A company's application infrastructure was deployed using AWS CloudFormation and is composed of Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. The instances run in an EC2 Auto Scaling group across multiple Availability Zones. When releasing a new version of the application, the update deployment must avoid DNS changes and allow rollback. Which solution should a SysOps administrator use to meet the deployment requirements for this new release?
A) Configure the Auto Scaling group to use lifecycle hooks. Deploy new instances with the new application version. Complete the lifecycle hook action once healthy.
B) Create a new Amazon Machine Image (AMI) containing the updated code. Create a launch configuration with the AMI. Update the Auto Scaling group to use the new launch configuration.
C) Deploy a second CloudFormation stack. Wait for the application to be available. Cut over to the new Application Load Balancer.
D) Modify the CloudFormation template to use an AutoScalingReplacingUpdate policy. Update the stack. Perform a second update with the new release.

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Lifecycle hooks allow the SysOps administrator to control the deployment process and perform actions before and after instances are launched or terminated. This allows for a controlled and safe deployment of the new application version without DNS changes.

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