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Anycast Routing

Anycast routing is an IP addressing and routing method in which multiple distributed service instances share one IP address, allowing standard routing protocols to direct client requests to an available endpoint, supporting latency control, resilience objectives, and simplified service exposure.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
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REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/97b050b6-3666-404a-8af5-ca635f2fb3c9

CLI

di get-glossary --slug anycast-routing

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