AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional DOP-C02 — Topic 1 Question 80

Question

An application running on a set of Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group requires a configuration file to operate. The instances are created and maintained with AWS CloudFormation. A DevOps engineer wants the instances to have the latest configuration file when launched, and wants changes to the configuration file to be reflected on all the instances with a minimal delay when the CloudFormation template is updated. Company policy requires that application configuration files be maintained along with AWS infrastructure configuration files in source control. Which solution will accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. The correct answer is D. Option D: In the CloudFormation template, add CloudFormation init metadata. Place the configuration file content in the metadata. Configure the cfn-init script to run when the instance is launched, and configure the cfn-hup scr... AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance. AWS CloudFormation provisions infrastructure as code repeatably.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional DOP-C02 — Question 80