With Amazon EKS now supporting Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC), you can use zonal shift and zonal autoshift capabilities to recover from Availability Zone impairments and increase the reliability of your Amazon EKS workloads by automatically shifting traffic away from an unhealthy Availability Zone.

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<p>The article introduces Amazon EKS support for Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for zonal shift and zonal autoshift capabilities. It explains how these capabilities help achieve multi-AZ recovery for EKS clusters by shifting traffic away from an impaired Availability Zone (AZ) to healthy AZs.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>Why use ARC zonal shift and zonal autoshift for EKS clusters</li>
<li>How zonal shift and zonal autoshift work for EKS clusters</li>
<li>Requirements for preparing EKS clusters and workloads for zonal shift/autoshift</li>
<li>Step-by-step guide to enable zonal shift, trigger a zonal shift, validate application behavior, cancel a zonal shift, and configure zonal autoshift</li>
<li>Pricing and availability details</li>
<li>Conclusion highlighting the benefits and encouraging feedback</li>
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