A trainee asks whether an Amazon S3 bucket can be attached as the EC2 instance's boot volume for a new virtual server. Which guidance is correct?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
S3 is a locker for objects, not a hard drive you boot from. EC2 operating system volumes live on Amazon EBS (or ephemeral instance store in special cases). Pointing an instance at a bucket does not magically turn object storage into a root disk.
Full Explanation
Amazon S3 object storage cannot serve as an EC2 boot volume. EC2 instances use Amazon EBS volumes (or instance store for eligible ephemeral needs) for operating system and attached data disks. IAM permissions to read objects do not convert a bucket into a root block device, nor do storage classes or CloudFront change that architectural boundary.