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Amazon Route 53 is a cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service that translates names like www.example.com into numeric IP addresses like 192.0.2.1; it is also fully compliant with IPv6. Metricly now supports some out-of-the-box default policies and metrics for Route 53.
What you’ll need to get started:
Packaged Policies
- Connection Time: The connection time is higher than usual. *ConnectionTime* is the average time, in milliseconds, that it took Route 53 health checkers to establish a TCP connection with the endpoint.
- Health Check Status: The Health Check failed. *HealthCheckStatus* is the status of the health check endpoint that CloudWatch is checking. 1 indicates healthy, and 0 indicates unhealthy.
- Time of First Byte: The time to first byte is higher than usual. *TimeToFirstByte* is the average time, in milliseconds, that it took Route 53 health checkers to receive the first byte of the response to an HTTP or HTTPS request.
Metrics Included
| FULLY QUALIFIED NAME (FQN) | DESCRIPTION | STATISTIC | UNITS | BASE | CORR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aws.route53.healthcheckstatus | The status of the health check endpoint that CloudWatch is checking. 1 indicates healthy, and 0 indicates unhealthy. | min | none | no | no |
| aws.route53.healthcheckpercentagehealthy | The percentage of Route 53 health checkers that consider the selected endpoint to be healthy. | min | percent | yes | no |
| aws.route53.connectiontime | The average time it took Route 53 health checkers to establish a TCP connection with the endpoint. | avg | miliseconds | yes | yes |
| aws.route53.timetofirstbyte | The average time that it took Route 53 health checkers to receive the first byte of the response to an HTTP or HTTPS request. | avg | miliseconds | yes | yes |
| aws.route53..sslhandshaketime | The average time it took Route 53 health checkers to complete the SSL handshake. | avg | miliseconds | yes | no |
| aws.route53.childhealthcheckhealthycount | The number of health checks that are healthy. | avg | count (healthy health checks) | yes | no |
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Lawrence Lane
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