# Content Domain 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation
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**Topics**
+ [Task 3.1: Provision and maintain cloud resources.](#sysops-administrator-associate-03-domain3-task1)
+ [Task 3.2: Automate the management of existing resources.](#sysops-administrator-associate-03-domain3-task2)

## Task 3.1: Provision and maintain cloud resources.
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+ Skill 3.1.1: Create and manage AMIs and container images (for example, EC2 Image Builder).
+ Skill 3.1.2: Create and manage AWS resources by using CloudFormation and the 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 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.
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+ Skill 3.2.1: Use AWS services to automate operational processes (for example, Systems Manager).
+ Skill 3.2.2: Implement event-driven automation by using AWS services and features (for example, Lambda, S3 Event Notifications, EventBridge, AWS DevOps Agent).