🔹 1. AWS Service Health Dashboard (SHD)
- Scope: Global view — status of all AWS services across all regions.
- URL: https://status.aws.amazon.com
- Use case: To check if any AWS service is having an outage (not specific to your account).
- Audience: Anyone (publicly accessible, no login needed).
You can check it here :
https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
🔹 2. AWS Personal Health Dashboard (PHD)
- Scope: Account-specific view — how AWS service events directly impact your resources.
- Accessible in your AWS Management Console (needs login).
- Shows alerts, notifications, and remediation guidance tailored to your resources.
- Can integrate with CloudWatch Events/EventBridge to trigger automation (like sending an SNS notification).
✅ Example:
If your EC2 instance in us-east-1a is on hardware that AWS needs to replace, you’ll get a scheduled maintenance event in your personal health dashboard.
🔹 3. Key Differences
| Feature | Service Health Dashboard | Personal Health Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | All AWS customers (public) | Your AWS account/resources |
| Login Required? | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Use Case | General AWS service outages by region | Specific alerts for your resources |
| Proactive Notifications | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (via EventBridge/SNS) |
| Granularity | Broad, service-wide | Resource/account-specific |
✅ In short:
- SHD = AWS-wide service status (macro view, public).
- PHD = Your account’s impact + alerts (micro view, private).
Top comments (0)