
o Virtual computing environment (known as instances)
o Pre-configured templates for your instances (known as Amazon Machine
Images – AMIs)
o Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) is a complete package that you need for
your server (including the operating system and additional software)
o Amazon EC2 provides various configurations of CPU, memory, storage and
networking capacity for your instances (known as instance type)
o Secure login information for your instances using key pairs (AWS stores the
public key and you can store the private key in a secure place)
o Storage volumes of temporary data is deleted when you stop or terminate
your instance (known as instance store volumes)
o Amazon EC2 provides persistent storage volumes (using Amazon Elastic
Block Store – EBS)
o A firewall that enables you to specify the protocols, ports, and source IP
ranges that can reach your instances using security groups
o Static IP addresses for dynamic cloud computing (known as Elastic IP
address)
o Amazon EC2 provides metadata (known as tags)
o Amazon EC2 provides virtual networks that are logically isolated from the
rest of the AWS cloud, and that you can optionally (Salesforce Certification
Training) connect to your own network (known as virtual private clouds –
VPCs)

3.What Are The Security Best Practices For Amazon Ec2 ?


Answer :
For secure Amazon EC2 best practices, follow the following steps:
o Use AWS identity and access management to control access to your AWS
resources
o Restrict access by allowing only trusted hosts or networks to access ports
on your instance
o Review the rules in your security groups regularly
o Only open up permissions that your require
o Disable password-based login, for instance, launched from your AMI
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4.Explain Storage For Amazon Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
Amazon EC2 provides many data storage options for your instances. Each option
has a unique combination of performance and durability. These storages can be
used independently or in combination to suit your requirements.
There are mainly four types of storages provided by AWS:
o Amazon EBS: Its durable, block-level storage volumes can attached in
running Amazon EC2 instance. The Amazon EBS volume persists
independently from the running life of an Amazon EC2 instance. After an
EBS volume is attached to an instance, you can use it like any other physical
hard drive. Amazon EBS encryption feature supports encryption feature.
o Amazon EC2 Instance Store: Storage disk that is attached to the host
computer is referred to as instance store. The instance storage provides
temporary block-level storage for Amazon EC2 instances. The data on an
instance store volume persists only (sap training) during the life of the
associated Amazon EC2 instance; if you stop or terminate an instance, any
data on instance store volumes is lost.
o Amazon S3: Amazon S3 provides access to reliable and inexpensive data
storage infrastructure. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier
by enabling you to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from
within Amazon EC2 or anywhere on the web.
o Adding Storage: Every time you launch an instance from an AMI, a root
storage device is created for that instance. The root storage device
contains all the information necessary to boot the instance. You can specify
storage volumes in addition to the root device volume when you create an
AMI or launch an instance using block device mapping.

5.Explain Stopping, Starting, And Terminating An Amazon Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
Stopping and Starting an instance: When an instance is stopped, the instance
performs a normal shutdown and then transitions to a stopped state. All of its
Amazon EBS volumes remain attached, and you can start the instance again at a
later time. You are not charged for additional instance hours while the instance is in a
stopped state.
Terminating an instance: When an instance is terminated, the instance performs a
normal shutdown, then the attached Amazon EBS volumes are deleted unless the
volume’s deleteOnTermination attribute is set to false. The instance itself is also
deleted, and you can’t start the instance again at a later time.

6.Question 6. What Are The Basic Structures Of The Amazon Ec2 Service ?
Answer :
As the Amazon EC2 service is a cloud facility so it has entirely all the cloud features.
Amazon EC2 delivers the subsequent features:
o Virtual computing atmosphere (popular as instances)
o Pre-configured patterns for your illustrations (popular as Amazon Machine
Images – AMIs)
o Amazon Machine Images known as AMIs is a comprehensive set that you
require for your server (counting the operating system and extra software)
o Amazon EC2 delivers numerous arrangements of Storage, CPU, memory,
and networking measurements for your occurrences (popular as instance
type)
o Locked login data for your cases by means of key pair (AWS supplies the
public vital and you can supply the inaccessible key in a safe place)
o Storage capacities of provisional data is erased when you stop or dismiss
your occurrence (popular as occurrence store volumes)
o Amazon EC2 delivers tenacious storage volumes (by means of Amazon
Elastic Block Store – EBS)
o A firewall that permits you to stipulate the procedures, docks, and source IP
ranges that can spread your occurrences using security groups
o Stationary IP addresses for lively cloud computing (popular as Elastic IP
address)
o Amazon EC2 delivers metadata (popular as tags)
o Amazon EC2 offers virtual systems that are reasonably secluded from the
rest of the AWS cloud, and that you can optionally attach to your own
system (recognized as virtual private clouds – VPCs)

7.Describe Storage For Amazon Ec2 Occurrence ?


