diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/alerts.tf b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/alerts.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17678c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/alerts.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+resource "azurerm_monitor_metric_alert" "this" {
+  name                = "${var.name}-availability-alert"
+  resource_group_name = var.resource_group_name
+
+  scopes   = [azurerm_application_insights_standard_web_test.this.id, var.application_insights_id]
+  severity = 0
+
+  frequency     = var.alert.frequency
+  window_size   = var.alert.window_size
+  auto_mitigate = var.alert.auto_mitigate
+
+  application_insights_web_test_location_availability_criteria {
+    web_test_id           = azurerm_application_insights_standard_web_test.this.id
+    component_id          = var.application_insights_id
+    failed_location_count = var.alert.failed_location_count
+  }
+
+  description = var.alert_description
+
+  action {
+    action_group_id = var.action_group_id
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/main.tf b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/main.tf
index 71742f29..354b990d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/main.tf
@@ -10,26 +10,37 @@ resource "azurerm_application_insights_standard_web_test" "this" {
   enabled   = true
 
   request {
-    url = var.target_url
-  }
+    url       = var.target_url
+    http_verb = var.http_verb
+    body      = var.request_body
 
-  geo_locations = var.geo_locations
-}
+    dynamic "header" {
+      for_each = var.headers
+      content {
+        name  = header.key
+        value = header.value
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
-resource "azurerm_monitor_metric_alert" "this" {
-  name                = "${var.name}-availability-alert"
-  resource_group_name = var.resource_group_name
-  scopes              = [azurerm_application_insights_standard_web_test.this.id, var.application_insights_id]
-  description         = "availability test alert"
-  severity            = 0
+  # Validation rules
+  dynamic "validation_rules" {
+    for_each = var.ssl_validation.enabled ? [1] : []
+    content {
+      expected_status_code        = var.ssl_validation.expected_status_code
+      ssl_check_enabled           = var.ssl_validation.ssl_check_enabled
+      ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime = var.ssl_validation.ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime
 
-  application_insights_web_test_location_availability_criteria {
-    web_test_id           = azurerm_application_insights_standard_web_test.this.id
-    component_id          = var.application_insights_id
-    failed_location_count = 2
+      dynamic "content" {
+        for_each = var.ssl_validation.content == null ? [] : [var.ssl_validation.content]
+        content {
+          content_match      = content.value.match
+          ignore_case        = try(content.value.ignore_case, true)
+          pass_if_text_found = try(content.value.pass_if_text_found, true)
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  action {
-    action_group_id = var.action_group_id
-  }
+  geo_locations = var.geo_locations
 }
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/tfdocs.md b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/tfdocs.md
index d1e33f84..3da64023 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/tfdocs.md
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/tfdocs.md
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Description: List of Azure test locations (provider-specific location strings fo
 Type: `list(string)`
 
 Default:
-
 ```json
 [
   "emea-ru-msa-edge",
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ Default:
 ]
 ```
 
+Validations:
+- At least one geo location must be provided.
+
 ### <a name="input_location"></a> [location](#input\_location)
 
 Description: The location/region where the availability test is deployed (must match App Insights location)
@@ -78,6 +80,103 @@ Type: `number`
 
 Default: `30`
 
+### <a name="input_http_verb"></a> [http_verb](#input\_http\_verb)
+
+Description: The HTTP verb used for the request.
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Allowed values: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
+
+Default: GET
+
+### <a name="input_headers"></a> [headers](#input\_headers)
+
+Description: A map of HTTP request headers (name => value).
+
+Type: `map(string)`
+
+Default: {}
+
+### <a name="input_request_body"></a> [request_body](#input\_request\_body)
+
+Description: Request body to send with the HTTP call. Use jsonencode() for JSON payloads.
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Default: null
+
+### <a name="input_alert_description"></a> [alert_description](#input\_alert\_description)
+
+Description: The description applied to the alert rule.
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Default: "Availability test alert"
+
+### <a name="input_ssl_validation"></a> [ssl_validation](#input\_ssl\_validation)
+
+Description: SSL validation configuration for the availability test. Set `enabled = false` to omit SSL validation completely. To validate response body content, set content.match to a non-null string.
+
+Type:
+```hcl
+object({
+  enabled                     = optional(bool, true)
+  expected_status_code        = optional(number, 200)
+  ssl_check_enabled           = optional(bool, true)
+  ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime = optional(number, null)
+  content = optional(object({
+    match              = string
+    ignore_case        = optional(bool, true)
+    pass_if_text_found = optional(bool, true)
+  }), null)
+})
+```
+
+Default:
+```hcl
+{
+  enabled                     = true
+  expected_status_code        = 200
+  ssl_check_enabled           = true
+  ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime = null
+  content                     = null
+}
+```
+
+Validations:
+- expected_status_code must be 0 or a valid HTTP status code (100–599)
+- ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime must be null or between 1–365
+
+### <a name="input_alert"></a> [alert](#input\_alert)
+
+Description: Configuration for the availability alert rule.
+
+Type:
+```hcl
+object({
+  frequency             = optional(string, "PT1H")
+  window_size           = optional(string, "P1D")
+  auto_mitigate         = optional(bool, true)
+  failed_location_count = optional(number, 2)
+})
+```
+
+Defaults:
+```hcl
+{
+  frequency     = "PT1H"
+  window_size   = "P1D"
+  auto_mitigate = true
+}
+```
+
+Validations:
+- frequency must be one of: PT1M, PT5M, PT15M, PT30M, PT1H
+- window_size must be one of: PT1M, PT5M, PT15M, PT30M, PT1H, PT6H, PT12H, P1D
+- failed_location_count must be:
+    >= 1, and
+    <= the number of configured geo_locations
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/variables.tf b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/variables.tf
index 09775b91..26314ccd 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/application-insights-availability-test/variables.tf
@@ -42,15 +42,138 @@ variable "timeout" {
   type        = number
   default     = 30
   description = "Timeout in seconds, defaults to 30."
+  validation {
+    condition     = var.timeout > 0
+    error_message = "Timeout must be a positive number of seconds."
+  }
 }
 
