AWS·AWS essentials

Compute

EC2 provides virtual machines; Lambda runs functions.

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What you will be able to do
  • Choose EC2 for long-running servers.
  • Use Lambda for event handlers.
  • Right-size instances.

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EC2 provides virtual machines; Lambda runs functions.

  • Choose EC2 for long-running servers.
  • Use Lambda for event handlers.
  • Right-size instances.
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aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].State.Name'
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