An organization wants to implement 'Blue/Green' deployments for their Application Load Balancer-based ECS service. They want to use AWS CodeDeploy to automate the traffic shifting. Which deployment configuration should they use for a zero-downtime, safe transition?

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Correct Answer: CodeDeployDefault.ECSCanary10Percent5Minutes

Canary deployments allow for a small percentage of traffic to be shifted first, with validation before the full shift, minimizing risk....

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An organization wants to implement 'Blue/Green' deployments for their Application Load Balancer-based ECS service. They want to use AWS CodeDeploy to automate the traffic shifting. Which deployment configuration should they use for a zero-downtime, safe transition?

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Correct Answer

CodeDeployDefault.ECSCanary10Percent5Minutes

Why This Answer Is Correct

Canary deployments allow for a small percentage of traffic to be shifted first, with validation before the full shift, minimizing risk.

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