A company has deployed a new platform that runs on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). The new platform hosts web applications that users…

B, D Step 1: Automate Docker Image Deployment using AWS CodePipeline The first challenge is the manual process of building and deploying Docker images. To address this, you can use AWS CodePipeline to automate the process. AWS CodePipeline integrates with CodeCommit (for source code and Dockerfile storage) and CodeBuild (to build Docker images and store them in Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)). Action: Create an AWS CodeCommit repository to store the Dockerfile and Kubernetes deployment files. Then, create a pipeline in AWS CodePipeline that triggers on new commits via an Amazon EventBridge event. Why: This automation significantly reduces the manual effort of building and deploying Docker images when updates are made to the codebase. Reference: AWS documentation on AWS CodePipeline and CodeCommit Integration. This corresponds to Option B: Create an AWS CodeCommit repository to store the Dockerfile and Kubernetes deployment files. Create a pipeline in AWS CodePipeline. Use an Amazon EventBridge event to invoke the pipeline when a newer version of the Dockerfile is committed. Add a step to the pipeline to initiate the AWS CodeBuild project. Step 2: Enabling Enhanced Scanning on Amazon ECR and Monitoring Vulnerabilities To scan for vulnerabilities in Docker images, Amazon ECR provides both basic and enhanced scanning options. Enhanced scanning offers deeper and more frequent scans, and integrates with Amazon EventBridge to send notifications based on findings. Action: Turn on enhanced scanning for the Amazon ECR repository where the Docker images are stored. Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor image scan events and trigger an Amazon SNS notification if any HIGH or CRITICAL vulnerabilities are found. Why: Enhanced scanning provides a detailed analysis of operating system and programming language package vulnerabilities, which can trigger notifications in real-time. Reference: AWS documentation on Enhanced Scanning for Amazon ECR. This corresponds to Option D: Create an AWS CodeBuild project that builds the Docker images and stores the Docker images in an Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) repository. Turn on enhanced scanning for the ECR repository. Create an Amazon EventBridge rule that monitors ECR image scan events. Configure the EventBridge rule to send an event to an SNS topic when the finding-severity-counts parameter is more than 0 at a CRITICAL or HIGH level.