AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)

Question 1

What is AWS Resource Access Manager?

Answer 1

It is the manager in AWS thet enables the sharing of resources such as VPC’s across AWS accounts.

Question 2

What are the two modes of sharing you can have and can be configured in resource access manager?

Answer 2

You can in the setting to have handshake between account for sharing resources of you can have no handshake and you can share in the org.

Question 3

What is an owner and participant in reference to RAM?

Answer 3

Owner is the owner of a resource and a participant is the user of the shared resource.

Question 4

What resource types can you share in AWS?

Answer 4

• VPC
• Transit GW
• Resolver Rules
• Licence Configurations

Question 5

Can you also share the resources outside you orgnization to other accounts?

Answer 5

Yes, this is an option.

Question 6

When using shared resources who are responsible for creating managing and deleting the resource?

Answer 6

The resource owner, it also means the owner is responsible for any subresource the VPC is using, like subnets, VPN GW, IGW, etc.

Question 7

Who is responsible for the cost of data transfer out of the VPC?

Answer 7

The resource owner.

Question 8

When you create an EC2 instance and use a share VPC who is responsible for data out charges?

Answer 8

The VPC owner.

Question 9

When you create an EC2 instance and use a share VPC who is responsible for EC2 charges?

Answer 9

The participant.

Question 10

As I can share resources with resource access manager can I share my VPC to an external acccont?

Answer 10

Yes, you can share resources but not VPC with an external account, only within an orgnization.