Management Tools

Question 1

CloudFormation

Answer 1

• Automated provisioning engine designed to deploy entire cloud environments via JSON script.
• need to understand at a high level especially on the job

Question 2

Cloud Trail

Answer 2

• Provides audit access to see what people are doing on AWS

Question 3

OpsWorks

Answer 3

• Configuration management service that lets you configure and operate applications and CHEF

Question 4

Config

Answer 4

• provides configuration history and change notifications
• resources inventory
• create rules to check your configs
• Not on the exam

Question 5

Service Catalog

Answer 5

• Allow you to create and manage IT services that are approved for AWS
• Not on the exam

Question 6

Trusted Advisor

Answer 6

• Automated service that scans your environment and tells you ways you can save money, increase security,
• Need to know what it is capable of doing for the exam and what it is not

Question 7

Cloud Watch

Answer 7

• Performance monitoring tool for your instances
• Different from Cloud trail. Don’t confuse the too

Big topic on exam