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Chapter 9 Configuration as Code Flashcards

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Difference b/t ( aws Opworks for Chef Automate / AWS OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise) and AWS OpsWorks Stack

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OpsWorks Stacks does not provision an EC2 instance w/ puppet/chef software. Thee other two do.

OpsWorks Stacks uses and ‘in memory’ chef server and a ‘chef client’.

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T/F: You must replace instances in order to update cookbooks in AWS OpsWorks

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True

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How to package cookbook dependencies?

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Use a tool called berkshelf. Good for packaging dependencies before you upload it to S3 (and then set it as cookbook source)

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T/F: When you create a resource in the stack, such as an instance, it is available only from the endpoint you specify when you create the stack.

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True

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If you want to use a custom AMI in OpsWorks, what are the requirements?

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  1. AMI must be based off of AMI which OpsWorks supports
  2. must be 64 bit
  3. must support instance types you want to launch
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In chef terminology, a ‘layer’ is equivalent to what?

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a ‘role’

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For EBS backed instances, the IP address will 1. ___ when instance restarts; for instance store backed instances, it will 2. ____.

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  1. stay the same

2. change

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In regard to EBS volumes, when volumes are added or removed from a layer, only ______ will receive the updated configuration.

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New instances. Existing instance volumes do not change.

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What are the three types of instances supported by OpsWorks Stacks?

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  1. 24/7: they run until you stop them
  2. Time based instances: they run on specified schedules. (good for handling predictable load on your stack)
  3. Load based instances: they start and stop based on load metrics like ‘NetworkOut’ and ‘CPUUtilization’
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Caveat about using load based and time based instances with OpsWorks Stacks

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Unlike auto scaling groups, you must set these up ahead of time via console or CLI.

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Do instances automatically install security and package updates?

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No, this occurs only when the instance is first started.

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An alternative to updating instances directly via OpsWorks is to ….

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regularly launch new instances to replace old ones

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Within OpsWorks can you register instances in separate accounts or even on prem instances? How?

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Yes, by installing the OpsWorks agent on the target instances.

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What is ‘auto healing’ in the context of OpsWorks?

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When an instance can’t communicate with the OpsWorks service for 5 minutes, it will restart automatically. Enabled by default.

NOTE: health check itself performed every minute

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When an app update occurs, will instances in OpsWorks automatically update with the new app?

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No, but new instances will.

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T/F: OpWorks stack users are associated with a specific region and cannot be given access to stacks in another region.

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True

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What are the four stack level permissions you can give a user?

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  1. Deny: no action allowed on stack
  2. Show: user can only view stack configuration
  3. Deploy: user can view and deploy stacks
  4. Manage: view, deploy, manage
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How are Chef recipes executed?

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Via lifecycle events or manually.

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Any time an instance in a stack comes online or goes offline, all instances in the same stack will undergo a ______ lifecycle event

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Configure

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When will an instance run the ‘DEPLOY’ lifecycle event?

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Only after it has run the initial SETUP and CONFIGURE lifecycle events. After this, it must be run manually each time you want to run it.

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What is the name of the lifecycle event which removes an app from an OpsWorks layer?

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UNDEPLOY

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What is a lifecycle event associated with tasks like taking snapshots and copying log files to S3 for later use?

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SHUTDOWN

23
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If an AWS resource like RDS is registered with a stack and attach to an instance, is it deleted when instance is deleted?

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No, you must manually delete it via console or CLI

24
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What is an important limitation regarding EBS volumes with OpsWorks Stack?

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You cannot attach EBS volumes to Windows stacks.

Also, you can only register EBS volumes to one stack at a time.

25
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Can you register an RDS instance with multiple apps in the same stack?

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Yes

26
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Any data that you define at the _____ level overrides the data set at the layer or stack levels.

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deployment

27
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Any data set at the _____ level overrides the data set at the stack level.

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layer

28
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list basic metrics displayed in OpsWorks dashboard

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  1. cpu
  2. memory utilization
  3. load
  4. processes
29
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cloudwatch events supports which event types from OpsWorks?

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  1. Instance state change
  2. Command state change
  3. Deployment state change
  4. Alerts
30
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Is instance monitoring the same b/t Linux and Windows?

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No, Windows based stacks provide only basic EC2 metrics

31
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What is standard service limit threshold for stacks, layers per stack, instances per stack, and apps per stack?

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40

32
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Can an instance with 1 vCPU run a container which requires 2vCPUs?

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No

33
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Does scaling out a cluster increase the running task count?

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No, service auto scaling performs that task.

34
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What is a major restriction of Fargate containers?

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They cannot be run in ‘privileged’ mode. You can verify a given task definition is acceptable by running the ‘requires capabilities’ option in the console or CLI.

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What is a ‘task definition’ with regards to containers?

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JSON document which describes what containers launch for an application. It can specify up to 10 containers and their requirements.

36
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What are conditions under which containers should be added to the same task definition?

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  1. containers share same lifecycle
  2. containers need to run on the same host/instance
  3. containers need to share the same resources
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What is a ‘service’ in the context of containers.

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Process/entity created by specifying task definition and number of task to maintain.

If any containers in service become unhealthy, the service is responsible and launches a replacement task.

Service also defines min/max healthy thresholds for deployment strategies.

38
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Classic load balancers register/deregister instances. What is an implication of this fact?

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Any tasks being run on the classic load balancer all exist on the same container instance.

An alternative to this is the application load balancer ALB.

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Target Tracking Policies

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determine when to scale the number of tasks based on a target metric

40
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Step Scaling Policies

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task scaling policy which grows with multiple ‘step’ based metrics. So for example it can grow based on reaching 70% cpu utilization and yet again when 80% threshold met.

41
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Task Scaling Policies

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These describe on which instances tasks launch or which tasks terminate during scaling actions. v

Policies implemented on best effort basis (‘try to do it, and if I can’t just settle on whatever works’)

42
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ECS Service Discovery

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Allows you to assign Route 53 DNS entries to tasks your service manages

43
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ECS Container Agent

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Responsible for monitoring the status of tasks running on cluster instances. Monitors health of containers and replaces them if necessary. Automatically available in ECS optimized AMIs

Note: instance must be restarted if trying to update agent on Windows.

44
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Can you create an ECS cluster when setting up a CodePipeline?

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No, it must be created ahead of time.

45
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Unlike ECS, Fargate requires no ____

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agent management (ECS manages clusters via agent)

46
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Clusters consist of 1. ______ which contain an installed 2. ______ responsible for receiving scheduling/shutdown commands from the ECS service and reporting health of containers.

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  1. EC2 Instances

2. agent

47
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How do you allow a user cross region access to a stack?

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You have to copy the user to another region.

48
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List the lifecycle events

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setup, configure, deploy, undeploy, shutdown

Note: CONFIGURE run on all instance in stack if any instance comes online or goes offline

49
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Can you raise limits on Stack limits?

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no

50
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After updating a custom cookbook repository, will

any currently online instances automatically receive the updated cookbooks?

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no, You must run the ‘Update Custom Cookbooks’ command.

51
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When will an AWS OpsWorks Stacks instance register and deregister from an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer associated with the layer?

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Instances will be registered when they enter an online state and are deregistered when they leave an online state.

52
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Why should instances in a single AWS OpsWorks Stacks layer have the same functionality and purpose?

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Because all instances in a layer run the same recipes

53
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How many containers can a single task definition describe?

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10

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