CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
An organization is using CloudFormation to manage AWS infrastructure. They need to detect if any manual changes have been made to resources outside of CloudFormation. Which CloudFormation feature should they use?
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Drift detection
CloudFormation drift detection compares the current state of resources with the expected state defined in the stack template. It identifies resources that have been modified manually, known as drift.
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Change sets
Why it's wrong here
Change sets preview changes that will be made to a stack, but do not detect existing manual changes.
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Drift detection
Why this is correct
Correct. Drift detection identifies resources that have drifted from the template definition.
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Stack sets
Why it's wrong here
Stack sets deploy stacks across multiple accounts, not for drift detection.
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Resource signals
Why it's wrong here
Resource signals are used to synchronize creation of resources, not drift detection.
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