1Z0-1072-25 Question 127
Single answerYou are the lead cloud architect for a global e-commerce application deployed in three OCI regions: US East (us-ashburn-1), Europe (eu-frankfurt-1), and Asia Pacific (ap-sydney-1). You need to configure a single domain name in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS so that requests from users are directed to their geographically closest region. If a regional endpoint fails its health check, traffic should be sent to the next available endpoint. Which type of Traffic Management Steering Policy should you configure to meet these requirements?
- A
Weighted Steering
- B
Geolocation Steering
- C
Latency Steering
- D
Failover Steering
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
In this scenario, you want to direct traffic based on a user's location and still provide failover if a region is unhealthy. Geolocation Steering allows you to define policies based on where requests originate. By configuring health checks and fallback pools within the same policy, you can ensure traffic automatically reroutes if a preferred endpoint is not healthy. For more details, refer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS documentation on Traffic Management Steering Policies and geolocation-based routing.
- A. Incorrect.
Option 1: Weighted Steering - Incorrect. Weighted steering distributes traffic based on defined weightings, not on the geographic origin of requests. While you can define proportions of traffic to each endpoint, it does not automatically direct users based on their location.
- B. Correct.
Option 2: Geolocation Steering - Correct. Geolocation steering routes traffic based on where the request originates, allowing you to direct users to the closest endpoint. It can also be combined with health checks and fallback pools to fail over if a primary region becomes unavailable.
- C. Incorrect.
Option 3: Latency Steering - Incorrect. Latency steering attempts to direct traffic to the region with the lowest measured latency. Although it can deliver good performance, it is not strictly based on the user� geographic location, which is the core requirement here.
- D. Incorrect.
Option 4: Failover Steering - Incorrect. Failover steering is primarily designed for routing traffic from a primary endpoint to a standby endpoint when health checks fail. It does not inherently consider the user's region for primary routing decisions.