AWS Health

Gain visibility into resource performance and availability across AWS services and accounts.

Key Features

• Monitor how health events affect your services, resources, and accounts.

• Maintain timely and relevant information about events.

• View and prepare for upcoming maintenance tasks.

• Receive near-instant notifications and alerts for faster troubleshooting.

• Automate actions based on incoming events using Amazon EventBridge.

Event Types

1. Account-specific events

   • Impacts your specific AWS resources/account.

   • Example: EC2 instance scheduled maintenance.

2. Public events

   • Affects AWS services broadly.

   • Not specific to individual accounts.

   • Example: Regional service disruptions.

Event Components

• Event type code: Identifies affected service and event type.

• Event status: Open, closed, or upcoming.

• Affected entities: Resources impacted by the event.

• Category: Service, maintenance, or issue.

• Severity: Indicates impact level.

All this information helps you proactively manage your AWS infrastructure and respond quickly to issues.