Amazon SAP-C02 Exam - Topic 11 Question 14 Discussion

Actual exam question for Amazon's SAP-C02 exam

Question #: 14
Topic #: 11

A company has an application that is deployed on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The instances are part of an Auto Scaling group. The application has unpredictable workloads and frequently scales out and in. The company's development team wants to analyze application logs to find ways to improve the application's performance. However, the logs are no longer available after instances scale in.

Which solution will give the development team the ability to view the application logs after a scale-in event?

AEnable access logs for the ALB. Store the logs in an Amazon S3 bucket.

BConfigure the EC2 instances lo publish logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs by using the unified CloudWatch agent.

CModify the Auto Scaling group to use a step scaling policy.

DInstrument the application with AWS X-Ray tracing.

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Suggested Answer: B

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-access-logs.html

by Josephine at Jul 06, 2023, 10:10 PM

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Giuseppe

3 months ago

D is cool, but it doesn't replace log storage.

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Thora

3 months ago

C won't help with logs, just scaling.

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Lacey

4 months ago

Wait, can we really lose logs after scaling in? That seems risky!

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Robt

4 months ago

I think B is better for real-time log analysis.

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Franklyn

4 months ago

Option A is solid! ALB logs to S3 are super useful.

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Nettie

4 months ago

I recall that step scaling policies are more about managing scaling actions rather than logging. So, I don't think option C is relevant here.

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Arminda

4 months ago

I think option D with AWS X-Ray could provide insights, but I'm not convinced it would solve the log retention issue directly.

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Ivette

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like enabling access logs for the ALB might help too. That was mentioned in a practice question we did.

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Deeann

5 months ago

I remember we discussed how important it is to retain logs even after instances scale in. I think option B about CloudWatch Logs could be the right choice.

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Kenda

5 months ago

Okay, let's think this through. We need to use Defender for Cloud to protect the on-premises computers, so we'll likely need to install some kind of agent. I'm leaning towards option B, but I'll double-check the differences between the options.

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Clorinda

5 months ago

I'm a little confused by the different method signatures. I'll need to take some time to understand the nuances of each one before making a decision.

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Adell

5 months ago

I got this! The answer is D - denying an award for raising a complaint about sexist comments is textbook indirect discrimination. A and C are also good options, but D is the most clear-cut in my opinion.

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