Question 720
A support engineer wants to perform repeatable scripted operations against AWS from a terminal. Which explanation MOST accurately accounts for the requirement?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation. This principle explains why the suitable decision is: Use the AWS Command Line Interface with appropriately scoped credentials. The confirming observation would be: An authorized command lists expected resources and is denied unrelated actions. A useful continuing practice is: Avoid placing long-lived credentials inside shell scripts.
Incorrect Answers
SDKs provide supported service API integrations in application code. In this question, however, the CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation. The answer that meets the requirement is: The CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation.
Multiple access methods expose cloud capabilities for interactive and programmatic tasks. In this question, however, the CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation. The answer that meets the requirement is: The CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation.
Hybrid deployment combines on-premises resources with cloud services rather than requiring everything in one location. In this question, however, the CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation. The answer that meets the requirement is: The CLI exposes AWS operations as commands suitable for scripting and automation.