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An independent blogger wants to deploy a standard WordPress website. They have limited cloud administration experience and require a simplified service that packages virtual servers, storage, databases, and networking into a predictable, low-cost monthly plan. Which AWS service is designed to meet these specific needs?

  1. A
    AWS Lambda
  2. B
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
  3. Amazon LightsailAnswer
  4. D
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

Answer

Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail is designed to provide an easy-to-use virtual private server (VPS) experience. It bundles all necessary resources—including virtual machines, SSD-based storage, databases, and static IP addresses—into a simple, predictable monthly plan, making it the ideal fit for hosting standard web applications with minimal administrative effort.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the key requirements from the scenario: standard WordPress hosting, low administrative overhead, and bundled resources with predictable pricing.
Establishes a need for a pre-packaged Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution rather than modular infrastructure.
This filters out highly customizable, manual infrastructure setups and serverless execution models.
2
Evaluate the compute options against the identified requirements.
Amazon Lightsail matches all criteria by offering a simplified, bundled service with flat-rate pricing.
Other options require advanced configuration (Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS) or do not natively host persistent monolithic web applications (AWS Lambda).

Key Concept

Matching workloads to the appropriate AWS compute service based on administrative overhead, pricing simplicity, and architectural fit.
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