Q14 — AWS DOP-C02 Ch.2

Question 14 of 100 | ← Chapter 2

A company uses a series of separate Amazon CloudFormation templates to deploy a multi-region application. These templates must be deployed in a specific order. The company is updating the templates more frequently than previously anticipated and wants to deploy new templates more efficiently. Additionally, the company wants to notify the data engineering team about template updates.

• A. Create an AWS Lambda function to deploy CloudFormation templates in the required order. Use stack policies to alert the data engineering team.
• B. Host CloudFormation templates in Amazon S3. Use Amazon S3 events to directly trigger CloudFormation updates and Amazon SNS notifications.
• C. Implement CloudFormation StackSets and use drift detection to trigger update alerts for the data engineering team.
• D. Use CloudFormation nested stacks and stack sets for deployment. Use Amazon SNS to notify the data engineering team. ✓

Correct Answer: D. Use CloudFormation nested stacks and stack sets for deployment. Use Amazon SNS to notify the data engineering team.

Explanation

Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-nested-stacks.html