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The document contains a series of interview questions and answers related to AWS services and best practices. Key topics include differences between EC2 and Lambda, the purpose of VPC, high availability strategies using ELB or ALB, and security management with IAM. It also discusses automation with CloudFormation and Jenkins, cost optimization strategies, and deployment techniques like blue-green deployments.

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The document contains a series of interview questions and answers related to AWS services and best practices. Key topics include differences between EC2 and Lambda, the purpose of VPC, high availability strategies using ELB or ALB, and security management with IAM. It also discusses automation with CloudFormation and Jenkins, cost optimization strategies, and deployment techniques like blue-green deployments.

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Additional Interview Questions Based on JD

Q: Can you explain the key differences between EC2 and Lambda?

A: EC2 provides virtual machines that run continuously or when needed, allowing complete control

over the environment, while Lambda is serverless and only runs in response to events, charging

based on the execution time.

Q: What is the purpose of VPC in AWS, and how do subnets and route tables work within it?

A: A VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) allows you to create a private, isolated network within AWS.

Subnets divide the VPC into smaller networks, and route tables define the traffic flow between

subnets and the internet.

Q: How would you set up high availability using ELB or ALB?

A: To set up high availability, you can use ELB or ALB to distribute traffic across multiple instances

or availability zones, ensuring that if one instance fails, traffic is automatically routed to healthy

instances.

Q: Can you explain how CloudFormation works, and what its benefits are?

A: CloudFormation is an AWS service that enables you to provision and manage AWS resources

using templates written in JSON or YAML. The key benefits include automation, repeatability, and

ease of managing infrastructure as code.

Q: How do you handle security using IAM in AWS?

A: IAM (Identity and Access Management) in AWS is used to define permissions and control access

to resources. You create users, groups, and roles with policies that define what actions are allowed

or denied on specific resources.

Q: Describe a use case where you utilized Terraform to manage infrastructure.

A: A use case could be automating the provisioning of a multi-tier architecture (like web servers,

databases, and networking) across multiple AWS accounts using Terraform for consistency and

repeatability.

Q: What is the difference between S3 and EBS?


A: S3 is an object storage service used to store and retrieve large amounts of data, while EBS is

block storage typically used to attach persistent storage to EC2 instances.

Q: What strategies do you use to optimize cost when using EC2 and S3?

A: Cost optimization strategies include using EC2 Reserved Instances, Autoscaling to optimize

instance usage, and using S3 lifecycle policies to move data to cheaper storage classes like S3

Glacier.

Q: How do you automate deployments using Jenkins pipelines?

A: Automated deployments using Jenkins pipelines involve defining stages (e.g., build, test, deploy)

in a Jenkinsfile, integrating with version control, and automating the execution of scripts for

deployment based on successful builds.

Q: How does Kubernetes ensure high availability for applications?

A: Kubernetes ensures high availability using features like pod replication, automatic failover, and

load balancing through services, ensuring that applications are always up and running even if

individual nodes or pods fail.

Q: How would you implement a blue-green deployment strategy in a CI/CD pipeline?

A: In a blue-green deployment, you have two environments: one live (blue) and one idle (green).

You deploy to the green environment, test it, and switch traffic to it once its verified, minimizing

downtime and reducing risk.

Q: What are security best practices for working with AWS services?

A: Best practices include using IAM roles with least privilege, enabling multi-factor authentication,

using encryption for sensitive data, and regularly auditing AWS CloudTrail logs for suspicious

activity.

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