Description: In AWS Elastic Beanstalk, ‘Environment Type’ refers to the classification of the infrastructure used to deploy and run applications. There are mainly two types of environments: single-instance environment and load-balanced environment. The single-instance environment is ideal for development and testing applications, where a simple setup and reduced cost are required. In this type of environment, the entire application runs on a single instance, making management and deployment easier, but limiting scalability and availability. On the other hand, the load-balanced environment is designed for production applications that require high availability and scalability. This type of environment automatically distributes traffic across multiple instances, allowing for handling a higher volume of users and providing redundancy in case of failures. Choosing the type of environment is crucial, as it directly impacts the performance, availability, and cost of the application. Additionally, AWS Elastic Beanstalk allows developers to easily switch between these types of environments, adapting to the changing needs of their applications.
