PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating an SAP environment to AWS and wants to automate the provisioning of infrastructure using code. Which AWS service should be used for this purpose?
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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.
Correct answer & explanation
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AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation enables infrastructure as code (IaC) to provision and manage AWS resources in a repeatable and automated manner, which is ideal for automating SAP environment provisioning. Option A (AWS Elastic Beanstalk) is incorrect because it is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for deploying and scaling web applications, not for provisioning general infrastructure. Option B (AWS CloudFormation) is correct because it directly provides infrastructure as code. Option C (AWS CodeDeploy) is incorrect because it automates application deployments to compute services, not infrastructure provisioning. Option D (AWS OpsWorks) is incorrect because it is a configuration management service using Chef/Puppet, not a direct infrastructure provisioning service like CloudFormation.
Answer analysis
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 Elastic Beanstalk
Why it's wrong here
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for deploying and scaling web applications, not for provisioning general infrastructure.
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AWS CloudFormation
Why this is correct
AWS CloudFormation enables infrastructure as code (IaC) to provision and manage AWS resources in a repeatable and automated manner, which is ideal for automating SAP environment provisioning.
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AWS CodeDeploy
Why it's wrong here
AWS CodeDeploy automates application deployments to compute services, not infrastructure provisioning.
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AWS OpsWorks
Why it's wrong here
AWS OpsWorks is a configuration management service using Chef/Puppet, not a direct infrastructure provisioning service like CloudFormation.
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