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A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy with a blue/green deployment strategy to update an application running on Amazon ECS with the Fargate launch type. After the new (green) task set is created and traffic is shifted to it, users immediately report errors when trying to write data. The developer discovers that the green task set is connecting to a different database than the blue task set. The database endpoints are configured in the ECS task definition. What is the simplest way to prevent this issue in future deployments?
2A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy with a blue/green deployment on an Amazon ECS service running on Fargate. The developer wants to ensure that the new (green) task set is fully healthy and serving traffic before the old (blue) task set is terminated. The deployment should automatically roll back to the blue task set if the green task set fails health checks. Which configuration should the developer set in the CodeDeploy deployment group?
3A developer is deploying a multi-container Docker application on Amazon ECS using the Fargate launch type. The application consists of a web server and a background worker. The web server must be scaled independently and must be accessible from the internet via an Application Load Balancer. The worker should not be accessible from the internet. Which ECS configuration should the developer use?
4A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an EC2 Auto Scaling group. The application must remain fully available; only one instance should be taken offline at a time. The developer wants to configure the deployment to update instances one by one, ensuring that the deployment fails fast if any instance fails to deploy. Which deployment configuration should the developer choose?
5A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group of EC2 instances. The application is critical and must have zero downtime. The Auto Scaling group currently has 4 instances spread across 2 Availability Zones. Which predefined deployment configuration minimizes the number of instances taken out of service at any given time?
6A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to run a web application. They want to deploy a new version with zero downtime and roll forward if successful. They have two environments: a production environment (current version) and a staging environment (new version). After verifying the staging environment, they want to swap the URLs so that production now points to the new version. Which deployment strategy should they use?
7A developer is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The application requires a highly available environment across multiple Availability Zones. The developer wants to update the application without any downtime while minimizing the number of new instances launched. Which deployment policy should the developer use?
8A developer is deploying a microservices application on Amazon ECS with the Fargate launch type. The application uses an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to route traffic. The developer wants to perform a blue/green deployment with automated traffic shifting using AWS CodeDeploy. What is the minimum number of target groups required for this deployment?
9A developer is using AWS SAM to define a serverless application. The application includes an AWS Lambda function and an Amazon API Gateway REST API. The developer wants to configure the API Gateway stage to enable logging and set the stage name based on the SAM parameter Stage. In the SAM template, which property of the AWS::Serverless::Api resource should the developer use to set the stage name?
10A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment must be as fast as possible while ensuring that at least 50% of instances remain healthy throughout. Which deployment configuration should be used?
11A developer uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a serverless application defined with AWS SAM. The pipeline consists of Source (S3), Build (CodeBuild), and Deploy (CloudFormation) stages. The developer wants to run integration tests after the stack is deployed but before the pipeline completes. Which approach should the developer use?
12A developer is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The application uses an in-environment Amazon RDS database instance. The developer needs to update the application code without risking data loss. The database must not be affected by environment operations such as termination or updates. What is the recommended approach?
13A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The application requires a database connection string that is different for each environment (development, staging, production). The developer wants to set these values without hardcoding them in the application code. Which configuration method should the developer use?
14A company uses AWS CodePipeline with a manual approval step before deployment. The developer wants to ensure that if a pipeline execution is waiting for approval and new code is pushed, the awaiting execution is canceled and a new one starts with the latest code. Which pipeline execution mode should be configured?
15A developer is deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM. The application consists of multiple Lambda functions and an Amazon API Gateway. The developer wants to enable canary deployments for the API Gateway stage to gradually shift traffic. Which SAM resource attribute should the developer use?
16A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to a fleet of EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. The application must remain available during the deployment. The developer wants to update one instance at a time, ensuring that only one instance is taken offline at any moment. Which deployment configuration should the developer choose?
17A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy with a blue/green deployment strategy for an EC2 Auto Scaling group. The deployment must automatically roll back if any of the new instances fail a health check within the first 10 minutes after deployment. Which configuration should the developer set?
18A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an EC2 Auto Scaling group. The deployment must ensure that a minimum number of instances are always running and healthy. The developer wants to deploy to 10 instances. Which deployment configuration should the developer use?