Answer :
Amazon EC2 offers numerous data storage choices for your occurrences. Each
choice has an exclusive mixture of presentation and sturdiness. These storages can
be used self-sufficiently or in grouping to suit your necessities.
There are chiefly four types of storages offered by AWS:
o Amazon EBS: Its sturdy, block-level storage capacities can involve in
running Amazon EC2 occurrence. The Amazon EBS volume continues self-
sufficiently from the running lifespan of an Amazon EC2 occurrence. After
an EBS volume is involved to an example, you can use it like any other
bodily hard drive. Amazon EBS encryption feature provisions encryption
feature.
o Amazon EC2 Instance Store: Storage disk that is involved to the host
computer is mentioned to as occurrence store. The instance storage offers
provisional block-level storing for Amazon EC2 instances. The data on an
illustration store volume perseveres only during the life of the related
Amazon EC2 instance; if you halt or dismiss an instance, any data on
occurrence store volumes is misplaced.
o Amazon S3: Amazon S3 delivers access to dependable and budget data
storage organization. It is intended to make web-scale calculating simpler
by permitting you to store and save any amount of data, at any period, from
within Amazon EC2 or anyplace on the web.
o Addition Storage: Every time your presentation an occurrence from an AMI,
a root storage device is twisted for that occurrence. The root storage device
comprises all the information essential to boot the occurrence. You can
stipulate storage volumes in calculation to the root device volume when you
generate an AMI or present an instance using hunk device mapping.

8.Can S3 Be Cast-off With Ec2 Instances, In Case Of “yes” Please Specify How ?
Answer :
Yes, it can be cast-off for instances with root approaches backed by native
occurrence storage. By using Amazon S3, developers have access to the similar
extremely scalable, dependable, fast, low-priced data storage substructure that
Amazon uses to track its own worldwide network of web sites. In order to perform
systems in the Amazon EC2 atmosphere, developers use the tools providing to load
their Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) into Amazon S3 and to transfer them between
Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2. Additional use case might be for websites hosted on
EC2 to load their stationary content from S3

9.What Are Regions And Availability Zones In Amazon Ec2 ? Explain In Brief ?
Answer :
Amazon EC2 is hosted in multiple locations world-wide. These locations are
composed of regions and Availability Zones. Each region is a separate geographic
area. Each region has multiple, isolated locations known as Availability Zones.
Each region is completely independent. Each Availability Zone is isolated, but the
Availability Zones in a region are connected through low-latency links. The following
diagram illustrates the relationship between regions and Availability Zones.

10. Explain How To Launch Ec2 Instance In An Availability Zone ?


Answer :
Each region is completely independent and each Availability Zone is isolated. When
you view your resources, you’ll only see the resources tied to the region you have
specified.
To launch a EC2 instance, you must select an AMI that’s in the same region (if the
AMI is in another region then you can copy the AMI to the region you are using). Now
select an Availability Zone or let AWS choose for you. After creating the EC2
instance, it will show up in selected Availability Zone.

11. What Is Amazon Ec2 Root Device Volume ?


Answer :
When you launch an instance, the Root Device Volume contains the image used to
boot the instance.
You can launch an instance from one of two types of AMIs:
o Instance store-backed AMI
o EBS based storage

2.How To Persist Root Device Volume In Amazon Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
By default, the root device volume for an AMI backed by Amazon EBS is deleted
when the instance terminates. To change the default behavior, set the
DeleteOnTermination attribute to false using a block device mapping.
o To change the root device volume of an instance to persist at launch using
the console
o Open the Amazon EC2 console.
o From the Amazon EC2 console dashboard, click Launch Instance.
o On the Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) page, choose the AMI to
use and click Select.
o Follow the wizard to complete the Choose an Instance Type and Configure
Instance Details pages.
o On the Add Storage page, deselect the Delete On Termination check box for
the root volume.
o Complete the remaining wizard pages, and then click Launch.
o Changing the Root Volume of an Instance to Persist Using the AWS CLI
o Use the run-instances command to preserve the root volume by including a
block device mapping that sets its DeleteOnTermination attribute for to
false.

3.What Is Security Group In Amazon Ec2 ?


