Health Check
/helθ tʃek/
Definition
An endpoint or script that reports whether a service is running correctly; used by load balancers and orchestrators.
Example in context
"The load balancer pings /healthz every 5 seconds — if three consecutive checks fail, the instance is removed from rotation."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master Health Check in context by working through exercises in the DevOps & Cloud module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.