19A developer is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The application uses an Amazon RDS database instance that is included in the Elastic Beanstalk environment. The developer wants to update the application code without affecting the database. What is the recommended approach?
20A developer is setting up a CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodePipeline to deploy an application to Amazon ECS. The pipeline has a source stage that pulls code from an AWS CodeCommit repository. The developer wants the pipeline to execute only when commits are pushed to the 'main' branch. How should the developer configure this?
21A developer is using AWS CodePipeline to deploy a web application. The pipeline has a source stage that pulls from CodeCommit and a deploy stage that uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The developer wants to run unit tests automatically before deploying to Elastic Beanstalk. Which action should the developer add to the pipeline?
22A developer is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The developer wants to run database migration scripts as part of the deployment process before the new application version starts serving traffic. Which Elastic Beanstalk configuration file should the developer use to define the migration commands?
23A company runs a web application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application currently runs in a single environment. The developer wants to deploy a new version with zero downtime and be able to test the new version thoroughly before it receives any production traffic. Which deployment strategy should the developer use?
24A developer is using AWS CodePipeline to deploy a web application. The pipeline has stages: Source, Build, Staging Deploy, Staging Test, and Prod Deploy. The developer wants to ensure that if the Staging Test stage fails, the pipeline automatically stops and does not proceed to Prod Deploy. Which action should the developer take?
25A developer is using AWS CloudFormation to deploy a stack that includes an Amazon S3 bucket and an AWS Lambda function. The Lambda function needs to be granted permission to read objects from the S3 bucket. Which resource should the developer define in the CloudFormation template to provide these permissions?
26A developer has set up an AWS CodePipeline pipeline that automatically deploys a web application through a series of stages: Source, Build, Staging, and Production. The developer wants to require a manual approval before the pipeline proceeds to the Production stage. How should the developer implement this?
27A developer uses AWS CodePipeline with a manual approval step before deployment. The developer wants to ensure that if a new commit is pushed while a pipeline execution is waiting for approval, the waiting execution is canceled and a new one starts with the latest commit. Which pipeline execution mode should be configured?
28A developer wants to deploy a serverless application using AWS CloudFormation. The application consists of an API Gateway, Lambda functions, and DynamoDB tables. The developer wants to ensure that the stack can be updated without resource interruption when possible. Which CloudFormation feature should the developer use?
29A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group of EC2 instances. The developer wants to minimize the number of instances that are taken out of service at any given time during the deployment. Which predefined deployment configuration should the developer use?
30A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an EC2 Auto Scaling group. The developer wants to monitor the deployment and automatically roll back if a specified Amazon CloudWatch alarm is triggered during the deployment. Which CodeDeploy feature should the developer configure?
31A developer is deploying a containerized application to Amazon ECS with the Fargate launch type using AWS CodeDeploy for blue/green deployments. The application is behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). What is the minimum number of ALB target groups required for a blue/green deployment?
32A developer is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The application requires a relational database. The developer wants to ensure that the database is not accidentally deleted when the Elastic Beanstalk environment is terminated. Which approach should the developer take?
33A developer wants to deploy a new version of an application to an EC2 Auto Scaling group using AWS CodeDeploy. The developer wants to minimize downtime and ensure that if the deployment fails, it automatically rolls back to the previous version. Which deployment type should the developer choose?
34A developer is deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM. The application includes an API Gateway REST API and a Lambda function. The developer wants to set up a custom domain name for the API in the production stage. Which resource should the developer define in the SAM template to achieve this with minimal effort?
35A developer is using AWS CodeBuild to build a Java application. The buildspec.yml file currently runs unit tests. The developer wants to generate a code coverage report and publish it to the CodeBuild console for analysis. Which CodeBuild feature should be used?
36A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Amazon ECS service using the Fargate launch type. The developer wants to ensure that the deployment rolls back automatically if the new task set fails health checks. Which configuration should the developer set?
37A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to perform a canary deployment for an AWS Lambda function. The deployment should first shift 10% of traffic to the new version, and then shift the remaining 90% after 5 minutes. Which deployment configuration should be used?
