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AWS SAP-C02 · Question 68 · Domain 3.1: Operational Excellence
An organization is using AWS CloudFormation to manage its infrastructure. They want to ensure that any manual changes made to resources outside of CloudFormation are detected and reported. Which CloudFormation feature should they use?
An organization is using AWS CloudFormation to manage its infrastructure. They want to ensure that any manual changes made to resources outside of CloudFormation are detected and reported. Which CloudFormation feature should they use?
Answer options:
A.
Change Sets
B.
StackSets
C.
Drift Detection
D.
Stack Policies
How to approach this question
Identify the feature that compares actual state to template state.
Full Answer
C.Drift Detection✓ Correct
Drift Detection
AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection lets you detect whether a stack's actual configuration differs from its expected configuration defined in the template. This helps identify manual out-of-band changes.
Common mistakes
Confusing Change Sets with Drift Detection.
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