Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR) — Question 3

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. Ansible and Terraform
• C. NSO
• D. Terraform
• E. Ansible and NSO

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Terraform is the correct choice as it's designed for automating the provisioning of infrastructure across different cloud environments, making it suitable for configuring VMs. Ansible, while useful for configuration management, does not handle the provisioning aspect as effectively as Terraform in this context. The other options either combine tools unnecessarily or include tools that do not align with the automation requirements stated in the question.