AWS has launched application status checks for Amazon EC2, adding application-level monitoring alongside existing instance and system health checks.
Customers can configure checks by specifying an HTTP or HTTPS protocol, port, path, and response codes that indicate application health. EC2 then sends requests every 60 seconds to detect problems such as unresponsive web servers, stopped Docker daemons, networking configuration errors, or interfaces that stop passing traffic.
Application status also integrates with EC2 Auto Scaling, allowing groups to automatically replace instances when applications become unhealthy. The capability is available across all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.
