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AWS Global Accelerator

Optimizing the path from your users to your applications using the AWS Global Network and Static Anycast IPs.

Core Ingredients

Static Anycast IPs

Two static IP addresses that act as a single fixed entry point to your application globally. No more DNS caching issues.

AWS Global Network

Traffic is onboarded at the closest Edge Location and stays on the congestion-free AWS private fiber backbone.

Endpoint Groups

Supports Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers, EC2 Instances, or Elastic IPs across multiple regions.

How Anycast Routing Works

Traffic takes the shortest path to the AWS network, bypassing the public internet jitter.

User (London) User (Tokyo) ANYCAST IP 1.2.3.4 Edge Location Region: US-East-1 Region: EU-West-1
Step 1

Users connect to the same Anycast IP address from anywhere in the world.

Step 2

BGP routing directs them to the nearest AWS Edge Location automatically.

Step 3

Traffic enters the AWS Private Network, avoiding the “noisy” public internet.

Step 4

Global Accelerator routes to the healthiest, closest regional endpoint.

60% Latency Reduction

Average improvement by staying on the AWS global fiber backbone.

Instant Failover

Reacts to endpoint health changes in seconds, not minutes.

Improved Security

Hide your internal resources behind 2 static IPs; integrated with AWS Shield.

Fine-grained Control

Adjust traffic dials and weights for blue/green or canary deployments.

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