How does Route 53 determine the status of health checks that monitor CloudWatch alarms?
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How does Route 53 health check work?Route 53 chooses a record based on the routing policy. In this case, it chooses a record based on weight. It determines the current health of the selected record by checking the status of the health check for that record. If the selected record is unhealthy, Route 53 chooses a different record.
Which status code should be received by a health check in Route 53 for an endpoint to be considered as healthy?Path (HTTP and HTTPS Protocols Only)
The path that you want Route 53 to request when performing health checks. The path can be any value for which your endpoint will return an HTTP status code of 2xx or 3xx when the endpoint is healthy, such as the file /docs/route53-health-check.
Can Route 53 route traffic to CloudWatch?By default, metric data for Route 53 health checks is automatically sent to CloudWatch at one-minute intervals. For more information about Route 53 health checks, see Monitoring health checks using CloudWatch.
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