SDLC Automation and CI/CD Pipelines Flashcards

Which AWS service provides a hosted Git repository that integrates natively with CodePipeline and CodeBuild?

Answer: AWS CodeCommit

AWS CodeCommit is a fully managed source control service hosting Git repositories that integrates natively with the AWS DevOps toolchain.

A DevOps engineer wants to test a Lambda deployment by sending 10% of traffic to the new version for 5 minutes before full deployment. Which CodeDeploy configuration achieves this?

Answer: LambdaCanary10Percent5Minutes

LambdaCanary10Percent5Minutes shifts 10% of traffic to the new Lambda version for 5 minutes before shifting the remaining 90%.

Which buildspec.yml phase in CodeBuild is used to run the actual build commands?

Answer: build

The build phase in buildspec.yml is where the primary build commands, such as compiling code or running tests, are executed.

How can a CodePipeline pipeline be triggered from an external Git repository hosted on GitHub?

Answer: CodeStar Connections

CodeStar Connections creates a connection between CodePipeline and third-party repositories like GitHub to trigger pipelines on code push.

In AWS CodeDeploy for ECS, what resource type defines the routing of traffic to the blue and green task sets?

Answer: Application Load Balancer listener rule

ALB listener rules route traffic between the blue and green ECS task sets during a blue/green deployment managed by CodeDeploy.

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

Answer: 20

AWS CodePipeline allows a maximum of 20 stages per pipeline, with at least 2 stages required and the first stage being a source stage.