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TA-002-P · Question #339

If a DevOps team adopts AWS Cloud Formation as their standardized method for provisioning public cloud resources, which of the following scenarios poses a challenge for this team?

The correct answer is B. The organization decides to expand into Azure and wishes to deploy new infrastructure using their. AWS CloudFormation is a cloud-specific infrastructure as code service designed exclusively for managing AWS resources, so it cannot be used to provision resources in other cloud providers like Azure. This vendor lock-in poses a significant challenge for organizations adopting a m

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Question

If a DevOps team adopts AWS Cloud Formation as their standardized method for provisioning public cloud resources, which of the following scenarios poses a challenge for this team?

Options

  • AThe team is asked to manage a new application stack built on AWS-natrve services
  • BThe organization decides to expand into Azure and wishes to deploy new infrastructure using their
  • CThe team is asked to build a reusable code base that can deploy resources into any AWS region
  • DThe DevOps team is tasked with automating a manual provisioning process

How the community answered

(15 responses)
  • A
    7% (1)
  • B
    87% (13)
  • C
    7% (1)

Why each option

AWS CloudFormation is a cloud-specific infrastructure as code service designed exclusively for managing AWS resources, so it cannot be used to provision resources in other cloud providers like Azure. This vendor lock-in poses a significant challenge for organizations adopting a multi-cloud strategy.

AThe team is asked to manage a new application stack built on AWS-natrve services

CloudFormation is well-suited for managing AWS-native services, so this scenario aligns perfectly with its capabilities.

BThe organization decides to expand into Azure and wishes to deploy new infrastructure using theirCorrect

AWS CloudFormation is a proprietary Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service developed by Amazon Web Services and is specifically designed to manage AWS resources. It does not support provisioning or managing resources in other cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, posing a significant challenge for a team adopting a multi-cloud strategy.

CThe team is asked to build a reusable code base that can deploy resources into any AWS region

CloudFormation allows for templating and parameterization, enabling the creation of reusable code bases that can deploy resources into different AWS regions.

DThe DevOps team is tasked with automating a manual provisioning process

Automating manual provisioning is a core benefit of using IaC tools like CloudFormation; this is a solution, not a challenge.

Concept tested: AWS CloudFormation limitations (multi-cloud)

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/

Topics

#IaC tools#CloudFormation#Multi-cloud#IaC limitations

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