AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional — Question 53

A company wants to use AWS development tools to replace its current bash deployment scripts. The company currently deploys a LAMP application to a group of
Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). During the deployments, the company unit tests the committed application, stops and starts services, unregisters and re-registers instances with the load balancer, and updates file permissions. The company wants to maintain the same deployment functionality through the shift to using AWS services.
Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Use AWS CodeBuild to test the application. Use bash scripts invoked by AWS CodeDeploy's appspec.yml file to restart services, and deregister and register instances with the ALB. Use the appspec.yml file to update file permissions without a custom script.
• B. Use AWS CodePipeline to move the application from the AWS CodeCommit repository to AWS CodeDeploy. Use CodeDeploy's deployment group to test the application, unregister and re-register instances with the ALB, and restart services. Use the appspec.yml file to update the permissions without a custom script.
• C. Use AWS CodePipeline to move the application source code from the AWS CodeCommit repository to AWS CodeDeploy. Use CodeDeploy to test the application. Use CodeDeploy's appspec.yml file to restart services and update permissions without a custom script. Use AWS CodeBuild to unregister and re- register instances with the ALB.
• D. Use AWS CodePipeline to trigger AWS CodeBuild to test the application. Use bash scripts invoked by AWS CodeDeploy's appspec.yml file to restart services. Unregister and re-register the instances in the AWS CodeDeploy deployment group with the ALB. Update the appspec.yml file to update file permissions without a custom script.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because it allows for the use of AWS CodeBuild for testing, while also incorporating bash scripts to manage service restarts through the appspec.yml file. Options A, B, and C fail to adequately integrate the use of CodePipeline and CodeBuild in conjunction with necessary service management and ALB instance registration, which are crucial for maintaining the deployment functionality.