Correct Answer: No, ALB has a dynamic IP address and you should always use its DNS name
Standard ALBs do not have static IPs. If you need a static IP, you must use a Network Load Balancer or Global Accelerator....
Correct Answer
No, ALB has a dynamic IP address and you should always use its DNS name
Why This Answer Is Correct
Standard ALBs do not have static IPs. If you need a static IP, you must use a Network Load Balancer or Global Accelerator.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Application Load Balancer — a core concept tested in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03). Understanding Application Load Balancer is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You need to route traffic to Amazon EC2 instances based on URL paths (e.g., '/api' vs '/static'). Which load balancer type should you use?
A company has a microservices architecture and wants to route requests to different target groups based on the URL path (e.g., /orders vs /users). Which load balancer type is best suited for this?
Can an Application Load Balancer direct traffic to targets in different VPCs?
What is 'Sticky Sessions' (Session Affinity) in the context of an ALB?
Which ALB feature allows for serverless integration by routing requests to AWS Lambda functions?