Reserved Instances and Savings Plans in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the purchase of a Reserved Instance in AWS CLI.

AWS

aws ec2 purchase-reserved-instances-offering --reserved-instances-offering-id [1] --instance-count 1

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Aavailability-zone

Binstance-type

Cabc123xyz

Dregion-name

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Common Mistakes

Using instance type or region instead of the offering ID.

Leaving the offering ID blank.

The reserved-instances-offering-id is a unique identifier for the Reserved Instance offering you want to purchase.

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medium

Complete the code to create a Savings Plan using AWS CLI.

AWS

aws savingsplans create-savings-plan --savings-plan-offering-id [1] --commitment 100 --term 31536000

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Asp-offering-123

Bterm

Ccommitment

Dregion

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Common Mistakes

Using parameter names instead of the offering ID.

Confusing commitment amount with offering ID.

The savings-plan-offering-id identifies the specific Savings Plan offering you want to buy.

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hard

Fix the error in the AWS CLI command to describe Reserved Instances.

AWS

aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances --filters Name=state,Values=[1]

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Aactive

Brunning

Cavailable

Dpending

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Common Mistakes

Using 'running' which is for EC2 instance states, not Reserved Instances.

Using 'available' which is not a valid Reserved Instance state.

The correct state filter value for active Reserved Instances is active.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a Savings Plan with a specific payment option and plan type.

AWS

aws savingsplans create-savings-plan --payment-option [1] --plan-type [2] --commitment 200 --term 31536000

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AAll Upfront

BPartial Upfront

CCompute

DEC2 Instance

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Common Mistakes

Mixing payment options with plan types.

Using invalid strings for payment option or plan type.

The payment-option can be 'All Upfront' for full payment at purchase.

The plan-type 'Compute' applies to compute usage Savings Plans.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to filter Reserved Instances by instance type, availability zone, and state.

AWS

aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances --filters Name=instance-type,Values=[1] Name=availability-zone,Values=[2] Name=state,Values=[3]

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Am5.large

Bus-east-1a

Cactive

Dt2.micro

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Common Mistakes

Using instance types as availability zones.

Using incorrect state values.

Use m5.large as the instance type filter.

us-east-1a is a valid availability zone.

active filters for active Reserved Instances.