AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional — Question 901

Can a user configure a custom health check with Auto Scaling?

Answer options

• A. Yes, but the configured data will not be saved to Auto Scaling.
• B. No, only an ELB health check can be configured with Auto Scaling.
• C. Yes
• D. No

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Auto Scaling allows you to define custom health checks by sending the health status of your instances directly to the Auto Scaling group using the SetInstanceHealth API or CLI command. This enables Auto Scaling to identify and replace instances based on your custom application-level criteria, making option C the correct answer.