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Vipul Tankariya
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Vipul Tankariya

Vipul Tankariya has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He has worked with a number of customers across the globe, solving real-life business problems in terms of technology and strategy. He is also a public speaker at various AWS events and meetups. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but is also certified in five AWS certifications. He is an accomplished senior cloud consultant and technologist with more than 21 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based solutions. He has a lot of experience in working on DevOps, CI/CD, and automation at each level of the delivery lifecycle of products, solutions, and services on the cloud.
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Bhavin Parmar

Bhavin Parmar has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He actively participates in solving real-life business problems. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but he is also certified in AWS and Red Hat. This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems with his hands-on deployment and development experience. Bhavin is an accomplished technologist and senior cloud consultant with more than 11 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based and DevOps solutions. He has also been instrumental in setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud solutions, and AWS training.
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EC2 instance life cycle

An EC2 instance passes through various stages throughout its life cycle. It all starts with launching an EC2 instance using a specific AMI. The following diagram is an illustration of the EC2 instance lifecycle:

Figure 5.1: EC2 instance life cycle

The different stages of the instance life cycle that we will be looking into are as follows:

  • Instance launch
  • Instance stop and start
  • Instance reboot
  • Instance retirement
  • Instance termination

Instance launch

When an instance is provisioned, it immediately gets into the pending state. Depending on what instance type you have selected, it is launched on a host computer inside AWS virtualized hardware. The instance is launched using the AMI you choose for...

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Vipul Tankariya

Vipul Tankariya has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He has worked with a number of customers across the globe, solving real-life business problems in terms of technology and strategy. He is also a public speaker at various AWS events and meetups. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but is also certified in five AWS certifications. He is an accomplished senior cloud consultant and technologist with more than 21 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based solutions. He has a lot of experience in working on DevOps, CI/CD, and automation at each level of the delivery lifecycle of products, solutions, and services on the cloud.
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Bhavin Parmar

Bhavin Parmar has a broad range of experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He actively participates in solving real-life business problems. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but he is also certified in AWS and Red Hat. This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems with his hands-on deployment and development experience. Bhavin is an accomplished technologist and senior cloud consultant with more than 11 years of experience. He is focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based and DevOps solutions. He has also been instrumental in setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud solutions, and AWS training.
Read more about Bhavin Parmar