This Is Fine`... Or Not: Get Server Outage Alerts via SMS with Amazon Lambda Nick Malcolm, a developer at ThisData, was tired of panicking through emails every morning to find server outage alerts. He wanted a better way to minimize damage and stay informed about server outages. To achieve this, he built an outage alert service using Amazon Lambda and Twilio. The service is serverless, meaning it doesn't require any maintenance. Nick created an SNS topic, a Lambda function that triggers a voice call when the topic is notified by CloudWatch, and configured his phone number to receive SMS messages with context about the server outage. He then set up a CloudWatch alarm to trigger the Lambda function when a CPU utilization threshold is reached. The resulting system provides a simple and effective way to respond to server outages, without the need for paid incident management tools.