38A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a new version of an AWS Lambda function. The developer wants to gradually shift traffic from the old version to the new version in 10-minute increments. Which deployment configuration should the developer use?
39A CodeDeploy deployment to Lambda should shift 10 percent of traffic for 10 minutes before full rollout and automatically roll back on alarms. Which configuration should be used?
40A CloudFormation update may replace an RDS database. The developer wants to preview replacement risk before executing. What should be created?
41An ECS blue/green deployment with CodeDeploy and an Application Load Balancer fails because the replacement task set never receives test traffic. Which configuration should be checked?
42A developer needs to package and deploy a serverless application with Lambda functions, API Gateway, and DynamoDB using concise syntax. Which framework is AWS-native for this purpose?
43A team wants CloudFormation to prevent accidental deletion of a production DynamoDB table during stack updates. What should they configure?
44A CodePipeline source stage should start when code is pushed to a repository, without scheduled polling. Which integration pattern should be used?
45A developer needs different configuration values for dev, test, and prod in the same SAM template. Which feature is suitable?
46A CloudFormation stack update fails and rolls back. Which two practices help diagnose and reduce future deployment risk?
47A SAM application should gradually shift Lambda traffic and roll back on errors. Which two pieces are needed?
48Drag and drop the steps to set up a custom domain for an API Gateway API in the correct order.
49Match each HTTP status code to its meaning.
50Match each AWS service to its port number (if applicable).
51A company uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails with the error 'The overall deployment failed because too many individual instances failed deployment'. The deployment configuration is set to CodeDeployDefault.OneAtATime. What is the most likely cause of this failure?
52A developer is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a Node.js application. The developer wants to run a custom script to set environment variables before the application starts. Which configuration file and location should the developer use?
53A company is using AWS CodeDeploy with an in-place deployment to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails with the error 'Deployment failed because the deployment group does not have enough instances to deploy to'. The Auto Scaling group has a minimum size of 2, maximum size of 5, and desired capacity of 2. The deployment configuration is CodeDeployDefault.AllAtOnce. What is the most likely cause?
54A developer is deploying a Docker container to Amazon ECS using the Fargate launch type. The developer wants to ensure the container has access to an Amazon RDS database. What is the best way to securely pass the database credentials to the container?
55A developer is using AWS CodeBuild to build a Java application. The build fails with the error 'BUILD_CONTAINER_UNABLE_TO_PULL_IMAGE'. What is the most likely cause?
56A company is using AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure. The developer wants to update a stack but needs to prevent specific resources from being replaced. What CloudFormation feature should the developer use?
57A developer is deploying a static website to Amazon S3 and wants to use Amazon CloudFront for content delivery. The developer wants to ensure that only CloudFront can access the S3 bucket. Which S3 bucket policy should the developer use?
58A company is deploying a microservices architecture using AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway. The developer wants to implement a canary release deployment for the API. Which THREE steps should the developer take? (Choose THREE.)
59A company is deploying a new microservice on AWS Lambda that processes high-resolution images and stores results in Amazon S3. The Lambda function currently uses 1024 MB of memory and has a timeout of 2 minutes. During peak load, many invocations are timing out. The function is CPU-bound during image processing. Which change is MOST likely to reduce timeouts without increasing costs unnecessarily?
60An e-commerce platform uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer. The deployment strategy must minimize downtime and allow immediate rollback if the new version fails health checks. Which deployment configuration meets these requirements?
61A company uses AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure. The development team wants to deploy a new version of a Lambda function without downtime. The function is part of a stack. Which action should the team take?
62A company is deploying a Node.js application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application uses environment variables for configuration. The development team wants to ensure that the environment variables are not exposed in the source code or in the deployment logs. Which TWO actions should the team take? (Choose TWO.)
63A company uses AWS CodeBuild to compile and test a Java application. The build process takes a long time because dependencies are downloaded every time. Which TWO actions can reduce build time? (Choose TWO.)
64A developer is deploying a new version of a Lambda function using the AWS CLI. Which command should the developer use to update the function code?
65A company uses AWS OpsWorks for configuration management. They want to deploy a new application version to a stack. Which lifecycle event should they use to run deployment scripts?
