AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 217

A company’s SysOps administrator manages a fleet of Windows Amazon EC2 instances that run in a single AWS account. The instances have a tag that includes a key of “OS" and a value of "Windows." The company uses AWS Systems Manager to patch the instances.

The company has installed the Amazon CloudWatch agent on the instances, but the configuration is inconsistent. The SysOps administrator needs to reconfigure every instance to use the same predefined CloudWatch configuration.

Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Store the CloudWatch agent configuration file in an Amazon S3 bucket.
• B. Store the contents of the CloudWatch agent configuration file in Systems Manager OpsCenter.
• C. Store the contents of the CloudWatch agent configuration file in Systems Manager Parameter Store.
• D. Create a Systems Manager State Manager association to run the AmazonCloudWatch-ManageAgent Systems Manager Run Command document. Select Systems Manager as an optional configuration source. Target the instances based on tag values.
• E. Create a Systems Manager State Manager association to run the AmazonCloudWatch-ManageAgent Systems Manager Run Command document. Configure the document to use the S3 bucket location as the configuration source. Target the instances based on tag value.

Correct answer: C, D

Explanation

The correct answers, C and D, involve storing the CloudWatch agent configuration in Systems Manager Parameter Store, which centralizes management, and creating a State Manager association to apply the settings based on tags. Options A and E, while they involve S3, do not align with the requirement for standardization through Systems Manager, making them unsuitable choices.