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Question #: 61
Topic #: 1
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A user has launched an EC2 instance. The user is planning to setup the CloudWatch alarm. Which of the below mentioned actions is not supported by the
CloudWatch alarm?

  • A. Notify the Auto Scaling launch config to scale up
  • B. Send an SMS using SNS
  • C. Notify the Auto Scaling group to scale down
  • D. Stop the EC2 instance
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
Q: What actions can I take from a CloudWatch Alarm?
When you create an alarm, you can configure it to perform one or more automated actions when the metric you chose to monitor exceeds a threshold you define.
For example, you can set an alarm that sends you an email, publishes to an SQS queue, stops or terminates an Amazon EC2 instance, or executes an Auto
Scaling policy.
Since Amazon CloudWatch alarms are integrated with answer is A. https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/
Amazon Simple Notification Service, you can also use any notification type supported by SNS
by wolfjibbs at June 28, 2021, 8:54 p.m.
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Finger41
1 year ago
Selected Answer: A
Key difference between A and C is that you cant tell the Launch Template/Configuration to go up or down, but you can tell the ASG itself to do it
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wolfjibbs
1 year, 9 months ago
so you can notify ASG to scale down, but not up?
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CheatBot9000
1 year, 9 months ago
You can tell the ASG to scale down or up, but you can't tell the ASG launch configuration to scale up or down.
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