Launching an EC2 instance in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID when launching an EC2 instance.

AWS

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
instance = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='[1]', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1, InstanceType='t2.micro')

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Aami-0abcdef1234567890

Bkey-pair

Csecurity-group

Dinstance-type

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Common Mistakes

Using instance type or security group instead of AMI ID.

The ImageId parameter requires the AMI ID, which looks like ami-0abcdef1234567890. This tells AWS which image to use for the instance.

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medium

Complete the code to specify the instance type when launching an EC2 instance.

AWS

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
instance = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-0abcdef1234567890', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1, InstanceType='[1]')

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Aami-0abcdef1234567890

Bsg-12345678

Ct2.micro

Dmy-key-pair

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Common Mistakes

Using AMI ID or security group ID instead of instance type.

The InstanceType parameter defines the size and power of the instance. t2.micro is a common small instance type.

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hard

Fix the error in the code by filling the correct parameter name for the key pair when launching an EC2 instance.

AWS

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
instance = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-0abcdef1234567890', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1, InstanceType='t2.micro', [1]='my-key-pair')

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AKeyPair

BKeyName

CKey

DKeyId

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect parameter names like 'KeyPair' or 'Key'.

The correct parameter to specify the key pair name is KeyName. This allows you to connect to the instance securely.

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hard

Fill both blanks to add a security group and a tag to the EC2 instance.

AWS

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
instance = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-0abcdef1234567890', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1, InstanceType='t2.micro', SecurityGroupIds=['[1]'], TagSpecifications=[{'ResourceType': 'instance', 'Tags': [{'Key': 'Name', 'Value': '[2]'}]}])

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Asg-12345678

BMyInstance

Cami-0abcdef1234567890

Dt2.micro

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Common Mistakes

Using AMI ID or instance type as security group.

Confusing tag key and value.

The SecurityGroupIds parameter expects a list of security group IDs like sg-12345678. The tag Name is set to a friendly name like MyInstance.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create an EC2 instance with a specific subnet, assign a public IP, and add a tag.

AWS

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
instance = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-0abcdef1234567890', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1, InstanceType='t2.micro', NetworkInterfaces=[{'SubnetId': '[1]', 'DeviceIndex': 0, 'AssociatePublicIpAddress': [2]], TagSpecifications=[{'ResourceType': 'instance', 'Tags': [{'Key': 'Name', 'Value': '[3]'}]}])

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Asubnet-1a2b3c4d

BTrue

CWebServer

DFalse

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect subnet ID format.

Using string 'True' instead of boolean True.

The SubnetId specifies the subnet like subnet-1a2b3c4d. AssociatePublicIpAddress is a boolean to assign a public IP, here True. The tag Name is set to WebServer.