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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to update cloud infrastructure as code
   • Identify and review benefits of infrastructure as code according to business needs
   • Determine ways automation leverages cloud platforms according to business needs
   • Determine and assess potential issues and errors when implementing infrastructure as code
   • Evaluate and select infrastructure as code service compatible with selected cloud platform and business requirements
2. Deploy cloud infrastructure as code templates
   • Learn template syntax of selected cloud infrastructure as code service
   • Review pre-defined templates and determine what resources they create and any dependencies
   • Utilise the cloud infrastructure as code service tools to deploy, update and delete resources using predefined templates as required
   • Confirm deployments of cloud resources and configure resources using cloud platform console or command line tools
   • Remove deployed resources using cloud infrastructure as code tools and delete templates as required
   • Test and troubleshoot template errors as required
3. Develop and update infrastructure as code templates
   • Learn template syntax of selected cloud infrastructure as code service
   • Create and deploy template to provision a set of related cloud resources according to business needs
   • Update and redeploy template to modify previously deployed resources and add new resources
   • Confirm deployment of cloud resources and configure resources using the cloud platform console or command line tools
   • Parameterise and deploy template to reuse configuration with a modified resource configuration
   • Remove deployed resources using cloud infrastructure as code tools and delete templates as required
   • Test and troubleshoot template errors
4. Finalise cloud infrastructure as code
   • Create user documentation including cloud infrastructure as code templates
   • Obtain final sign off from required personnel

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

deploy, update and remove cloud infrastructure using cloud platform templates

create, run and update at least one own template required to deploy and modify cloud infrastructure.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

use cloud management console, cloud software development kits or command line tools

create user documentation.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

industry technology standards used in cloud computing solutions and services

industry standard hardware and software products, their general features, capabilities and application, including storage technology

benefits of deploying infrastructure as code compared to manual provisioning in a console

different infrastructure as code services that can be used on a cloud platform

syntax of selected infrastructure as code service templates

tooling required to execute cloud infrastructure templates

testing and debugging techniques, including common issues and errors relating to deploying cloud infrastructure as code

parameterisation of templates to support configuration and code reuse

industry standard practices to define infrastructure as code

uses and methods to create, manage, provision and update cloud resources and templates

techniques, methods and industry standard metrics used to leverage cloud platform capabilities and deploy and manage templates.

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