66A developer is using AWS CloudFormation to create a stack that includes an EC2 instance. The stack creation fails because the instance type is not supported in the selected Availability Zone. What should the developer do?
67A developer uses AWS CodeBuild to run unit tests. The build succeeds but the tests fail. The developer wants to fail the build if tests fail. What should the developer do?
68A developer is deploying a new version of a Lambda function using AWS CodeDeploy with a linear canary deployment. The function is part of a serverless application. After the deployment starts, the developer notices that the new version is receiving only 10% of traffic initially, but after 10 minutes, the traffic increases to 100%. What should the developer do to ensure a more gradual traffic shift?
69A company uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a critical web application. The pipeline has a source stage (CodeCommit), a build stage (CodeBuild), and a deploy stage (CodeDeploy). During a recent deployment, the CodeDeploy stage failed because the target EC2 instances were not in a healthy state. The developer needs to ensure that the pipeline automatically rolls back the deployment to the last successful version if the deployment fails. What should the developer do?
70A developer is deploying a new version of an application to Amazon ECS using AWS CodeDeploy. The application uses a blue/green deployment strategy. After the deployment, traffic is automatically shifted to the new task set. However, the developer wants to test the new version with a small percentage of users before shifting all traffic. What should the developer do?
71A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The environment is currently running a previous version. The developer uploads a new application version and deploys it to the environment. After the deployment, the environment health status turns 'Severe' and the new version is not accessible. The developer needs to quickly revert to the previous working version. What should the developer do?
72A developer is using AWS CloudFormation to deploy a stack that includes an Amazon RDS DB instance. The developer wants to update the DB instance to a larger instance type without causing downtime. The current template has DeletionPolicy set to 'Delete'. What should the developer do?
73A developer is deploying a serverless application using the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM). The application consists of an API Gateway, a Lambda function, and a DynamoDB table. The developer wants to enable canary deployments for the Lambda function. What should the developer do?
74A company uses AWS CodeBuild to run tests and build artifacts for a Java application. The build process is taking longer than expected. The developer wants to speed up the build by caching dependencies. What should the developer do?
75A developer is deploying a microservices application on Amazon ECS using Fargate. The application uses an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to distribute traffic. The developer needs to perform a blue/green deployment with automatic rollback if health checks fail. What should the developer use?
76A development team uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. They want to perform a blue/green deployment to minimize downtime. What should they do to implement this?
77A company uses AWS CloudFormation to deploy infrastructure. They have a stack that creates an Amazon RDS DB instance. They want to update the DB instance class without downtime. Which update policy should they use?
78A team uses AWS CodePipeline to automate deployments. They notice that a deployment to Amazon ECS fails because the task definition is not updated. The pipeline includes a source stage from CodeCommit, a build stage using AWS CodeBuild, and a deploy stage to Amazon ECS. What is the most likely missing step?
79A company uses AWS OpsWorks for configuration management. They have a stack with multiple layers. They want to deploy a new application version to the application layer using rolling updates. What is the correct way to achieve this?
80A company uses AWS CodeBuild for building and testing their application. They have a build project that runs on a Linux environment. They want to run a build in a custom Docker image that is stored in Amazon ECR. How should they configure the build project?
81An IAM policy is attached to an EC2 instance role. The instance is part of a CodeDeploy deployment group. The deployment fails because the CodeDeploy agent cannot download the revision. What is the most likely reason?
82A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails during the 'BeforeInstall' lifecycle event. Which file should the developer check to debug the failure?
83A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The development team wants to ensure that the deployment does not cause any downtime and that new instances are fully registered with the load balancer before old instances are terminated. Which deployment policy should they use?
84A developer is using AWS CodeCommit as a source repository. They want to automatically build and test code whenever a new branch is created. Which AWS service should they use to trigger the pipeline?
85A company uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a static website to Amazon S3. The pipeline includes a deploy action that uses AWS CloudFormation to create the S3 bucket and upload files. The developer notices that the deploy action fails intermittently with a 'BucketAlreadyExists' error. What is the most likely cause?
86A company is using AWS CodeBuild to compile a Java application. The build takes a long time because Maven dependencies are downloaded each time. How can the developer reduce build time?
