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Amazon EKS now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller

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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.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Why use ARC zonal shift and zonal autoshift for EKS clusters
  • How zonal shift and zonal autoshift work for EKS clusters
  • Requirements for preparing EKS clusters and workloads for zonal shift/autoshift
  • Step-by-step guide to enable zonal shift, trigger a zonal shift, validate application behavior, cancel a zonal shift, and configure zonal autoshift
  • Pricing and availability details
  • Conclusion highlighting the benefits and encouraging feedback


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