Health Checks & Restarts
Keep the service alive and self-healing.
Servers Need a Pulse
A deployed server can hang or crash silently. A health check is a simple probe that answers the question: are you still alive? 🩺
Expose a Health Endpoint
The classic pattern is a tiny route, often /health, that returns 200 OK when the server is ready to handle work.
GET /health -> 200 OKAll lessons in this course
- Package the Server in Docker
- Run Behind a Reverse Proxy
- Health Checks & Restarts
- Connect Remote Clients