VETERINARY HEALTHCARE / AWS ROUTING
Global Traffic Management for a Multi-Region AWS Platform
Ficode designed stable global entry through Route 53 and Global Accelerator, with regional endpoint groups for a European production region and an APAC warm standby.
The project in context
Ficode separated a stable DNS name from the choice of which region serves application traffic. Route 53 records point users to Global Accelerator, which directs traffic through endpoint groups towards the regional load-balancer and ECS application paths. Traffic dials are used by the configured disaster-recovery workflow to change regional routing.
Recovery needed a controlled regional switch without changing the user-facing DNS entry.
The architecture required a consistent global entry, two distinct regional application paths and a clear mechanism to send traffic to the warm standby only when the recovery workflow called for it.
The challenge Before
Global access
Stable name needed by usersRegional separation
Primary and prepared standbyFailover complexity
Switching regions without DNS editsWith Ficode Connected Approach
Route 53 DNS
Name points to Global AcceleratorEndpoint groups
Europe primary and APAC standbyTraffic dials
Controlled regional traffic switchKeep DNS entry stable while controlling regional delivery
Configure the entry
Use Amazon Route 53 DNS to direct users to AWS Global Accelerator.
Define regional groups
Configure endpoint groups for European active production and the APAC warm standby.
Connect application paths
Route each group towards load-balancer target groups and Amazon ECS services.
Integrate recovery switching
Use Global Accelerator traffic-dial changes after the recovery workflow validates standby readiness.
From global user request to the selected AWS region
Stable DNS
Route 53 points to Global AcceleratorSelect region
Endpoint groups and traffic dialsServe application
Load-balancer targets and ECS workloadsCONNECTED OUTCOME
Regional traffic can be directed through Global Accelerator without updating DNS records during recovery.
Global routing designed for an active-passive recovery model
Consistent entry
One stable user-facing global traffic entry model.
Distinct regions
European active production and APAC standby have separate endpoint groups.
Controlled switching
Recovery workflow uses traffic dials rather than DNS changes.
Regional application paths
Each region connects to load-balancer targets and ECS services.
Confirmed technology and implementation scope
Amazon Route 53; AWS Global Accelerator; regional endpoint groups and traffic dials; load-balancer target groups; Amazon ECS; European primary and APAC warm standby.
