Title

AWS re:Invent 2023 - Manage resource lifecycle events at scale with AWS Health (SUP309)

Summary

AWS Health Planned Lifecycle events help manage database version upgrades and EKS versions across AWS resources.
Andrew Riley, James Aitken, and Patty Rafferty presented the session.
Lifecycle events are changes requiring action to avoid service impact, following community support timetables.
AWS Health informs about events, provides guidance, and integrates with planning cycles.
AWS Health features include email notifications, dashboard, EventBridge bus, and Health API.
New features include standardized data for event identification, resource burndown for tracking progress, and improved AWS Organizations support.
Cox Automotive shared their customer journey, highlighting the benefits of AWS Health for managing lifecycle events at scale.
The session concluded with a roadmap for future integrations and a call to explore the new features.

AWS Health's role in the shared responsibility model is to inform customers about events that could impact their applications and resources.
The new features of AWS Health aim to standardize event identification, improve tracking with resource burndown, and enhance access at scale through AWS Organizations.
The standardized ARN format and EventBridge integration facilitate linking workloads and teams, enabling automation and reducing manual effort.
Cox Automotive's use case demonstrates the practical application of AWS Health in a large enterprise, showing how it can streamline operations and planning for lifecycle events.
The session emphasized the importance of integrating AWS Health into operational tooling and planning cycles to manage resource lifecycle events effectively.
Future roadmap items include further integration with Agile management systems and leveraging tagging strategies for additional insights into impacted resources.