EC2 - Load Balancers and Health Checks Flashcards
Health check ping path
file to test health check i.e. an html file saying that instance is healthy
Response timeout
how long it takes to do a healthcheck
Interval
how long to wait between healthchecks
Healthy threshold
how many consecutive health checks an instance must pass before becoming healthy
Unhealthy threshold
how many consecutive health checks an instance must fail before becoming unhealthy
Is IP address given for ELB?
No, a DNS name is given instead since the IP address may change
By default, how many AZs is an ELB deployed into?
2
Instances monitored by ELB are reported as either
In service or out of service
How do health checks work?
they check the instance health by talking to it