CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A cloud architect is designing a multi-account AWS environment and wants to deploy CloudFormation stacks consistently across many accounts. The architect needs a solution that can manage stack instances across multiple accounts and Regions from a single administrator account. Which AWS feature should be used?
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Stack sets
AWS CloudFormation StackSets allow you to create, update, or delete stacks across multiple accounts and Regions from a single admin account.
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Stack sets
Why this is correct
Stack sets allow a single administrator account to deploy and manage CloudFormation stacks across multiple target accounts and Regions, satisfying the requirement for centralised, consistent multi-account deployment. The specific mechanism is the stack set’s ability to define a template and parameters once, then automatically create and update stack instances in specified accounts and Regions, handling permissions via service-linked roles.
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Drift detection
Why it's wrong here
Drift detection identifies configuration drift, not multi-account deployment.
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Nested stacks
Why it's wrong here
Nested stacks are used within a single stack, not for multi-account deployment.
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Change sets
Why it's wrong here
Change sets preview changes for a single stack, not multi-account deployment.
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