name : create-health-check.rst **To create a health check** The following ``create-health-check`` command creates a health check using the caller reference ``2014-04-01-18:47`` and the JSON-formatted configuration in the file ``C:\awscli\route53\create-health-check.json``:: aws route53 create-health-check --caller-reference 2014-04-01-18:47 --health-check-config file://C:\awscli\route53\create-health-check.json JSON syntax:: { "IPAddress": "IP address of the endpoint to check", "Port": port on the endpoint to check--required when Type is "TCP", "Type": "HTTP"|"HTTPS"|"HTTP_STR_MATCH"|"HTTPS_STR_MATCH"|"TCP", "ResourcePath": "path of the file that you want Amazon Route 53 to request--all Types except TCP", "FullyQualifiedDomainName": "domain name of the endpoint to check--all Types except TCP", "SearchString": "if Type is HTTP_STR_MATCH or HTTPS_STR_MATCH, the string to search for in the response body from the specified resource", "RequestInterval": 10 | 30, "FailureThreshold": integer between 1 and 10 } To add the health check to a Route 53 resource record set, use the ``change-resource-record-sets`` command. For more information, see `Amazon Route 53 Health Checks and DNS Failover`_ in the *Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide*. .. _`Amazon Route 53 Health Checks and DNS Failover`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/dns-failover.html