--- title: "AWS Status Page – Monitoring Included" description: "AWS Status Page – Enhancements The tool I deployed lambstatus supports pulling metrics from AWS Cloudwatch and displaying them." date: 2018-05-15T21:41:14+00:00 modified: 2026-06-01T19:00:02+00:00 author: James Kilby categories: - AWS - Hosting - Cloudflare - Wordpress - Homelab tags: - #AWS - #Lambda url: https://jameskilby.co.uk/2018/05/aws-status-page-monitoring-included/ image: https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AmazonWebservices_Logo.svg_.png --- ![Amazonwebservices Logo.Svg ](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AmazonWebservices_Logo.svg_.png) [AWS](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/aws/) | [Hosting](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/hosting/) # AWS Status Page – Monitoring Included By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)May 15, 2018 · Updated June 1, 2026 • 📖1 min read(105 words) 📅 **Published:** May 15, 2018• **Updated:** June 01, 2026 ## **AWS Status Page – Enhancements** The tool I deployed [lambstatus](https://lambstatus.github.io/get-started/) supports pulling metrics from AWS Cloudwatch and displaying them. As part of my personal development, I thought I would include this on my status page. I managed to get this working as can be seen [here. ](https://d1wijjwc03zzo1.cloudfront.net)This is a lambda function running once a minute polling this website and adding the response time into AWS Cloudwatch which Lambstatus is allowed to call. It has been running without a hitch for nearly a month now at **effectively zero cost** #### Site Response ![Screen Shot 2018 05 15 at 22.39.01](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2018-05-15-at-22.39.01.png) The guide I followed is very good and is documented in the Git repo [here](https://lambstatus.github.io/set-up-custom-http-s-monitoring/) ## 📚 Related Posts * [Monitoring VMware Cloud on AWS: Tools & Approaches (Part 1)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2019/12/monitoring-vmc-part-1/) * [AWS Solution Architect – Associate](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2019/12/aws-solution-architect-associate/) * [AWS For Beginners: IAM Setup, Root Security & Billing Alerts](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2018/03/aws-for-beginners1/) ## Similar Posts * [![WordPress Hosting with Cloudflare Pages](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/simply-static-logo.png)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2023/05/how-to-take-a-wordpress-site-and-publish-it-as-a-static-site-on-cloudflare-pages/) [Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/cloudflare/) | [Hosting](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/hosting/) | [Wordpress](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/wordpress/) ### [WordPress Hosting with Cloudflare Pages](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2023/05/how-to-take-a-wordpress-site-and-publish-it-as-a-static-site-on-cloudflare-pages/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)May 14, 2023 · Updated June 1, 2026 Table of Contents The Tooling The Process WordPress Plugin Install GitHub setup Cloudflare setup I have been using Cloudflare to protect my web assets for a really long time. * [![What Is Cloudflare? 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