87A developer is using AWS CodePipeline with multiple actions in a stage. The pipeline has a build action that produces artifacts, followed by a deploy action. The developer wants to ensure that if the deploy action fails, the pipeline stops and does not continue to the next stage. How can they achieve this?
88Which TWO are valid deployment strategies supported by AWS CodeDeploy? (Choose TWO.)
89A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an EC2 instance. The deployment fails with the error 'ScriptMissing' during the BeforeInstall lifecycle event. What is the most likely cause?
90A developer is deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM. The application consists of multiple Lambda functions and an API Gateway REST API. The developer needs to ensure that the API Gateway endpoint is created before the Lambda functions are deployed, because the functions need the endpoint URL as an environment variable. How should the developer configure the SAM template?
91A developer is using AWS CodeBuild to compile and package a Java application. The build process takes longer than expected. The developer wants to speed up the build by reusing dependencies that have not changed between builds. Which feature should the developer enable?
92A developer is deploying a microservices architecture on Amazon ECS. The services need to communicate with each other securely. The developer wants to use service discovery and ensure that traffic between services is encrypted. Which combination of services should the developer use?
93A developer is deploying a serverless application using the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM). The application consists of several Lambda functions and an API Gateway. The developer wants to enable gradual deployment of Lambda function versions with automatic rollback based on CloudWatch alarms. What should the developer add to the SAM template?
94A company uses AWS OpsWorks for configuration management and deployment of applications on EC2 instances. The company wants to migrate to AWS Systems Manager for automation and patching. Which Systems Manager capability should be used to execute scripts and commands on EC2 instances as part of a deployment?
95A company uses AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure. The development team wants to implement a CI/CD pipeline that automatically updates a CloudFormation stack when code is pushed to a CodeCommit repository. The pipeline should also run tests before deploying. Which THREE services should be used together to achieve this? (Choose THREE.)
96A developer is deploying a Node.js application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application uses environment variables for database credentials. What is the BEST way to securely provide these credentials to the application?
97A company uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails with the error 'The overall deployment failed because too many individual instances failed deployment, too few healthy instances are available for deployment, or some instances in your deployment group are experiencing problems.' Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
98A developer is deploying a web application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application needs to run on multiple instances behind a load balancer. Which deployment policy will cause the LEAST downtime?
99A company uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails during the BeforeInstall lifecycle event. What should the developer do to troubleshoot the issue?
100A developer is using AWS CodeBuild to build a Java application. The build succeeds locally but fails in CodeBuild with the error 'BUILD FAILED: Unable to find a Java installation.' The buildspec.yml file includes a 'runtime-versions' section specifying Java 11. The CodeBuild project uses the 'aws/codebuild/amazonlinux2-x86_64-standard:4.0' image. What is the MOST likely cause of the failure?
101A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a Python web application. After a recent deployment, the environment health turns 'Severe' and the application becomes unresponsive. The developer checks the logs and finds multiple '502 Bad Gateway' errors from the nginx proxy. The application was working before the deployment. What is the MOST likely cause?
102A company uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group of Amazon EC2 instances. The deployment fails with the error 'The overall deployment failed because too many individual instances failed deployment, too few healthy instances are available for deployment, or some instances in your deployment group are experiencing problems.' The developer needs to identify the root cause. Which AWS service should the developer use to view detailed error logs from the failed deployment?
103A developer is deploying a serverless application using the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM). The developer wants to ensure that the Lambda function's environment variables are encrypted at rest. What is the most straightforward way to achieve this?
104A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The developer has updated the application code and wants to deploy the new version with a rolling deployment strategy to minimize downtime. Which configuration should the developer use?
105A developer is deploying a microservices application on Amazon ECS using Fargate. The developer wants to implement a blue/green deployment strategy using AWS CodeDeploy. The current production environment uses an Application Load Balancer (ALB). What is the minimum configuration required to enable blue/green deployments?
106A developer uses AWS CodeCommit to store source code. The developer wants to automatically trigger a build in AWS CodeBuild every time a new commit is pushed to the master branch. Which AWS service should the developer use to configure this integration?
