Private Route 53 Failover

Description

This reference implementation shows how to configure DNS failover using Amazon Route 53 to ensure high availability for your application. It provides a guide for setting up and managing Route 53 using AWS CDK. The setup includes a CI/CD pipeline that operates across multiple stages and regions, built using GitHub Actions.

• GitHub repository: private-route53-failover-ref-impl
• Template used: Java Service Template
• Technologies used:
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon Route 53
  • Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
  • AWS Fargate
  • Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Purpose

• Implementation example
• Fully deployable

Intended audience

• Workload teams interested in setting up a DNS failover using Route 53.

Additional resources

• Route 53 for Configuring Automatic Failover