DevOps Engineering on AWS Certification CI/CD Pipelines on AWS 3

Question 1

Which deployment strategy in CodeDeploy shifts 10% of traffic to the new version initially, then shifts the remaining 90% after a defined interval?

Accepted Answer

Canary

Answer

The Canary deployment strategy routes a small initial percentage of traffic to the new version before completing the full shift after a wait period.

Question 2

What is the maximum number of stages allowed in an AWS CodePipeline pipeline?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

AWS CodePipeline supports up to 50 stages per pipeline, allowing complex multi-step workflows.

Question 3

Which AWS CodeBuild environment type provides the highest isolation for builds?

Accepted Answer

Linux container

Answer

Standard Linux containers in CodeBuild provide strong isolation via Docker, and each build runs in a fresh container environment.

Question 4

In CodePipeline, which event source can be used to automatically trigger a pipeline when changes are pushed to a GitHub repository?

Accepted Answer

GitHub webhook via CodeStar Connections

Answer

CodeStar Connections allows CodePipeline to receive GitHub webhook events to automatically trigger pipelines on code pushes.

Question 5

Which CodeDeploy component defines the deployment rules, success conditions, and failure conditions?

Accepted Answer

Deployment Configuration

Answer

A Deployment Configuration in CodeDeploy specifies the minimum number of healthy instances and the pace at which instances are deployed.

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