How does the immutable infrastructure strategy work in automation?
Correct Answer: C
Immutable infrastructure is a DevOps approach that emphasizes the creation of disposable resources instead of modifying existing ones1. This approach helps to achieve stability, consistency, and predictability in IT operations by reducing the risk of configuration drift and eliminating stateful components1. One way to implement immutable infrastructure is to use a blue-green deployment strategy, which runs two live environments for configuration changes2. The blue environment is the current production environment, while the green environment is the new version of the application or service. When the green environment is ready, the traffic is switched from blue to green, and the blue environment is destroyed or kept as a backup2. This way, there is no need to update or patch the existing infrastructure, but rather replace it with a new one. References: * 1: Immutable Infrastructure, Architecture, and its benefits * 2: Introduction to Immutable Infrastructure - BMC Software | Blogs
Question 17
You must allow an SSH traffic rule in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) network access list (NACL) to allow SSH traffic to travel to a subnet for temporary testing purposes. When you review the current inbound network ACL rules, you notice that rule number 5 demes SSH and telnet traffic to the subnet What can you do to allow SSH traffic?
Correct Answer: B
Network ACLs are stateless, and they evaluate each packet separately based on the rules that you define. The rules are processed in order, starting with the lowest numbered rule1. If the traffic matches a rule, the rule is applied and no further rules are evaluated1. Therefore, if you want to allow SSH traffic to a subnet, you must create a new allow SSH rule above rule number 5, which denies SSH and telnet traffic. Otherwise, the deny rule will take precedence and block the SSH traffic. The other options are incorrect because: * Creating a new allow SSH rule below rule number 5 will not allow SSH traffic, because the deny rule will be evaluated first and block the traffic. * Creating a new allow SSH rule anywhere in the network ACL rule base will not guarantee that SSH traffic will be allowed, because it depends on the order of the rules. If the allow SSH rule is below the deny rule, it will not be effective. * You cannot rely on the default security group rule to allow SSH traffic to the subnet, because network ACLs act as an additional layer of security for your VPC. Even if your security group allows SSH traffic, your network ACL must also allow it. Otherwise, the traffic will be blocked at the subnet level.
Question 18
Refer to the exhibit A customer has deployed an environment in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is now trying to send outbound traffic from the Linux1 and Linux2 instances to the internet through the security VPC (virtual private cloud). The FortiGate policies are configured to allow all outbound traffic; however, the traffic is not reaching the FortiGate internal interface. Assume there are no issues with the Transit Gateway (TGW) configuration Which two settings must the customer add to correct the issue? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: B,C
Explanation The correct answer is B and C. Both landing subnets in the spoke VPCs must have a 0.0.0.0/0 traffic route to the TGW. Both landing subnets in the security VPC must have a 0.0.0.0/0 traffic route to the FortiGate port2. According to the AWS documentation for Transit Gateway, a transit gateway is a network transit hub that connects VPCs and on-premises networks. To send outbound traffic from the Linux instances to the internet through the security VPC, you need to do the following steps: In the main subnet routing table in the spoke VPCs, add a new route with destination 0.0.0.0/0, next hop TGW. This route directs all traffic from the Linux instances to the TGW, which can then forward it to the appropriate destination based on the TGW route table. In the main subnet routing table in the security VPC, add a new route with destination 0.0.0.0/0, next hop FortiGate port2. This route directs all traffic from the TGW to the FortiGate internal interface, where it can be inspected and allowed by the FortiGate policies. The other options are incorrect because: Adding a 0.0.0.0/0 traffic route to the Internet Gateway (IGW) in the spoke VPCs is not correct, as this would bypass the TGW and the security VPC and send all traffic directly to the internet. Adding a 0.0.0.0/0 traffic route to the TGW in all the VPCs is not necessary, as only the spoke VPCs need to send traffic to the TGW. The security VPC needs to send traffic to the FortiGate port2. Transit Gateways - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud:Fortinet Documentation Library - Deploying FortiGate VMs on AWS
Question 19
You are adding more spoke VPCs to an existing hub and spoke topology Your goal is to finish this task in the minimum amount of time without making errors. Which Amazon AWS services must you subscribe to accomplish your goal?
Correct Answer: D
Explanation The correct answer is D. CloudWatch and S3. According to the GitHub repository for the Fortinet aws-lambda-tgw script1, this function requires the following AWS services: CloudWatch: A monitoring and observability service that collects and processes events from various AWS resources, including Transit Gateway attachments and route tables. S3: A scalable object storage service that can store the configuration files and logs generated by the Lambda function. By using the Fortinet aws-lambda-tgw script, you can automate the creation and configuration of Transit Gateway Connect attachments for your FortiGate devices.This can help you save time and avoid errors when adding more spoke VPCs to an existing hub and spoke topology1. The other AWS services mentioned in the options are not required for this task. GuardDuty is a threat detection service that monitors for malicious and unauthorized behavior to help protect AWS accounts and workloads. WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications from common web exploits. Inspector is a security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on AWS. DynamoDB is a fast and flexible NoSQL database service that can store various types of data. 1:GitHub - fortinet/aws-lambda-tgw
Question 20
Refer to the exhibit. What would be the impact of confirming to delete all the resources in Terraform?
Correct Answer: D
Confirming to delete all the resources in Terraform will have the following impact: D:It destroys all the resources in the state file. * Terraform State File Role:Theterraform.tfstatefile contains a real-time mapping of the resources that Terraform manages, including their current configuration and relationships. This file tracks the actual state of resources provisioned by Terraform. * Impact of Destruction:When Terraform prompts for confirmation to destroy resources, and 'yes' is entered, Terraform reads the state file and systematically removes all the resources that are managed as part of that state. This is not limited to a specific .tfvars file, IAM user, or resource group-it is a global action that affects all resources tracked by the state file associated with the current Terraform workspace and configuration. References:The function of theterraform.tfstatefile and the impact of resource destruction are detailed in Terraform's official documentation. This behavior is fundamental to how Terraform manages infrastructure as code.