107A team is using AWS CodeBuild to compile and test code. The build takes longer than expected. The team wants to reduce build times by caching dependencies. Which option should the team use to cache dependencies in CodeBuild?
108A company uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a web application. The pipeline has a Source stage (CodeCommit), a Build stage (CodeBuild), and a Deploy stage (CodeDeploy). The developer wants to add a manual approval step before the Deploy stage. Which TWO configurations are required?
109A developer is deploying a containerized application on Amazon ECS with Fargate. The application requires access to an Amazon RDS database. The developer needs to securely pass database credentials to the container. Which THREE methods can the developer use?
110A company uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails with the error 'The overall deployment failed because too many individual instances failed deployment, too few healthy instances are available for deployment, or some instances in your deployment group are experiencing problems.' The deployment group has a minimum of 2 instances and a maximum of 4. The deployment configuration is CodeDeployDefault.OneAtATime. What is the most likely cause of the failure?
111A company is deploying a critical application using AWS CodeDeploy. To minimize downtime, they want to perform a blue/green deployment. Which TWO strategies should they implement?
112A developer is using AWS CodePipeline to automate deployments. The pipeline has a Source stage using Amazon S3 and a Deploy stage using AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The developer notices that the pipeline fails at the Deploy stage with the error 'The deployment failed because the version of the application to be deployed could not be found.' Which TWO actions should the developer take to resolve this issue?
113A company is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment group has a deployment configuration of CodeDeployDefault.AllAtOnce. During a deployment, some instances fail the deployment. Which THREE actions should the developer take to improve the deployment health?
114A company is deploying a microservices application on Amazon ECS using the Fargate launch type. The application includes a service that must process messages from an Amazon SQS queue. The developer wants to ensure that the service scales based on the number of messages in the queue. Which scaling solution should the developer implement?
115A development team wants to automatically deploy a web application to Amazon EC2 instances when new code is pushed to the master branch of an AWS CodeCommit repository. Which AWS service should the team use to orchestrate the build, test, and deployment phases?
116A company is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails with the error message 'The overall deployment failed because too many individual instances failed deployment, too few healthy instances are available, or some instances in your deployment group are experiencing problems.' The developer checks the deployment logs and finds that the ApplicationStop hook failed on some instances. What is the most likely cause of this failure?
117A developer is deploying a new version of an AWS Lambda function using the AWS CLI. The developer wants to create a new version and update the alias to point to the new version. Which sequence of CLI commands should the developer use?
118A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a revision to an EC2/On-Premises deployment group. The deployment fails because the specified deployment configuration requires a minimum of 1 healthy host, but the deployment group has 0 instances. What is the most likely cause?
119A developer is deploying a new version of an AWS Lambda function. The function is behind an API Gateway endpoint. The developer wants to use canary deployments to gradually shift traffic to the new version. Which TWO steps should the developer perform?
120A development team is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails with a 'HealthCheck' error. The application runs on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). What is the MOST likely cause of this error?
121A company wants to deploy a serverless application using AWS Lambda and API Gateway. The deployment process must support automatic rollbacks if the new version fails CloudWatch alarms. Which AWS service should be used to orchestrate this deployment?
122A company uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a static website to Amazon S3. The pipeline has a source stage from CodeCommit, a build stage using CodeBuild, and a deploy stage that uses S3 deployment action. The website is served via Amazon CloudFront. After a successful pipeline run, the updated files are in S3, but CloudFront still serves old content. What is the MOST efficient solution?
123A company is deploying a containerized application on Amazon ECS using the Fargate launch type. The deployment must ensure zero downtime. Which ECS deployment configuration should be used?
124Which TWO actions can be taken to enable automatic rollback for an AWS CloudFormation stack update that fails? (Select TWO.)
125Which THREE components are required to perform a blue/green deployment of an application running on Amazon ECS using AWS CodeDeploy? (Select THREE.)
126Which TWO strategies can be used to reduce the risk of a failed deployment when using AWS CodeDeploy? (Select TWO.)
127A developer is deploying a serverless application using the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM). The developer runs 'sam deploy' and receives an error: 'Error: Failed to create changeset for the stack.' What is a common cause of this error?
