AWS Health Dashboard
AWS service health status
Shows the status of AWS services: Service Health (public, for everyone) and Your Account Health (events affecting your resources, such as EC2 maintenance and incidents), with events pushable via EventBridge.
- Cost$ Low
- Difficulty●●●●●
- Costs money when idle?No
- Serverless
- In examsCLF · SOA
Think of it asLike a building notice board that posts power outage schedules and incidents specific to your apartment.
When to use it
✓ Use it when
You need to know whether an AWS incident affects your resources.
✗ Avoid it when
Monitoring the health of your own application → CloudWatch.
Common uses
- Get scheduled EC2 maintenance alerts
- Automatically respond to events via EventBridge
- View incidents by Region
What does it cost?
- Pricing model: Free; the Health API requires a Business Support plan or higher.
Related services
SAA-C03 study guide
Health Dashboard is covered in these study modules: