AWS Deployment and Management 4

Question 1

A team uses AWS CodePipeline and wants to require manual approval before deploying to production. Which action type should they add to the pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Manual Approval action

Answer

A Manual Approval action pauses the pipeline and sends a notification, requiring a designated approver to approve or reject before execution continues.

Question 2

Which AWS OpsWorks layer type is responsible for load balancing traffic across application server instances?

Accepted Answer

HAProxy Layer

Answer

OpsWorks provides an HAProxy layer that automatically configures the HAProxy load balancer to distribute traffic across application server instances in the stack.

Question 3

When using AWS CloudFormation StackSets, what is a 'stack instance'?

Accepted Answer

A reference to a stack in a specific account and region

Answer

A stack instance is a reference to a stack that has been or will be deployed in a specific AWS account and region as part of a StackSet.

Question 4

A company wants to automatically roll back an AWS CodeDeploy deployment if error rates exceed a threshold. Which feature enables this?

Accepted Answer

CloudWatch Alarms-based automatic rollback

Answer

CodeDeploy supports automatic rollback triggered by CloudWatch alarms, reverting to the last known good revision if a specified alarm enters ALARM state during deployment.

Question 5

What is the maximum size of an AWS CloudFormation template that can be uploaded directly via the console or CLI?

Accepted Answer

51,200 bytes

Answer

CloudFormation templates uploaded directly have a 51,200-byte (50KB) limit; larger templates must be stored in S3 and referenced by URL.

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