128A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a Python web application. After a successful deployment, the environment's health turns 'Severe' and the application returns HTTP 502 errors. What is the most likely cause?
129A company uses AWS OpsWorks to manage a stack of EC2 instances. After a deployment, the application becomes unresponsive. The engineer suspects that a configuration file was not updated correctly. What is the best way to verify the deployed configuration?
130A team is using AWS CodePipeline with multiple stages: Source, Build, Test, and Deploy. The Deploy stage uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy to an EC2 Auto Scaling group. The pipeline runs successfully, but the application still serves the old version. What is the most likely cause?
131A developer is deploying an application using AWS CloudFormation. The stack includes an Amazon RDS DB instance. To ensure secure credential management, which TWO actions should the developer take? (Choose TWO.)
132A company uses CodePipeline to deploy a web application to Elastic Beanstalk. The deployment fails at the Build stage with an error 'BUILD FAILED'. Which step should the developer take first to troubleshoot?
133A developer is deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM. The application includes an API Gateway endpoint backed by a Lambda function. The developer wants to enable canary deployments to shift 10% of traffic to the new version for 5 minutes before routing all traffic. Which configuration should the developer add to the SAM template?
134Which THREE factors should a developer consider when choosing between a blue/green deployment and a rolling deployment for an Amazon ECS service?
135A developer is deploying a new version of a Lambda function using the AWS CLI. The developer wants to shift 10% of traffic to the new version and then gradually increase to 100% over 10 minutes. Which CLI command should the developer use?
136A developer needs to deploy a containerized application on AWS. The application requires persistent storage that can be shared across multiple containers running on different EC2 instances. Which AWS service should the developer use?
137Which THREE steps should a developer include in a CI/CD pipeline to deploy a serverless application using AWS SAM? (Choose three.)
138A developer is deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM. The application includes an API Gateway endpoint and a Lambda function. The developer wants to ensure that the Lambda function can be invoked only by the API Gateway and not directly. Which configuration should be used?
139A company is implementing a CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy. The developer wants to ensure that the pipeline automatically deploys to production only after a manual approval step. Which TWO actions should the developer take?
140A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment is set to use a 'OneAtATime' deployment configuration. The developer wants to ensure that the deployment does not cause downtime. Which TWO configurations are necessary?
141A development team is using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The team wants to perform a blue/green deployment. Which THREE steps are required to complete the blue/green deployment?
142A developer needs to deploy a serverless application using AWS CloudFormation. The application includes an AWS Lambda function, an Amazon API Gateway REST API, and an Amazon DynamoDB table. The developer wants to create a stack that can be updated without downtime. Which CloudFormation feature should be used?
143A company uses AWS CloudFormation to manage its infrastructure. The developer wants to update a stack but only if the update does not cause any resource replacement. Which CloudFormation stack update option should be used?
144A developer is deploying an application on Amazon ECS using the Fargate launch type. The application needs to read configuration data from an Amazon S3 bucket. How should the developer securely provide the S3 bucket name to the container at runtime?
145A developer uses AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model) to define a serverless application. The developer wants to run the application locally for testing. Which AWS SAM CLI command should be used?
146A company is deploying a new web application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. The application must be deployed with no downtime. The deployment uses AWS CodeDeploy with a Blue/Green deployment configuration. Which TWO actions should be taken to achieve zero-downtime deployment? (Choose TWO.)
147A developer is deploying an application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The developer wants to ensure that the application is highly available and can recover from an AZ failure. Which TWO configurations should be applied? (Choose TWO.)
148A company uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy a Node.js application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The build stage runs successfully, but the deploy stage fails with an error: 'The deployment failed because no instances were found for the environment.' What is the most likely cause?
149A company uses AWS CodePipeline to automate deployments of a microservices application to Amazon ECS with Fargate. The pipeline has a deploy stage that uses Amazon ECS Blue/Green deployment. The deployment fails intermittently with a 'Task failed to start' error. The developer needs to troubleshoot the issue. Which THREE steps should the developer take? (Choose three.)
