Accelerating Blue/Green Deployments with AWS MGN Post-Launch Actions
AWS Cloud Operations Blog
This article discusses how to accelerate blue/green deployments using AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) and AWS Systems Manager (SSM) post-launch actions. It provides a step-by-step walkthrough to implement a blue/green deployment solution for migrating workloads to AWS.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Solution overview and target architecture
- Setting up and configuring post-launch actions in AWS MGN
- Exploring the blue version (on-premises) instance and installing the MGN agent
- Launching the green version (AWS) test instance and testing the migration status
- Updating DNS routing with Amazon Route 53 for blue/green deployments
- Cleanup steps to avoid additional charges
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