DBS-C01 Management and Operations Practice Question
A company wants to automate the creation of a new Amazon RDS for SQL Server instance with specific configurations, including VPC, subnet, and security group settings. Which AWS service should be used to deploy this infrastructure as code?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse AWS CloudFormation with AWS Elastic Beanstalk, thinking Elastic Beanstalk can also deploy infrastructure as code, but Elastic Beanstalk is a higher-level service that manages the environment automatically and does not give you fine-grained control over VPC and subnet configurations via code.
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Why each option matters
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AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation is the correct service because it allows you to define your entire infrastructure, including Amazon RDS for SQL Server instances, VPCs, subnets, and security groups, as code using a JSON or YAML template. This enables automated, repeatable deployments and version control of your infrastructure, which is the core requirement for infrastructure as code (IaC).
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Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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AWS CodeDeploy
Why it's wrong here
CodeDeploy is for deploying application code, not infrastructure.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Why it's wrong here
Beanstalk is for application deployment, not directly for RDS instance creation with custom VPC.
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AWS CloudFormation
Why this is correct
CloudFormation templates can define RDS instances along with VPC, subnets, and security groups.
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AWS OpsWorks
Why it's wrong here
OpsWorks is configuration management, not infrastructure provisioning.
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