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AWS autoscaling documentation change

Service: autoscaling · 2026-01-25 · Documentation low

File: autoscaling/ec2/userguide/health-checks-overview.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'ELB' to 'Elastic Load Balancing' throughout the document for consistency and clarity

Security assessment

The changes are purely terminological updates (ELB → Elastic Load Balancing) without modifying any security-related functionality, configurations, or recommendations. No vulnerabilities, mitigations, or security enhancements are mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/health-checks-overview.md b/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/health-checks-overview.md
index 06f7fcd13..cea5a32f3 100644
--- a//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/health-checks-overview.md
+++ b//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/health-checks-overview.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Health check typesAmazon EC2 health checksELB health checksVPC Lattice health checksHow Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling minimizes downtimeHealth checks for instances in a warm poolHealth check considerations
+Health check typesAmazon EC2 health checksElastic Load Balancing health checksVPC Lattice health checksHow Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling minimizes downtimeHealth checks for instances in a warm poolHealth check considerations
@@ -17 +17 @@ This topic provides an overview of the available health check types and describe
-  * ELB health checks
+  * Elastic Load Balancing health checks
@@ -42 +42 @@ This is the default health check type for an Auto Scaling group.
-ELB health checks | 
+Elastic Load Balancing health checks | 
@@ -98 +98 @@ If one of your instances is affected by a scheduled event, Amazon EC2 Auto Scali
-## ELB health checks
+## Elastic Load Balancing health checks
@@ -100 +100 @@ If one of your instances is affected by a scheduled event, Amazon EC2 Auto Scali
-When you turn on ELB health checks for your Auto Scaling group, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can use the results of those health checks to determine the health status of an instance.
+When you turn on Elastic Load Balancing health checks for your Auto Scaling group, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can use the results of those health checks to determine the health status of an instance.
@@ -102 +102 @@ When you turn on ELB health checks for your Auto Scaling group, Amazon EC2 Auto
-Before you can turn on ELB health checks for your Auto Scaling group, you must configure an ELB load balancer and configure a health check for it to determine if your instances are healthy. For more information, see [Prepare to attach an ELB load balancer](./getting-started-elastic-load-balancing.html).
+Before you can turn on Elastic Load Balancing health checks for your Auto Scaling group, you must configure an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer and configure a health check for it to determine if your instances are healthy. For more information, see [Prepare to attach an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer](./getting-started-elastic-load-balancing.html).
@@ -113 +113 @@ After you attach the load balancer to your Auto Scaling group, the following occ
-By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ignores the results of the ELB health checks. After you turn on these health checks for your Auto Scaling group, when ELB reports a registered instance as `Unhealthy`, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling marks the instance `Unhealthy` on its next periodic health check and replaces it.
+By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ignores the results of the Elastic Load Balancing health checks. After you turn on these health checks for your Auto Scaling group, when Elastic Load Balancing reports a registered instance as `Unhealthy`, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling marks the instance `Unhealthy` on its next periodic health check and replaces it.
@@ -119 +119 @@ If connection draining (deregistration delay) is enabled for your load balancer,
-For instructions for how to attach the load balancer and turn on ELB health checks for your Auto Scaling group, see [Attach an ELB load balancer to your Auto Scaling group](./attach-load-balancer-asg.html).
+For instructions for how to attach the load balancer and turn on Elastic Load Balancing health checks for your Auto Scaling group, see [Attach an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer to your Auto Scaling group](./attach-load-balancer-asg.html).
@@ -121 +121 @@ For instructions for how to attach the load balancer and turn on ELB health chec
-When you turn on ELB health checks for a group, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can replace instances that ELB reports as unhealthy, but only after the load balancer is in the `InService` state. For more information, see [Verify the attachment status of your load balancer](./load-balancer-status.html).
+When you turn on Elastic Load Balancing health checks for a group, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can replace instances that Elastic Load Balancing reports as unhealthy, but only after the load balancer is in the `InService` state. For more information, see [Verify the attachment status of your load balancer](./load-balancer-status.html).
@@ -125 +125 @@ When you turn on ELB health checks for a group, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can repl
-By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ignores the results of the VPC Lattice health checks. You can optionally turn on these health checks for your Auto Scaling group. After you do this, when VPC Lattice reports a registered instance as `Unhealthy`, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling marks the instance `Unhealthy` on its next periodic health check and replaces it. The process of registering instances and then checking their health is the same as how ELB health checks work.
+By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ignores the results of the VPC Lattice health checks. You can optionally turn on these health checks for your Auto Scaling group. After you do this, when VPC Lattice reports a registered instance as `Unhealthy`, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling marks the instance `Unhealthy` on its next periodic health check and replaces it. The process of registering instances and then checking their health is the same as how Elastic Load Balancing health checks work.
@@ -158 +158 @@ If Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling determines that any instances are no longer running (
-For example, if all instances in an Auto Scaling group are reported unhealthy by ELB health checks and the load balancer is in the `InService` state, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling might mark fewer instances unhealthy at a time. This can result in much fewer instances replaced at a time than the 10 percent applied in other scenarios. This provides you with time to fix the problem without Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling automatically terminating the entire group.
+For example, if all instances in an Auto Scaling group are reported unhealthy by Elastic Load Balancing health checks and the load balancer is in the `InService` state, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling might mark fewer instances unhealthy at a time. This can result in much fewer instances replaced at a time than the 10 percent applied in other scenarios. This provides you with time to fix the problem without Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling automatically terminating the entire group.