An organization wants to perform 'Canary' testing for their web application. They want to route 5% of global traffic to a new experimental region for 2 hours before deciding whether to failover completely. Which AWS service facilitates this global traffic shifting?

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Correct Answer: AWS Global Accelerator (using endpoint weights)

Global Accelerator allows you to adjust weights for endpoints across different regions to perform granular traffic shifting....

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An organization wants to perform 'Canary' testing for their web application. They want to route 5% of global traffic to a new experimental region for 2 hours before deciding whether to failover completely. Which AWS service facilitates this global traffic shifting?

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AWS Global Accelerator (using endpoint weights)

Why This Answer Is Correct

Global Accelerator allows you to adjust weights for endpoints across different regions to perform granular traffic shifting.

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