Create an health check on AWS Route53 with aws cli

aws cli.md

The command is something like

aws route53 create-health-check --caller-reference $(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S") --health-check-config file:///tmp/create-health-check.json --profile cn

where /tmp/create-health-check.json --profile cn is

{
  "Type": "HTTPS_STR_MATCH",
  "ResourcePath": "/production/photographers/search",
  "FullyQualifiedDomainName": "api.fakebook.com",
  "SearchString": "items",
  "RequestInterval": 30,
  "FailureThreshold": 3
}

response should be something like

{
    "HealthCheck": {
        "HealthCheckConfig": {
            "FailureThreshold": 3,
            "SearchString": "items",
            "ResourcePath": "/production/photographers/search",
            "EnableSNI": true,
            "Inverted": false,
            "MeasureLatency": false,
            "RequestInterval": 30,
            "Type": "HTTPS_STR_MATCH",
            "Port": 443,
            "FullyQualifiedDomainName": "api.fakebook.com"
        },
        "CallerReference": "10260012001114",
        "HealthCheckVersion": 1,
        "Id": "3e99ee29-5399-4854-b213-6736737b2baa"
    },
    "Location": "https://route53.amazonaws.com/2015-01-01/healthcheck/3e99ee29-5399-4854-b213-6736737b2baa"
}

with aws ruby client.rb

require 'aws-sdk'

route53 = Aws::Route53::Client.new(
  access_key_id: '<YOUR KEY>',
  secret_access_key: '<SECRET_KEY>',
  region: 'eu-west-1'
)

response = route53.create_health_check(
  {
    caller_reference: "#{rand(100000)}",
    health_check_config: {
        type: "HTTPS_STR_MATCH",
        resource_path: "/production/photographers/search",
        fully_qualified_domain_name: "api.fakebook.com",
        search_string: "items",
        request_interval: 30,
        failure_threshold: 3,
        measure_latency: true,
        enable_sni: true
      }
  }
)