Your company has the requirement to set up instances running as part of an Autoscaling Group. Part of the requirement is to use Lifecycle hooks to set up custom-based software and do the necessary configuration on the instances. The time required for this setup might take more than an hour or might finish before the hour is up. How should you set up lifecycle hooks for the Autoscaling Group? Choose 2 ideal actions you would include as part of the lifecycle hook.

Answer options:

A.Configure the lifecycle hook to record heartbeats. If the hour is up, restart the timeout period.
B.Configure the lifecycle hook to record heartbeats. If the hour is up, choose to terminate the current instance and start a new one.
C.If the software installation and configuration are complete, then restart the time period.
D.If the software installation and configuration are complete, then send a signal to complete the launch of the instance.

Answer – A and D
The AWS Documentation provides the following information on lifecycle hooks.
By default, the instance remains in a wait state for one hour, and then Auto Scaling continues the launch or terminates the process (Pending:Proceed or Terminating:Proceed). If you need more time, you can restart the timeout period by recording a heartbeat. If you finish before the timeout period ends, you can complete the lifecycle action, which continues the launch or termination process.
For more information on AWS Lifecycle hooks, please visit the below URL:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/latest/userguide/lifecycle-hooks.html