3.1 Configuration Management

Question 1

What is Configuration Management?

Answer 1

A set of practices designed to ensure configuration items (CI) are deployed consistently and maintains that way in it’s lifetime

Question 2

What is a Configuration Item (CI)?

Answer 2

Various information system components that are treated as a single entity through the configuration management process

Question 3

What is a Baseline Configuration (BC)

Answer 3

Set of specifications for CI that has been reviewed and agreed on, this can be used as a basis for future builds and releases

Question 4

What is the configuration management workflow?

Answer 4

Define objectives -> Research -> Propose -> Review -> Approve -> Publish (versioning) -> Implement -> Control -> Monitor

Question 5

What is Automated Provisioning?

Answer 5

Ability to deploy information technology or operational technology systems and services using predefined, automated procedures without needing human interventions

Question 6

What are the 4 Provision Processes?

Answer 6

Demand generated resource allocation, idempotence, immuatable system, infrastructure as code

Question 7

What is Infrastructure as code?

Answer 7

Using code to manage configurations and automate provisioning of infrastructure. This supports the principle of idempotence

Question 8

What is Demand generated resource allocation

Answer 8

Automatic provisioning and deprovisioning of resources based on demand

Question 9

What is Idempotence?

Answer 9

Principle that every time an automated configuration script is running the same result -> ensuring it is trustworthy

Question 10

What is an immutable system?

Answer 10

Principle that resources shouldn’t be changed, only created and destroyed