Which OCI feature supports provisioning of resources across multiple compartments in a single deployment?

Question breakdown

Tests

Use Resource Manager stacks for multi-compartment deployments

Difficulty

Easy

Key idea: A Resource Manager stack holds a Terraform configuration whose resources can target any compartments the executing user is authorized for, deployed in a single apply job.

How to reach the answer

1. The clue 'single deployment' across 'multiple compartments' points to IaC.
2. A stack's Terraform resources each specify a compartment_id, so one apply can span compartments.
3. Stacks track state and jobs for the whole deployment.
4. Other options are tools for shell access, nonexistent features, or log search.

Each option

• AIncorrect. Cloud Shell is a terminal, not a deployment construct that groups resources.
• BCorrect. A stack's Terraform configuration can create resources in multiple compartments in one job.
• CIncorrect. 'Autonomous Script' is not an OCI provisioning feature.
• DIncorrect. Logging search tools query logs and do not provision resources.

Common trap: Assuming a stack is bound to one compartment because the stack itself lives in a compartment; its resources can be placed elsewhere.

In practice: Landing zone templates use one stack to create network, security and workload compartments plus their resources together.

Remember: One stack can deploy resources to many compartments.

Official documentation: Overview of Resource Manager

Drafted with AI assistance and checked against the answer key.