AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 903

A user wants to deploy a service to the AWS Cloud by using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles.
Which AWS service can be used to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. AWS Systems Manager
• B. AWS CloudFormation
• C. AWS CodeCommit
• D. AWS Config

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS CloudFormation is the primary AWS service designed for infrastructure-as-code (IaC), allowing users to define and provision resources using templates. AWS Systems Manager is used for resource management and operations, while AWS CodeCommit is a source control service and AWS Config is used for compliance auditing.