SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
A company is designing a new CI/CD pipeline for a containerized application. They want to automatically build, test, and deploy the application to Amazon EKS. Which THREE AWS services should they use to implement this pipeline?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates may incorrectly select AWS CodeDeploy (Option E) because they assume it supports all deployment targets, including EKS, but CodeDeploy does not natively support Kubernetes clusters; instead, EKS deployments are typically handled via CodeBuild or a custom action in CodePipeline.
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
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AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodePipeline is correct because it orchestrates the CI/CD workflow by integrating with other AWS services to automate the build, test, and deployment stages. For a containerized application on Amazon EKS, CodePipeline can pull source code from CodeCommit, trigger CodeBuild to build and test the Docker image, and then deploy the image to an EKS cluster using a deployment action or a custom action. This provides a fully managed, continuous delivery pipeline that automates the entire release process.
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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 CloudFormation
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation is for infrastructure as code, not CI/CD pipeline.
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AWS CodePipeline
Why this is correct
CodePipeline orchestrates the build, test, and deploy stages.
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AWS CodeCommit
Why this is correct
CodeCommit is a source control service for storing code.
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AWS CodeBuild
Why this is correct
CodeBuild can build and test container images.
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AWS CodeDeploy
Why it's wrong here
CodeDeploy does not natively support EKS; use Helm or kubectl.
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