AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 222

A company is building an application that consists of several microservices. The company has decided to use container technologies to deploy its software on AWS. The company needs a solution that minimizes the amount of ongoing effort for maintenance and scaling. The company cannot manage additional infrastructure.

Which combination of actions should a solutions architect take to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Deploy an Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) cluster.
• B. Deploy the Kubernetes control plane on Amazon EC2 instances that span multiple Availability Zones.
• C. Deploy an Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) service with an Amazon EC2 launch type. Specify a desired task number level of greater than or equal to 2.
• D. Deploy an Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) service with a Fargate launch type. Specify a desired task number level of greater than or equal to 2.
• E. Deploy Kubernetes worker nodes on Amazon EC2 instances that span multiple Availability Zones. Create a deployment that specifies two or more replicas for each microservice.

Correct answer: A, D

Explanation

The correct actions are A and D. Deploying an Amazon ECS cluster (A) allows for easy management of microservices, while using the Fargate launch type (D) eliminates the need to manage the underlying infrastructure, meeting the company's requirements. Options B and E require managing EC2 instances and Kubernetes, which contradicts the need to minimize infrastructure management.