enum Failover

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.Route53.Failover
Go	github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2/awsroute53#Failover
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.route53.Failover
Python	aws_cdk.aws_route53.Failover
TypeScript (source)	aws-cdk-lib » aws_route53 » Failover

The failover policy.

See also: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/routing-policy-failover.html

Example

declare const myZone: route53.HostedZone;

const healthCheck = new route53.HealthCheck(this, 'HealthCheck', {
  type: route53.HealthCheckType.HTTP,
  fqdn: 'example.com',
  port: 80,
  resourcePath: '/health',
  failureThreshold: 3,
  requestInterval: Duration.seconds(30),
});

new route53.ARecord(this, 'ARecordFailoverPrimary', {
  zone: myZone,
  target: route53.RecordTarget.fromIpAddresses('1.2.3.4'),
  failover: route53.Failover.PRIMARY,
  healthCheck,
  setIdentifier: 'failover-primary',
});

new route53.ARecord(this, 'ARecordFailoverSecondary', {
  zone: myZone,
  target: route53.RecordTarget.fromIpAddresses('5.6.7.8'),
  failover: route53.Failover.SECONDARY,
  setIdentifier: 'failover-secondary',
});

Members

Name	Description
PRIMARY	The primary resource record set determines how Route 53 responds to DNS queries when the primary resource is healthy.
SECONDARY	The secondary resource record set determines how Route 53 responds to DNS queries when the primary resource is unhealthy.

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PRIMARY

The primary resource record set determines how Route 53 responds to DNS queries when the primary resource is healthy.

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SECONDARY

The secondary resource record set determines how Route 53 responds to DNS queries when the primary resource is unhealthy.