 variable "geo_locations" {
   type        = list(string)
   default     = ["emea-ru-msa-edge", "emea-se-sto-edge", "emea-gb-db3-azr"]
   description = "List of Azure test locations (provider-specific location strings for UK and Ireland)"
+  validation {
+    condition     = length(var.geo_locations) >= 1
+    error_message = "At least one geo location must be provided."
+  }
 }
 
 variable "target_url" {
   type        = string
   description = "The target URL for the restful endpoint to hit to validate the application is available"
+  validation {
+    condition     = can(regex("^https?://", var.target_url))
+    error_message = "The target URL must start with http:// or https://."
+  }
+}
+
+variable "http_verb" {
+  description = "HTTP verb (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "GET"
+  validation {
+    condition     = contains(["GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"], var.http_verb)
+    error_message = "http_verb must be one of GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS."
+  }
+}
+
+variable "headers" {
+  description = "Map of request headers to send (name => value)"
+  type        = map(string)
+  default     = {}
+}
+
+variable "request_body" {
+  description = "The request body string; use jsonencode(...) for JSON"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "alert_description" {
+  description = "The description for alert"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "Availability test alert"
+}
+
+variable "ssl_validation" {
+  description = <<EOT
+The SSL validation settings for the standard web test.
+
+Set `enabled = false` to omit the SSL validation block entirely.
+If you want to validate response body text, set content's match to a non-null string.
+EOT
+  type = object({
+    enabled                     = optional(bool, true)
+    expected_status_code        = optional(number, 200)
+    ssl_check_enabled           = optional(bool, true)
+    ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime = optional(number, null)
+
+    content = optional(object({
+      match              = string
+      ignore_case        = optional(bool, true)
+      pass_if_text_found = optional(bool, true)
+    }), null)
+  })
+
+  validation {
+    condition = (
+      var.ssl_validation.expected_status_code == 0 ||
+      (var.ssl_validation.expected_status_code >= 100 &&
+      var.ssl_validation.expected_status_code < 600)
+    )
+    error_message = "The expected status code must be 0 or a valid HTTP status code in [100, 599]."
+  }
+
+  validation {
+    condition = (
+      var.ssl_validation.ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime == null ||
+      (var.ssl_validation.ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime >= 1 &&
+      var.ssl_validation.ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime <= 365)
+    )
+    error_message = "The SSL certificate remaining lifetime must be null or an integer between 1 and 365."
+  }
+
+  default = {
+    enabled                     = true
+    expected_status_code        = 200
+    ssl_check_enabled           = true
+    ssl_cert_remaining_lifetime = null
+    content                     = null
+  }
+}
+
+variable "alert" {
+  type = object({
+    frequency             = optional(string, "PT1H")
+    window_size           = optional(string, "P1D")
+    auto_mitigate         = optional(bool, true)
+    failed_location_count = optional(number, 2)
+  })
+
+  validation {
+    condition = contains(
+      ["PT1M", "PT5M", "PT15M", "PT30M", "PT1H"],
+      var.alert.frequency
+    )
+    error_message = "Frequency must be one of: PT1M, PT5M, PT15M, PT30M, PT1H"
+  }
+
+  validation {
+    condition = contains(
+      ["PT1M", "PT5M", "PT15M", "PT30M", "PT1H", "PT6H", "PT12H", "P1D"],
+      var.alert.window_size
+    )
+    error_message = "Window size must be one of: PT1M, PT5M, PT15M, PT30M, PT1H, PT6H, PT12H, P1D"
+  }
+
+  validation {
+    condition     = var.alert.failed_location_count >= 1 && var.alert.failed_location_count <= length(var.geo_locations)
+    error_message = "The failed location count must be >= 1 and cannot exceed the number of configured geo locations."
+  }
+
+  default = {
+    frequency     = "PT1H" # every 24 hours
+    window_size   = "P1D"  # last 24 hours
+    auto_mitigate = true   # automatically mitigate the alert when thie issue is resolved
+  }
 }