DevOps Engineering on AWS Certification CI/CD Pipelines on AWS 2

Question 1

Which CodeDeploy deployment configuration deploys to one instance at a time, stopping if any instance fails?

Accepted Answer

CodeDeployDefault.OneAtATime

Answer

CodeDeployDefault.OneAtATime deploys to one instance at a time and stops the deployment if any instance fails, minimizing risk.

Question 2

In AWS CodePipeline, which source provider allows you to trigger a pipeline from an Amazon ECR image push?

Accepted Answer

Amazon ECR

Answer

Amazon ECR is a supported source provider in CodePipeline, enabling pipelines to trigger automatically when a new container image is pushed.

Question 3

What does the appspec.yml file control in an AWS CodeDeploy deployment?

Accepted Answer

How CodeDeploy maps source files to destinations and lifecycle event hooks

Answer

The appspec.yml file specifies file mappings and lifecycle event hooks that CodeDeploy uses during a deployment.

Question 4

Which feature of AWS CodeBuild allows you to cache dependencies to speed up future builds?

Accepted Answer

Build caching

Answer

CodeBuild's build caching stores reusable build components such as dependencies in S3 or locally, reducing build times for subsequent runs.

Question 5

Which AWS service can be used as a source stage in CodePipeline to store and version Git repositories?

Accepted Answer

AWS CodeCommit

Answer

AWS CodeCommit is a fully managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based repositories and integrates as a CodePipeline source.

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