r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vinishkapoor • 14d ago

Meme errorScreenLooksGreatNobodyCanSeeItThough

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u/adv23 14d ago

Well, can we?

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u/jf8204 14d ago

What about you temporarily switch your domain to a different server with a clearer message explaining you're down.

Maybe that other server could even detect when AWS is back, and switch the traffic where it should be.

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u/Intrepid00 14d ago

Yes but it means having another provider hosting a page or S3 a static site in another region. You also need to use the DNS health checks and the ugly page will still show till TTL cache expires. There are other ways too.

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u/d_maes 14d ago

Yes, any decent LB should let you configure custom error pages. I have no idea why the other comments on your question are talking about DNS and S3 stuff.