# Content Domain 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation


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## Task 3.1: Provision and maintain cloud resources
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## Task 3.2: Automate the management of existing resources
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## Task 3.1: Provision and maintain cloud resources

+ Skill 3.1.1: Create and manage AMIs and container images (for example, Amazon EC2 Image Builder)
+ Skill 3.1.2: Create and manage stacks of resources by using AWS CloudFormation and the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)
+ Skill 3.1.3: Identify and remediate deployment issues (for example, subnet sizing issues, CloudFormation errors, permissions issues)
+ Skill 3.1.4: Provision and share resources across multiple AWS Regions and accounts (for example, AWS Resource Access Manager [AWS RAM], CloudFormation StackSets)
+ Skill 3.1.5: Implement deployment strategies and services
+ Skill 3.1.6: Use and manage third-party tools to automate resource deployment (for example, Terraform, Git)

## Task 3.2: Automate the management of existing resources

+ Skill 3.2.1: Use AWS services to automate operational processes (for example, AWS Systems Manager)
+ Skill 3.2.2: Implement event-driven automation by using AWS services and features (for example, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3 Event Notifications)