Management and Governance
AWS Health Dashboard
A view of AWS service events and account-specific events that may affect AWS resources and operations.
Key points
- The public service-health view shows broad service status.
- Account-specific AWS Health information identifies events relevant to the customer's resources or account.
- The AWS Health API enables programmatic access subject to current eligibility.
Best-known use cases
- Check whether an AWS event is affecting account resources.
- Integrate eligible health-event information into operational workflows.
What candidates often confuse it with
- AWS Health reports service and resource events; Trusted Advisor recommends best-practice improvements.
- CloudWatch monitors workload metrics and logs.
Key Cloud Practitioner takeaway
AWS event affecting services or account resources points to AWS Health.
Related services
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- Amazon CloudWatch
Relevant exam tasks
- D4.3