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Three-tier AWS architecture spanning two availability zones with CDN, WAF, and Application Load Balancer protecting the presentation layer. ECS and EC2 instances in private subnets route requests through Lambda functions for business logic, while RDS Primary/Standby and DynamoDB with global replication handle data persistence. This design demonstrates AWS best practices for fault tolerance, security, and scalability across compute, networking, and database services. Fork and customize this diagram on Diagrams.so to match your VPC CIDR blocks, instance types, and regional requirements. Consider adding Auto Scaling Groups to the ECS and EC2 tiers for dynamic capacity management.

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How do I design a highly available three-tier application on AWS across multiple availability zones?

This diagram shows a production-grade three-tier AWS architecture with CDN and WAF protecting the presentation layer, ALB distributing traffic to ECS and EC2 instances across two AZs, Lambda handling business logic, and RDS Primary/Standby plus DynamoDB Global Table ensuring data durability and failover.

Three-Tier AWS Architecture

AutoadvancedAWSthree-tier architecturemulti-AZVPChigh availabilityECS Lambda RDS
Domain: Cloud AwsAudience: AWS solutions architects designing highly available, multi-tier production applications
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August 23, 2026

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September 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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