Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR) — Question 106

An automated solution is needed to configure VMs in numerous cloud provider environments to connect the environments to an SDWAN. The SDWAN edge VM is provided as an image in each of the relevant clouds and can be given an identity and all required configuration via cloud-init without needing to log into the VM once online.
Which configuration management and/or automation tooling is needed for this solution?

Answer options

• A. Ansible
• B. Intersight
• C. HyperFlex
• D. Terraform

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Terraform is the correct choice as it specializes in provisioning and managing infrastructure across multiple cloud providers, allowing for automated VM configurations. Ansible is more focused on configuration management rather than provisioning, Intersight is a management tool for Cisco environments, and HyperFlex is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution, neither of which directly addresses the automation of cloud VM provisioning.