PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
A company is migrating its SAP environment to AWS and wants to automate the installation of SAP software on EC2 instances. Which AWS service is best suited for this purpose?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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AWS CloudFormation
(AWS CloudFormation) is correct because CloudFormation allows infrastructure as code and can use custom resource providers for SAP installation. Option B (AWS Elastic Beanstalk) is for web applications, not SAP. Option C (Amazon EC2 Launch Templates) only configures EC2 instances at launch, not full SAP installation. Option D (AWS OpsWorks) is for Chef/Puppet automation but not SAP-specific.
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 CloudFormation
Why this is correct
CloudFormation can automate the entire SAP deployment using custom resources.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Why it's wrong here
AWS Elastic Beanstalk abstracts application deployment by managing the underlying EC2 instances, load balancing, and scaling for web applications, but it lacks the ability to execute the custom, multi-step SAP installation scripts and kernel configurations required for SAP environments. It is tempting because it automates infrastructure provisioning, and would be correct for deploying a standard web application where the platform handles the runtime stack automatically.
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Amazon EC2 Launch Templates
Why it's wrong here
Launch templates only configure the EC2 instance at first boot, not the SAP installation.
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AWS OpsWorks
Why it's wrong here
OpsWorks is for configuration management but does not have built-in SAP support.
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