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A critical CVE drops and 400 instances need a new AMI today. How do you roll the fleet with zero downtime?

Fleet-wide replacement is a traffic-shaping problem: bake once, wave through in controlled batches, watch the alarms, and keep the exit open. In-place patching is the alternative and usually the regret.

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Fleet-wide replacement is a traffic-shaping problem: bake once, wave through in controlled batches, watch the alarms, and keep the exit open. In-place patching is the alternative and usually the regret.

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