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Amazon Neptune adds CloudFormation support for global databases

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AWS CloudFormation now supports Neptune global databases, allowing users to provision and manage multi-region graph database topologies as code. This feature automates deployment, enables source control integration, and fits into CI/CD pipelines, benefiting global read access, disaster recovery, and high availability. It is available in all regions supporting Neptune global databases.

  • Manage Neptune global databases with AWS CloudFormation
  • Neptune global databases overview
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  • Manage Neptune global databases with AWS CloudFormation

    Amazon Neptune now supports AWS CloudFormation for provisioning and managing global databases, enabling users to define multi-region graph database topology as code. This integrates with source control and CI/CD pipelines, offering benefits like low-latency regional reads and disaster recovery. The feature is available in all regions that support Neptune global databases.

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  • Neptune global databases overview

    Neptune global databases consist of a primary read-write cluster and up to five read-only secondary clusters in different AWS Regions, connected by low-latency replication. This architecture supports cross-region read access, disaster recovery, data residency, and high availability with centralized writes and distributed reads.

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https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-neptune-aws-cloudformation/