Here is list of 25 questions covering all major concepts of AWS- AMI service. Below section, you can find answers for all these questions.
- What is an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), and why is it important?
- What are the different types of AMIs in AWS?
- Explain the process of creating a custom AMI?
- What is the difference between an AMI and a snapshot?
- How would you share an AMI with another AWS account?
- What are the permissions and limitations for sharing encrypted AMIs?
- How does AWS handle AMI deprecation and versioning?
- What is the difference between an Instance Store-backed AMI and an EBS-backed AMI
- Describe a use case where you’d regularly create new AMIs?
- How would you automate AMI creation and cleanup for cost savings?
- How does AMI region copying work, and why would you use it?
- What happens to an EC2 instance if the AMI it was launched from is deleted?
- Can you modify an existing AMI?
- How do you handle patching in environments where AMIs are used?
- What are some best practices when using AMIs in production environments?
- Explain how you would use an AMI pipeline for a CI/CD process?
- How would you manage AMI versioning for rollback purposes?
- What security practices should you follow when creating and sharing AMIs?
- What is the significance of AMI metadata, and how can it impact instance behavior?
- How do you ensure AMIs are optimized for fast instance boot times?
- Describe how you would troubleshoot an instance launched from an AMI that fails to boot?
- What are Amazon’s HVM and PV virtualization types, and how do they relate to AMIs?
- How would you convert an instance store-backed AMI to an EBS-backed AMI?
- How can you automate AMI testing after creation to verify integrity?
- What is the process for converting an AMI to be compatible with different instance types?
