DVA-C02 Deployment Practice Question
A developer wants to deploy a static website to AWS. The website consists of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. Which combination of services provides the most cost-effective and scalable solution?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront
Amazon S3 can host static websites, and CloudFront provides CDN for low latency and scalability. Option A is correct. Option B (EC2) is more expensive and requires management. Option C (Elastic Beanstalk) is overkill. Option D (Lightsail) is a VPS but not as scalable for static content.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront
Why this is correct
This combination is the optimal solution for deploying static websites on AWS. Amazon S3 provides highly durable, scalable, and cost-effective object storage, configured for static website hosting to serve HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and image files directly. Amazon CloudFront, a global content delivery network (CDN), then caches this content at edge locations worldwide, significantly reducing latency for end-users, enhancing security with DDoS protection, and enabling custom domain names with SSL certificates.
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Amazon Lightsail
Why it's wrong here
Amazon Lightsail offers bundled virtual private servers (VPS) with fixed compute, storage, and networking resources, simplifying instance management. While it can host a static website, it necessitates provisioning and managing an operating system and web server software on a dedicated instance, which introduces unnecessary operational overhead and higher costs compared to the serverless, fully managed approach of S3. Lightsail's fixed resource allocation also provides less inherent scalability for fluctuating traffic than S3 and CloudFront.
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Amazon EC2 and Application Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
Utilizing Amazon EC2 instances with an Application Load Balancer (ALB) for a static website is an overly complex and expensive solution. EC2 instances require continuous operation, patching, and management of the underlying operating system and web server, incurring always-on compute costs. This architecture introduces significant operational overhead and resource provisioning for content that could be served directly from highly available object storage without any server management.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Why it's wrong here
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is designed to simplify the deployment and scaling of web applications and services, abstracting the underlying infrastructure like EC2 instances, load balancers, and databases. While it can technically serve static files as part of an application, using it solely for a static website is inefficient. It provisions and manages a full application environment, leading to unnecessary costs and operational complexity for content that lacks dynamic processing or application logic.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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