150A developer is setting up a CI/CD pipeline for a Python application using AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy. The developer wants to trigger the pipeline automatically when code is pushed to the master branch. Which TWO actions are required? (Choose two.)
151A developer is deploying an application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application needs to connect to an Amazon RDS database. What is the best practice for storing database credentials?
152A developer is deploying a serverless application that includes an AWS Lambda function with a dependency on a native library (e.g., a compiled C library). The developer uses AWS SAM. The Lambda function runs correctly in the local development environment but fails with an 'Unable to import module' error when deployed. What is the most likely cause?
153A company is deploying a web application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application uses an Amazon RDS database. The company wants to ensure that database credentials are not exposed in the application code or environment variables. Which TWO methods are secure ways to manage credentials? (Choose TWO.)
154A developer is using AWS CodePipeline to automate the deployment of a microservices application. The pipeline consists of a source stage (GitHub), a build stage (AWS CodeBuild), and a deploy stage (Amazon ECS). The developer wants to ensure that only approved changes are deployed to production. Which THREE actions should the developer take? (Choose THREE.)
155A company is deploying a critical application using AWS CloudFormation. The stack contains a resource that, if deleted accidentally, would cause data loss. The company wants to protect this resource from being deleted during stack updates or deletions. Which THREE strategies can achieve this? (Choose THREE.)
156An organization wants to deploy a microservices architecture using AWS Lambda functions. They need to manage environment variables for each function across different stages (dev, test, prod). Which approach is the MOST secure and maintainable?
157A developer wants to deploy a static website to AWS. The website content is stored in an S3 bucket. Which combination of actions is required to host the website? (Choose TWO.)
158Which TWO actions should a developer take to ensure that an AWS CodeDeploy deployment is successful when deploying to an Auto Scaling group? (Choose TWO.)
159A team uses AWS CodeCommit for source control and wants to automatically trigger a build and deployment when code is pushed to the master branch. Which AWS service should be used to create this automation?
160Refer to the exhibit. A developer is trying to deploy an EC2 instance using AWS CloudFormation. The stack creation fails with an 'AccessDenied' error when CloudFormation tries to create the EC2 instance. The developer has the IAM policy above. What is the MOST likely reason for the failure?
161A company wants to deploy an application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The application requires a relational database. What is the BEST practice for managing the database?
162A developer is deploying a Lambda function that processes images uploaded to an S3 bucket. The function is triggered by S3 events. After deployment, the function does not execute when new images are uploaded. What is the MOST likely cause?
163A developer is deploying a serverless application using the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM). The application consists of an API Gateway endpoint and an AWS Lambda function. The developer wants to define a stage name for the API Gateway deployment. Which section of the SAM template should the developer use?
164A company is deploying a critical application using AWS CloudFormation. The stack creation fails due to a resource creation failure. The developer needs to troubleshoot the issue. Which TWO actions should the developer take to identify the root cause? (Choose TWO.)
165A developer is using AWS CodeDeploy to deploy an application to an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. The deployment fails because the CodeDeploy agent on the instances is not running. Which TWO steps should the developer take to resolve this issue? (Choose TWO.)
166A company uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a web application. The application uses an Amazon RDS database. The developer wants to ensure that the database connection string is not hard-coded in the application code. Which THREE methods can the developer use to pass the connection string securely? (Choose THREE.)
167A developer is deploying a new version of a Lambda function using the AWS CLI. The function is part of a serverless application that processes S3 events. The developer wants to ensure that the new version is production-ready and that the old version is still available for rollback. Which CLI command should the developer use to create a new version of the Lambda function?
168A developer is deploying a serverless application using the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM). The application includes an Amazon DynamoDB table and a Lambda function that reads from the table. The developer wants to define the DynamoDB table and the Lambda function in the SAM template. Which THREE resource types should the developer include in the template? (Choose THREE.)
169A developer is using the AWS CLI to deploy a new version of a Lambda function. The developer runs the following command: aws lambda update-function-code --function-name my-function --zip-file fileb://my-code.zip After the command completes, the developer checks the function and sees that the code has been updated but the version number is still $LATEST. The developer wants to create a new version so that the previous version is preserved. What should the developer do next?
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