AWS Deployment and Management 3

Question 1

A company wants to deploy an application using a blue/green deployment strategy with zero downtime. Which AWS service best supports this?

Accepted Answer

AWS CodeDeploy with Blue/Green deployment type

Answer

AWS CodeDeploy's Blue/Green deployment type shifts traffic from the original (blue) environment to a replacement (green) environment with zero downtime.

Question 2

Which AWS CloudFormation feature allows you to preview changes to your stack before executing them?

Accepted Answer

Change Set

Answer

A CloudFormation Change Set lets you preview how proposed changes will affect your stack resources before applying them.

Question 3

An operations team needs to run commands on a fleet of EC2 instances without SSH access. Which service should they use?

Accepted Answer

AWS Systems Manager Run Command

Answer

AWS Systems Manager Run Command allows you to remotely execute commands on EC2 instances without opening inbound ports or managing SSH keys.

Question 4

What is the purpose of an AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment's .ebextensions directory?

Accepted Answer

Define custom configuration and resource provisioning for the environment

Answer

The .ebextensions directory contains YAML or JSON configuration files that customize and configure the Elastic Beanstalk environment during deployment.

Question 5

A developer wants to ensure that their AWS CloudFormation stack cannot be accidentally deleted. Which feature should they use?

Accepted Answer

Termination Protection

Answer

CloudFormation Termination Protection prevents a stack from being accidentally deleted, requiring it to be explicitly disabled before deletion is allowed.

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AWS Deployment and Management 3