AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional — Question 591

A user has created an AWS AMI. The user wants the AMI to be available only to his friend and not anyone else. How can the user manage this?

Answer options

• A. Share the AMI with the community and setup the approval workflow before anyone launches it.
• B. It is not possible to share the AMI with the selected user.
• C. Share the AMI with a friend's AWS account ID.
• D. Share the AMI with a friend's AWS login ID.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS allows users to share private AMIs with specific AWS accounts by explicitly adding their 12-digit AWS account ID to the AMI's launch permissions. You cannot share AMIs using AWS login IDs, and publishing the AMI to the community would make it publicly available to everyone.