Commit 2264bb13 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Copyedit health check docs

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# Health Check
_**Note:** This feature was [introduced][ce-3888] in GitLab 8.8_
>**Note:** This feature was [introduced][ce-3888] in GitLab 8.8.
GitLab provides a health check endpoint for uptime monitoring on the `health_check` web
endpoint. The health check reports on the overall system status based on the status of
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![access token](img/health_check_token.png)
The access token can be passed as a url parameter:
The access token can be passed as a URL parameter:
`https://gitlab.example.com/health_check.json?token=ACCESS_TOKEN`
```
https://gitlab.example.com/health_check.json?token=ACCESS_TOKEN
```
or as a http header:
or as an HTTP header:
```bash
curl -H "TOKEN: ACCESS_TOKEN" https://gitlab.example.com/health_check.json
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- `https://gitlab.example.com/health_check/database.json?token=ACCESS_TOKEN`
- `https://gitlab.example.com/health_check/migrations.json?token=ACCESS_TOKEN`
Example output:
For example, the JSON output of the following health check:
```bash
curl -H "TOKEN: ACCESS_TOKEN" https://gitlab.example.com/health_check.json
```
would be like:
```
{"healthy":true,"message":"success"}
```
## Status
On failure the endpoint will return a `500` http status code. On success the endpoint
will return a valid successful http status code, and a `success` message. Ideally your
On failure, the endpoint will return a `500` HTTP status code. On success, the endpoint
will return a valid successful HTTP status code, and a `success` message. Ideally your
uptime monitoring should look for the success message.
[ce-3888]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3888
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