An organization wants to use 'AWS CloudMap' to provide service discovery for their containerized microservices. How weight-based routing can be implemented for 'Blue/Green' deployments within CloudMap?

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Correct Answer: CloudMap doesn't support weighting; use Route 53 or ELB for traffic shifting

CloudMap handles discovery and health checks but delegates traffic management to services like Route 53 or App Mesh....

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An organization wants to use 'AWS CloudMap' to provide service discovery for their containerized microservices. How weight-based routing can be implemented for 'Blue/Green' deployments within CloudMap?

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CloudMap doesn't support weighting; use Route 53 or ELB for traffic shifting

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CloudMap handles discovery and health checks but delegates traffic management to services like Route 53 or App Mesh.

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