CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-002) — Question 78

A cloud engineer is using a hosted service for aggregating the logs for all the servers in a public cloud environment. Each server is configured via syslog to send its logs to a central location. A new version of the application was recently deployed, and the SaaS server now stops processing logs at noon each day. In reviewing the system logs, the engineer notices the size of the logs has increased by 50% each day. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the logs are not being published after noon?

Answer options

• A. The logging directory does not have sufficient storage space.
• B. The syslog service is not running on the servers.
• C. The data limit has been exceeded at the SaaS provider.
• D. There is a cloud service provider outage.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because if the logging directory runs out of storage space, it would prevent any further logs from being written, which aligns with the issue occurring at noon. Option B is incorrect since the syslog service would not be running at all if it were inactive. Option C is unlikely because data limits typically wouldn't cause processing to stop abruptly at a specific time. Option D is not a valid reason since an outage would affect all services, not just log processing.