2Configuration Management and IaC
- 2.1CloudFormation and IaC Fundamentals
Understand infrastructure as code—CloudFormation (templates/stacks), change sets, drift detection, and nested stacks. Manage infrastructure declaratively and reproducibly.
- 2.2IaC at Scale (StackSets, CDK, SAM)
Understand deploying across accounts/regions—StackSets, IaC in programming languages (CDK), and SAM for serverless. Deploy infrastructure consistently at organizational scale.
- 2.3Configuration Management (Systems Manager, Config)
Understand runtime configuration management—Systems Manager (Parameter Store/State Manager/Patch Manager), AWS Config (configuration evaluation), and Elastic Beanstalk. Maintain desired state and correct drift.

