Amazon Exam SAP-C02 Topic 3 Question 22 Discussion

The CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM capability is required when creating or updating CloudFormation stacks that contain IAM resources with custom names. This capability acknowledges that the template might create IAM resources that have broad permissions or affect other resources in the AWS account. The stack set's template contains an IAM role that has a custom name, so this capability is needed. Enabling the new Regions in all relevant accounts is also necessary to deploy the stack set across multiple Regions and accounts.

Option B is incorrect because the Service Quotas console is used to view and manage the quotas for AWS services, not for CloudFormation stacks. The number of stacks per Region per account is not a service quota that can be increased.

Option C is incorrect because the SELF_MANAGED permissions model is used when the administrator wants to retain full permissions to manage stack sets and stack instances. This model does not affect the creation of the stack set or the requirement for the CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM capability.

Option D is incorrect because an administration role ARN is optional when creating a stack set. It is used to specify a role that CloudFormation assumes to create stack instances in the target accounts. It does not affect the creation of the stack set or the requirement for the CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM capability.

1: AWS CloudFormation stack sets

2: Acknowledging IAM resources in AWS CloudFormation templates

3: AWS CloudFormation stack set permissions