Which IBM Cloud service can an architect use to automate provisioning infrastructure?

Question

Options

• AAnsible
• BSchematics
• CPlaybooks
• DKubernetes

• A
  13% (7)
• B
  74% (40)
• C
  9% (5)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

IBM Schematics is IBM Cloud's native Infrastructure-as-Code service that automates provisioning using Terraform templates, making it the purpose-built answer for automated infrastructure deployment on IBM Cloud.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Ansible - Ansible is a configuration management and automation tool (from Red Hat), not an IBM Cloud service; it handles software configuration rather than infrastructure provisioning natively in IBM Cloud.
• C. Playbooks - Playbooks are Ansible's execution scripts, not a service at all; this is a component within Ansible, not a standalone IBM Cloud offering.
• D. Kubernetes - Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform; it manages containerized workloads, not cloud infrastructure provisioning.

Memory tip: Think Schematics = Structure - just as an architect uses schematics (blueprints) to plan a building's structure, IBM Schematics lets a cloud architect blueprint and automate infrastructure. The word itself mirrors what architects do.

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