Answer :
Security groups act as a firewall for associated instances, controlling both inbound
and outbound traffic at the instance level.

4.What Are The Features Of Security Group In Amazon Ec2 ?


Answer :
Following are the features of the Security Group in Amazon EC2:
o We can add rules to a security group that enable us to connect to our
instance from our IP address using SSH.
o We can also add rules that allow inbound and outbound HTTP and HTTPS
access from anywhere.

5.How To Create Security Group In Amazon Ec2 ?


Answer :
We can create Security Group in Amazon EC2 using the Amazon EC2 console. To
launch instances in multiple regions, we’ll need to create a Security Group in each
region.

Following are the steps to create Security Group in Amazon EC2:


o Open the Amazon EC2 console.
o From the left navigation bar, select a region for the security group.
o Click Security Groups in the navigation pane.
o Click Create Security Group.
o Enter a name for the new security group and a description.
o In the VPC list, select your VPC.
o On the Inbound tab, click Add Rule for each new rule, and then click Create.

6.How To Launch An Amazon Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
We can launch Linux/Windows Amazon EC2 instance using AWS Management
Console.
Following are the steps to create Amazon EC2 instance:
o Open the Amazon EC2 console.
o From the console dashboard, choose Launch Instance.
o Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
o Choose an Instance Type.
o Click on Review and Launch to let the wizard complete the other
configuration setting.
o On the Review Instance Launch page, under Security Groups select a
Security Group.
o Click on Launch on the Review Instance Launch.
o Select an Existing ket pair when it prompte for key pair.
o Click on View Instance to return on the console to see instance is
launching.

7.How To Connect To Your Amazon Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
There are several ways to connect to a Linux instance. One of the commonly used
method is to connect Linux instance from Windows local machine using PuTTY.
Following are the steps to connect to a Linux instance:
o Install PuTTY on your local machine.
o Get your instance ID.
o Get the public DNS name of the instance.
o Locate the private key.
o Enable inbound SSH traffic from your IP address to your instance.
o Converting Your Private Key Using PuTTYgen.
o Starting a PuTTY Session.
o Now you are connected to your EC2 instance.
8.How To Add A Ebs Volume To Your Amazon Ec2 Instance ?
Answer :
We can attach an EBS volume to one of our instances that is in the same Availability
Zone as the Volume.
Following are the steps to attache an EBS volumn to an instance using console:
o Open the Amazon EC2 console.
o In the left navigation pane, choose Volumes.
o Select a volume and choose Attach Volume.
o Select the instance to which you want to attach the volume.
o Click on Attach.
o Now connect to your instance and make the volume available.

9.How To Clean Up Your Amazon Ec2 Instance And Volume ?


Answer :
After we are finished with the instance we created, we can clean up by terminating
the instance.
Following are the steps to terminate the EC2 instance:
o In the navigation pane, choose Instances. In the list of instances, select the
instance.
o Choose Actions, then Instance State, and then choose Terminate.
o Choose Yes,Terminate when prompted for confirmation.

10. What Are The Best Practices For Amazon Ec2 ?


Answer :
To get the maximum benefit from and satisfaction with Amazon EC2.
There are mainly four best practices:
o Security and Network Best Practices
o Storage
o Resource Management
o Backup and Recovery

11. What Is Amazon Machine Image And What Is The Relation Between Instance And
Ami ?
Answer :
Amazon Web Services provides several ways to access Amazon EC2, like web-based
interface, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and Amazon Tools for Windows
Powershell. First, you need to sign up for an AWS account and you can access
Amazon EC2.
Amazon EC2 provides a Query API. These requests are HTTP or HTTPS requests that
use the HTTP verbs GET or POST and a Query parameter named Action.

12. What Is Amazon Machine Image (ami) ?


Answer :
An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a template that contains a software
configuration (for example, an operating system, an application server, and
applications). From an AMI, we launch an instance, which is a copy of the AMI
running as a virtual server in the cloud. We can even launch multiple instances of an
AMI.

13. What Is The Relation Between Instance And Ami ?


Answer :
We can launch different types of instances from a single AMI. An instance type
essentially determines the hardware of the (pivotal training) host computer used for
your instance. Each instance type offers different compute and memory capabilities.
After we launch an instance, it looks like a traditional host, and we can interact with it
as we would do with any computer. We have complete control of our instances; we
can use sudo to run commands that require root privileges.

