07. AWS Health Dashboard Overview
AWS Health Dashboard provides visibility into the health of AWS services and resources.
It has two main parts:
| Dashboard Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Service Health Dashboard | Shows the status and historical health of all AWS services across all regions. |
| Account Health Dashboard | Displays personalized alerts and guidance for your AWS account. Formerly called AWS Personal Health Dashboard (PHD). |
🧩 1. Service Health Dashboard
- Provides a global view of AWS service health.
- Shows current and historical service status (per day and per region).
- Includes an RSS feed for real-time updates.
- Helps track outages and maintenance events affecting any region or service.
📍 Example:
View if Amazon S3 in us-east-1 experienced downtime yesterday.
🧩 2. Account Health Dashboard (Your Accounts)
- Displays events that directly impact your AWS resources.
- Provides:
- Alerts for service issues.
- Remediation guidance.
- Proactive notifications for scheduled maintenance.
- Can aggregate health data across your entire AWS Organization.
- Accessible via the AWS Console (click the bell 🔔 icon in the top-right corner).
📍 Example:
If there’s an EC2 instance issue in us-east-2 affecting your environment, it will appear here.
🌍 Global Service
- Global in scope — available to all AWS users.
- Shows outages and maintenance events that impact you directly.
- Includes an Event Log for reviewing past issues and actions.
🧾 Summary Table
| Feature | Service Health Dashboard | Account Health Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Global (all AWS services) | Account-specific |
| Purpose | General AWS service status | Personalized alerts & events |
| Data Type | Historical & current | Real-time, resource-specific |
| Access | Public dashboard | AWS Console (🔔 icon) |
| Old Name | AWS Service Health Dashboard | AWS Personal Health Dashboard (PHD) |
📘 In short:
- Service Health Dashboard → “How AWS services are doing globally.”
- Account Health Dashboard → “How AWS issues affect you personally.”