Automating the failover of a relational database in a cloud computing environment

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
• replicate a first instance of a data repository corresponding to a first computing resource target to generate a second instance of the repository corresponding to a second computing resource target;
• retrieve via an application programming interface (API), a plurality of resource metrics from the first computing resource target;
• create an alarm with a status based on the metrics;
• retrieve a health check status from a cloud computing network based on the status of the alarm;
• based on the retrieved health check status transmit a read request to read data from the first instance of the data repository of the first computing target resource;
• and
• in response to the API encountering an error when reading the data:
• determine the read request has a status of not failed;
• and
• in response to the determination, send a duplicate read request to the second instance of the data repository of the second computing resource target.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• replicate a first instance of a data repository corresponding to a first computing resource target to generate a second instance of the repository corresponding to a second computing resource target;
• retrieve via an application programming interface (API), a plurality of resource metrics from the first computing resource target;
• create an alarm with a status based on the metrics;
• retrieve a health check status from a cloud computing network based on the status of the alarm;
• based on the retrieved health check status transmit a read request to read data from the first instance of the data repository of the first computing target resource;
• and
• in response to the API encountering an error when reading the data:
• determine the read request has a status of not failed;
• and
• in response to the determination, send a duplicate read request to the second instance of the data repository of the second computing resource target.