CLF-C02 Practice Question 98: Simple Virtual Servers
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) · Test 10 · question 8 of 10
The owner of a small bakery has little AWS experience and wants to launch a WordPress website. They want a virtual server with storage, a static IP address and DNS management included, all for a low, predictable monthly price, and they want to get started without learning many separate services. Which AWS service is the best fit?
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Answer:
AWS describes Amazon Lightsail as the easiest way to get started with AWS for anyone who needs to build websites or web applications. It includes what a project needs to launch quickly: instances (virtual private servers), SSD-based storage, static IP addresses, DNS management, load balancers, managed databases and snapshots, all for a low, predictable monthly price. A WordPress image can be launched in a few clicks.
Option A gives the most control and flexibility, but the owner would have to understand and configure several separate services and pay for each one separately, which is the opposite of simple. Option C deploys application code and automatically provisions EC2 instances, load balancing and scaling. That suits developers deploying their own applications, not someone who wants a bundled server at a fixed monthly price. Option D serves only *static* content. WordPress needs PHP and a database running on a server, which S3 website hosting cannot provide.
Reference: What is Amazon Lightsail?