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SOA-C02 · Question #417

A SysOps administrator is preparing to deploy an application to Amazon EC2 instances that are in an Auto Scaling group. The application requires dependencies to be installed. Application updates are…

The correct answer is C. Use EC2 Image Builder with a custom recipe to install the application and its dependencies. https://aws.amazon.com/image-builder/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/manage-recipes.html

Submitted by carlos_mx· Mar 30, 2026Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation

Question

A SysOps administrator is preparing to deploy an application to Amazon EC2 instances that are in an Auto Scaling group. The application requires dependencies to be installed. Application updates are issued weekly. The SysOps administrator needs to implement a solution to incorporate the application updates on a regular basis. The solution also must conduct a vulnerability scan during Amazon Machine Image (AMI) creation. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

Options

  • ACreate a script that uses Packer. Schedule a cron job to run the script.
  • BInstall the application and its dependencies on an EC2 instance. Create an AMI of the EC2
  • CUse EC2 Image Builder with a custom recipe to install the application and its dependencies.
  • DInvoke the EC2 CreateImage API operation by using an Amazon EventBridge scheduled rule.

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    81% (17)
  • D
    10% (2)

Explanation

https://aws.amazon.com/image-builder/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/manage-recipes.html

Topics

#EC2 Image Builder#AMI automation#vulnerability scanning#custom recipe

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