April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
212 pages
4h 17m
English
In this chapter, we will learn how to manage Windows Server as an ephemeral host; then, we will learn how EC2 Image Builder helps you build custom AMIs with all the necessary Windows Server patches, cached container images, and hardening.
The chapter will cover the following topics:
As a Windows sysadmin, never in my life would I imagine having an ephemeral (i.e., “lasting for a very short time,” according to the Oxford dictionary) or temporary Windows host in a production environment; the use case just isn’t there. Usually, Windows Servers are used to host long-running applications, where the hosts ...