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mod_http_health: Provide a health check HTTP endpoint Someone in the chat asked about a health check endpoint, which reminded me of mod_http_status, which was simplified to produce this module.
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1 Simple module adding an endpoint meant to be used for health checks.
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3 # Configuration
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5 After installing, enable by adding to [`modules_enabled`][doc:modules_enabled] like many other modules:
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7 ``` lua
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8 -- in the global section
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9 modules_enabled = {
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10 -- Other globally enabled modules here...
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11 "http_health"; -- add
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12 }
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13 ```
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15 # Details
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17 Adds a `http://your.prosody.example:5280/health` endpoint that returns either HTTP status code 200 when all appears to be good or 500 when any module
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18 [status][doc:developers:moduleapi#logging-and-status] has been set to `error`.
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20 # See also
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22 - [mod_measure_modules] provides module statues via OpenMetrics
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23 - [mod_http_status] provides all module status details as JSON via HTTP