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Disaster Recovery on AWS Outposts to AWS Local Zones with a GitOps approach for Amazon EKS

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This article discusses a solution for disaster recovery of Amazon EKS workloads running on AWS Outposts to AWS Local Zones using a GitOps approach.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • The solution overview, including deploying separate Amazon EKS control planes for Outposts and Local Zones, and using GitOps with Flux CD for deployment and management
  • A walkthrough of the solution, including setting up a CodeCommit repository, configuring Flux CD, deploying a sample game application, and failover using Route 53 health checks
  • Prerequisites and steps to set up the environment, configure AWS resources, and implement the solution
  • How to clean up the resources created during the walkthrough
  • Conclusion highlighting the benefits of using Local Zones for disaster recovery of Outposts workloads


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