Golden AMIs for a fleet are updated by an engineer copying files by hand onto running instances. Which automation should be prioritized?
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Short Explanation
Stop hand-carving snowflakes—bake AMIs in a pipeline and refresh the fleet. Patching by SSH folklore guarantees drift; baking secrets into the image guarantees incidents.
Full Explanation
Prioritizing automation includes immutable AMI pipelines and instance refresh to replace fleets consistently. Manual long-lived mutation creates configuration drift; delaying CVE response and embedding secrets in AMIs harm security and operational excellence.