CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A DevOps team uses CloudFormation to manage multi-account infrastructure. They need to deploy a common set of resources across multiple AWS accounts in an organization. Which CloudFormation feature should they use?
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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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Stack sets
CloudFormation StackSets allow you to deploy stacks across multiple accounts and regions from a single template, ideal for multi-account scenarios.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Nested stacks
Why it's wrong here
Nested stacks organize templates within a stack, but not across accounts.
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Drift detection
Why it's wrong here
Drift detection identifies differences, not deployment across accounts.
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Stack sets
Why this is correct
StackSets enable cross-account, cross-region deployments.
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Change sets
Why it's wrong here
Change sets preview changes before execution, not for multi-account.
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