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-Health check endpoints are found at @/_health/ping@ on many Arvados services. The purpose of the health check is to be a simple method of determining if a service can be contacted and if it believes it is functioning properly, suitable for integrating into operational alert systems.
+Health check endpoints are found at @/_health/ping@ on many Arvados services. The purpose of the health check is to offer a simple method of determining if a service can be reached and allow the service to self-report any problems, suitable for integrating into operational alert systems.
-Health check endpoints must be configured with a "management token":management-token.html .
+To access health check endpoints, services must be configured with a "management token":management-token.html .
-This endpoint returns a JSON object with the field @health@. This has a value of either @OK@ or @ERROR@. On error, it may also include a field @error@ with additional information. Examples:
+Health check endpoints return a JSON object with the field @health@. This has a value of either @OK@ or @ERROR@. On error, it may also include a field @error@ with additional information. Examples:
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{
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{
"health": "ERROR"
- "error": "Inverted polarity of the warp core"
+ "error": "Inverted polarity in the warp core"
}
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The service @arvados-health@ performs health checks on all configured services and returns a single value of @OK@ or @ERROR@ for the entire cluster. It exposes the endpoint @/_health/all@ .
-The healthcheck aggregator uses the "NodeProfile" section of the cluster-wide configuration file. Here is an example.
+The healthcheck aggregator uses the @NodeProfile@ section of the cluster-wide @arvados.yml@ configuration file. Here is an example.
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Cluster: