Question 590
Which AWS service or cloud concept best explains the requirement? An organization requires general-purpose virtual servers with control over the operating system and instance type.
Explanation
Correct Answer
Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual server capacity with configurable instance families. This directly addresses the question rather than a different AWS use case. Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual server capacity with configurable instance families. Recognize the requirement: Look for guest operating system control and selectable virtual-machine resources. At a high level, choose an EC2 instance family suitable for the workload's compute and memory profile. The intended outcome is: The application runs on a virtual server configured for its requirements. Keep in mind: The customer manages the guest operating system and application lifecycle.
Incorrect Answers
Amazon Lightsail offers simplified virtual private server bundles for suitable small workloads. That addresses a different mechanism; this question turns on Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual server capacity with configurable.
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling adjusts instance capacity according to configured scaling policies. In the present case the governing issue is Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual server capacity with configurable, which this does not resolve.
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service provides managed Kubernetes control plane capabilities. That observation may hold without resolving the relevant issue: Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual server capacity with configurable.