What is idempotence?

The correct answer is D. the ability to set the target environment configuration regardless of the starting state. Idempotence, the ability of a given operation to always produce the same result, is an important IaC principle. A deployment command always sets the target environment into the same configuration, regardless of the environment's starting state. Idempotency is achieved by either…

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Athe assurance of system uniformity throughout the whole delivery process
Bthe ability to recover from failures while keeping critical services running
Cthe necessity of setting maintenance of individual deployment environments
Dthe ability to set the target environment configuration regardless of the starting state

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C
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85% (23)

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Idempotence, the ability of a given operation to always produce the same result, is an important IaC principle. A deployment command always sets the target environment into the same configuration, regardless of the environment's starting state. Idempotency is achieved by either automatically configuring the existing target, or by discarding the existing target and recreating a fresh environment.

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