- Core Concepts
- Amazon EC2 provides scalable computing capabilities in AWS cloud
- Users can scale capacity up and down quickly from hours to minutes
- Service charges only for actual usage with per-second billing
- Key Components
- EC2 instances include General Purpose, Compute-optimized, and Memory-optimized types
- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) provide pre-configured instance launch information
- Elastic Block Storage (EBS) offers block-level storage for EC2 instances
- Networking and security features include VPC, security groups, and load balancing
- Key Features
- Multiple Availability Zones provide redundancy across different locations
- Auto Scaling uses machine learning for demand-based instance allocation
- CloudWatch monitors instances and sends alarms automatically
- Seamlessly integrates with other AWS services like S3 and RDS
- Benefits
- Complete control over instance resources with root access
- Flexible hosting with various operating systems and software packages
- Secure environment with VPC and network access control
- Cost-effective pricing based on actual usage