14. How To Migrate An Instance To Another Availability Zone ?


Answer :
You can migrate your EC2 instance from one Availability Zone to another.
Following are the steps to migrate an Instance to another Availability Zone:
o Create an AMI from the running instance
o Launch an instance from the AMI that you just created, specify the new
Availability Zone
o You can use the same instance type as the original instance, or select a
new instance type
o If the original instance has an associated Elastic IP address, then associate
it with the new instance
o If the original instance is a Reserved Instance, change the Availability Zone
for your reservation

15. What Is Key Pair ?


Answer :
AWS uses public-key cryptography to secure the login information for your instance.
A Linux instance has no password; you use a key pair to log in to your instance
securely.
You specify the name of the key pair when you launch your instance, then provide the
private key when you log in using SSH.

16. How To Create Key Pair ?


Answer :
We can create one using the Amazon EC2 console. To launch instances in multiple
regions, we’ll need to create a key pair in each region.
Following are the steps to create Key Pair:
o Sign in to Amaon Web Service.
o From the AWS dashboard, choose EC2 to open the Amazon EC2 console.
o From the navigation bar, select a region for the key pair.
o In the left navigation pane, under NETWORK & SECURITY, click Key Pairs.
o Click Create Key Pair.
o Enter a name for the new key pair in the Key pair name field of the Create
Key Pair dialog box, and then click Create.
o The private key file is automatically downloaded by your browser. The base
file name is the name you specified as the name of your key pair, and the
file name extension is .pem.

17. What Is The Use Of Key Pair ?


Answer :
Key pair is used to log in to your instance securely. This is public-key cryptography to
secure the login information for your instance.

18. How To Create Your Own Amazon Machine Image (ami) ?


Answer :
You can customize a instance that is launched from a public AMI and then save that
configuration as a custom AMI for your own use.
Instances that you launch from your AMI use all the customizations that you’ve
made.

19. How To Determine The Root Device Type Of Your Ami ?


Answer :
We can determine the Root Device type of AMI using following 2 methods.
Method 1: Following are the steps to determine the Root Device type of an AMI using
the console
o Open the Amazon EC2 console
o In the navigation pane, click AMIs, and select the AMI
o Check the value of Root Device Type in the Details tab as follows
o If the value is ebs, this is an Amazon EBS-backed AMI
o If the value is instance store, this is an instance store-backed AMI
Method 2: Following are the steps to determine the root device type of an AMI using
the command line
We can use one of the following commands.
o describe-images (AWS CLI)
o Get-EC2Image (AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell)

2.What Is The Size Limit For Amazon Ec2 Instance Store-backed Amis And Amazon
Ebs-backed Amis ?
Answer :
All AMIs are categorized as either backed by Amazon EBS or backed by instance
store.
Backed by Amazon EBS – means that the root device for an instance launched from
the AMI is an Amazon EBS volume created from an Amazon EBS snapshot.
Backed by instance store – means that the root device for an instance launched
from the AMI is an instance store volume created from a template stored in Amazon
S3.
Root device size limit for –
Amazon EBS – Backed is 16 TiB
Amazon Instance Store-Backed is 10 GiB
3.Question 31. How You’re Charged In Amazon Ec2? Explain In Detail ?
Answer :
o Charges varies upon AMIs backed and storage volums.
o AMIs backed by instance storage charged for: AMI storage + Instance
usage
o AMIs backed by Amazon EBS storage charged for: Volume storage + Usage
in addition to the AMI + instance usage
o When an Amazon EBS-backed instance is stopped, you are not charged for
instance usage, but you are still charged for volume storage.
o AWS charges a full instance hour for every transition from a stopped state
to a running state, even if we transition the instance multiple times within a
single hour.
For example: if hourly instance charge for your instance is $0.10 and if you were to
run that instance for one hour without stopping it, you would be charged $0.10. If you
stopped and restarted that instance twice during that hour, then you would be
charged $0.30 for that hour of usage (the initial $0.10, plus 2 x $0.10 for each
restart).

4.What Is Shared Ami ?


Answer :
A shared AMI is an AMI that a developer created and made available for other
developers to use.
One of the easiest ways to get started with Amazon EC2 is to use a shared AMI that
has the components you need and then add custom content. You can also create
your own AMIs and share them with others.
o Use a shared AMI at your own risk. Amazon can’t vouch for the integrity or
security of AMIs shared by other Amazon EC2 users. AWS recommends
that you get an AMI from a trusted source.

5.How To Update Ami Tools At Boot Time ?


