For any web application, to create reliability and trust with end users, it is very important to constantly make sure that its resources (web servers) are healthy and able to respond to the visitor's request. Availability of the resource and performance can be monitored using Amazon Route 53's health check. It can perform the following types of monitoring activity:
- The health of a resource, such as a web server: It is possible to monitor an endpoint (web server) by specifying the IP or domain name, along with the health check configuration, such as the interval for health checks and the protocol to be used. Internally, Amazon route 53 submits an automated request on the specified endpoint to verify that the application, web server, or other resources are operational.
- The status of other health checks: This monitoring and alerting system offers the following...
