Does this skill work with Infrastructure as Code?

Absolutely. It includes production-ready Terraform configurations for managing DNS zones and records programmatically.

How does it help with global traffic management?

It provides templates for geographic and latency-based routing, allowing you to direct users to the nearest healthy server based on their physical location.

Which DNS providers are supported by this skill?

The skill provides patterns and scripts for major providers including AWS Route53, CloudFlare, and Azure DNS.

Can I use this for automated failover?

Yes, it includes specific implementation examples for health checks and failover routing policies to move traffic automatically during outages.

DNS Infrastructure Management

Name: DNS Infrastructure Management
Author: aj-geddes

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Cloud Infrastructure

Implements advanced DNS routing, failover, and high-availability strategies across major cloud providers using infrastructure-as-code and automation.

About

This skill empowers developers and DevOps engineers to architect and maintain resilient DNS infrastructures by providing battle-tested implementation patterns for AWS Route53, CloudFlare, and Azure DNS. It specializes in sophisticated traffic management techniques such as geographic load balancing, health-check-based automated failover, and weighted routing for canary deployments, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal global performance for distributed cloud applications.

Key Features

Automated failover and health check configuration
Zero-downtime migration and canary routing patterns
Multi-provider support (Route53, CloudFlare, Azure)
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) DNS templates
Geographic and latency-based routing policies
18 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Configuring active-passive failover for disaster recovery and high availability
Implementing weighted traffic distribution for safe canary releases and migrations
Setting up global load balancing via geo-routing for low-latency user experiences