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AWS DataSync DMS Step Functions CDK: Building a Multi-Environment Migration Pipeline That Does Not Fail Silently

Coordinating DataSync, DMS, Glue, and OpenSearch under a single Step Functions control plane sounds clean until one service is not ready and the whole pipeline silently produces incomplete data. This post dissects a CDK TypeScript stack that wires all four services together and shows exactly where i

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Rahul Ladumor

Senior AWS Solution Architect, 6x AWS certified including GenAI Developer Professional. 9+ years building production infrastructure. Writes about what actually works — trade-offs, cost realities, and failure modes included.

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