Answer :
AWS recommends that your AMIs download and upgrade the Amazon
EC2 AMI creation tools during startup. This ensures that new AMIs based on your
shared AMIs have the latest AMI tools.
For Amazon Linux, add the following to /etc/rc.local:
# Update the Amazon EC2 AMI tools
echo ” + Updating EC2 AMI tools”
yum update -y aws-amitools-ec2
echo ” + Updated EC2 AMI tools”

6.How To Disable Password-based Logins For Root In Amazon Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
Using a fixed root password for a public AMI is a security risk that can quickly
become known. Even relying on users to change the password after the first login
opens a small window of opportunity for potential abuse.
Following are the steps to disable password-based remote logins for the root user:
Open the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file with a text editor and locate the following line:
#PermitRootLogin yes
Change the line to:
PermitRootLogin without-password
The location of this configuration file might differ for your distribution.

7.What Is Public Key Credentials And How To Install It ?


Answer :
Amazon EC2 uses public–key cryptography to encrypt and decrypt login information.
Public–key cryptography uses a public key to encrypt a piece of data, such as a
password, then the recipient uses the private key to decrypt the data. The public and
private keys are known as a key pair.
After configuring the AMI to prevent logging in using a password, you must make
sure users can log in using another mechanism.

8.How Is Stopping And Terminating An Instance Different From Each Other ?


Answer :
Starting, stopping and terminating are the three states in an EC2 instance, let’s
discuss them in detail:
o Stopping and Starting an instance: When an instance is stopped, the
instance performs a normal shutdown and then transitions to a stopped
state. All of its Amazon EBS volumes remain attached, and you can start the
instance again at a later time. You are not charged for additional instance
hours while the instance is in a stopped state.
o Terminating an instance: When an instance is terminated, the instance
performs a normal shutdown, then the attached Amazon EBS volumes are
deleted unless the volume’s deleteOnTermination attribute is set to false.
The instance itself is also deleted, and you can’t start the instance again at
a later time.

9.How Is A Spot Instance Different From An On-demand Instance Or Reserved Instance


?
Answer :
First of all, let’s understand that Spot Instance, On-Demand instance and Reserved
Instances are all models for pricing. Moving along, spot instances provide the ability
for customers to purchase compute capacity with no upfront commitment, at hourly
rates usually lower than the On-Demand rate in each region. Spot instances are just
like bidding, the bidding price is called Spot Price.
The Spot Price fluctuates based on supply and demand for instances, but customers
will never pay more than the maximum price they have specified. If the Spot Price
moves higher than a customer’s maximum price, the customer’s EC2 instance will be
shut down automatically.
But the reverse is not true, if the Spot prices come down again, your EC2 instance will
not be launched automatically, one has to do that manually. In Spot and On demand
instance, there is no commitment for the duration from the user side, however in
reserved instances one has to stick to the time period that he has chosen.

10. Is It Possible To Change The Private Ip Addresses Of An Ec2 While It Is


Running/stopped In A Vpc ?
Answer :
The primary private IP address cannot be changed. Secondary private addresses can
be unassigned, assigned or moved between interfaces or instances at any point.

11. Can S3 Be Used With Ec2 Instances, If Yes, How ?


Answer :
Yes, it can be used for instances with root devices backed by local instance storage.
By using Amazon S3, developers have access to the same highly scalable, reliable,
fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global
network of web sites. In order to execute systems in the Amazon EC2 environment,
developers use the tools provided to load their Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) into
Amazon S3 and to move them between Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2.
Another use case could be for websites hosted on EC2 to load their static content
from S3.

12. If You Want To Launch Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (ec2) Instances And Assign
Each Instance A Predetermined Private Ip Address You Should ?
Answer :
The best way of connecting to your cloud resources (for ex- ec2 instances) from your
own data center (for eg- private cloud) is a VPC. Once you connect your datacenter to
the VPC in which your instances are present, each instance is assigned a private IP
address which can be accessed from your datacenter. Hence, you can access your
public cloud resources, as if they were on your own network.

13. Explain What Happens When I Reboot An Ec2 Instance ?


Answer :
Rebooting an instance is like rebooting a PC. The hard disk isn’t affected. You don’t
return to the image’s original state, but the contents of the hard disks are those
before the reboot.
Rebooting isn’t associated with billing. Billing starts when you instantiate an image
and stops when you terminate it. Rebooting in between hasn’t any effect.

