AWS DevOps Engineer Professional DOP-C01 – Question466

If Ansible encounters a resource that does not meet the requirements specified in the play it makes the necessary changes to the resource; however if the resource is already in the desired state Ansible will do nothing. This is an example of which methodology?

A.
Idempotency
B. Immutability
C. Convergence
D. Infrastructure as Code

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Idempotency states that changes are only made if a resource does not meet the requirement specifications.
If a change is made, it is made `in-place’ and will not break existing resources.
Reference:
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/glossary.html