AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 772

A corporate policy requires all new infrastructure deployments to use scalable and reusable resources to improve resources delivery times. The policy also restricts resource configuration management to the systems operations team. The development team requests the ability to deploy resources on demand in an effort to streamline their software development lifecycle.
What can the systems operations team do to ensure company policy is followed while also meeting the development team's requests?

Answer options

• A. Create an AWS CloudFormation on template with the requested resources, and give it to the development team to adjust as needed.
• B. Provision the resources using the CLI, and create the necessary IAM permissions to allow the development team to modify them as needed.
• C. Create the AWS Service Catalog product and share with the development team through the Service Catalog.
• D. Grant the development team access to the AWS CloudFormation Design Template Editor to specify the needed resources and configurations. Once the templates are complete, the system operations team will launch the resources.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Allowing the development team to use the AWS CloudFormation Design Template Editor lets them specify their resource needs on demand without directly launching or altering live configurations. The systems operations team maintains strict control over configuration management by being the sole entity responsible for launching the finalized templates. Other options violate the policy by giving the development team direct modification rights over the deployed resources.