14. How You Will Change The Root Ebs Device Of My Amazon Ec2 Instance ?
Answer :
o Stop the instance.
o Detach the root EBS volume.
o Attach the alternate EBS volume (as the root e.g. /dev/sda1)
o Start the instance.
o This presupposes that your alternate EBS volume is bootable, of course – it
has to contain the bootable OS image.

15. What Is The Underlying Hypervisor For Ec2 ?


Answer :
Xen

16. What Are Spot Instances In Amazon Ec2 ?


Answer :
In Amazon EC2, we can even bid for getting a computing instance. Any instance
procured by bidding is a Spot Instance. Multiple users bid for an EC2 Instance. Once
the bid price exceeds the Spot price, the user with the highest bid gets it. As long as
their bid price remains higher than the Spot price, they can keep using it.
Spot price varies with the supply and demand. Once Spot price exceeds Bid price, the
instance will be taken back from the user.

17. What Is The Difference Between A Spot Instance And A Demand Instance On Ec2 ?
Answer :
“On-Demand” instances allow the user to use the compute by hour without requiring
long term commitment. There are no guarantees that the user will always be able to
launch specific instance types in an availability zone, though AWS tries it’s best to
meet the needs. This service is preferable for POCs and they do not suffer an
interruption of the service(by AWS) like Spot instances.
“Spot” instances are a bid_for_low_price version of On-Demand instances, but could
be shut down by AWS anytime the Spot instance price goes higher than bid price.
Spot price fluctuates based on the supply and demand of the capacity. It’s essentially
the leftover capacity of AWS to be used. There is no difference in the performance
compared to On-Demand instances and is usually cheaper than On-demand
instances as there is no guarantee provided over the availability. The user can
choose a start time and end time for the instances or can make a persistent
request(no end time specified) for this service. This service is preferable for
computing needs which are not tied to any deadlines, computing needs are large and
the interruption of service is acceptable.

18. What Are The Main Features Of Classic Load Balancer In Ec2 ?
Answer :
Some of the main features of Classic Load Balancer (CLB) in Amazon EC2 are as
follows:
Health Check: Based on the result of Health Check, Classic Load Balancer can
decide to route the traffic. If any instance has unhealthy results, CLB will not route the
traffic to that instance.
Security: We can create security groups for CLB in Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). With
these features, it is easy to implement secure load balancing within a network.
High Availability: With CLB, we can distribute traffic among EC2 instances in single
or multiple Availability Zones. This helps in providing very high scale of availability for
the incoming traffic.
Sticky Sessions: CLB also supports sticky session by using cookies. The sticky
sessions make sure that the traffic from a user is always routed to the same instance
so that user gets seamless experience.
IPv6: CLB also support Internet Protocol version 6.
Operational Monitoring: We can also perform operational monitoring CLB and collect
statistics on request count, latency etc. These metrics can be monitored in
CloudWatch.

19. What Are The Main Features Of Application Load Balancer (alb) In Amazon Ec2 ?
Answer :
Main features of Application Load Balancer (ALB) are as follows:
o Content-Based Routing: In ALB, we can make use of content in the request
to decide the routing of a request to a specific service.
o HTTP/2: ALB supports the new version of HTTP protocol. In this protocol,
we can send multiple requests on same connection. It also supports TLS
and header compression.
o WebSockets: ALB supports WebSockets in EC2. With WebSockets, a server
can exchange real-time messages with the end-users.
o Layer-7 Load Balancing: ALB can also load balance HTTP/HTTPS
application with layer-7 specific features.
o Delete Protection: ALB also provides Delete Protection option by which we
can prevent it from getting deleted by mistake.
o Containerized Application Support: We can use ALB to load balance
multiple containers across multiple ports on same EC2 instance.

20. What Is A Placement Group In Ec2 ?


Answer :
AWS provides an option of creating a Placement Group in EC2 to logically group the
instances within as single Availability Zone.
We get the benefits of low network latency and high network throughput by using a
Placement Group.
Placement Group is a free option as of now. When we stop an instance, it will run in
same Placement Group in restart at a later point of time.
The biggest limitation of Placement Group is that we cannot add Instances from
multiple availability zones to one Placement Group.

21. What Types Of Issues Do You Face While Connecting To An Ec2 Instance ?
Answer :
Some of the possible connection issues with EC2 instance are:
o Connection time out
o Permission denied due to host key not found
o Unprotected private key file
o Permission denied due to user key not recognized by server
o No supported authentication method available
o Server refused the key AWS Video Training

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