PUT /zones/{zone_id}/healthchecks/{healthcheck_id}

Update a configured health check.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
healthcheck_id String Yes
zone_id String Yes

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
check_regions[] Array No

A list of regions from which to run health checks. Null means Cloudflare will pick a default region.

description String No

A human-readable description of the health check.

tcp_config Object No

Parameters specific to TCP health check.

tcp_config.port Integer No

Port number to connect to for the health check. Defaults to 80.

Default value: 80

tcp_config.method String No

The TCP connection method to use for the health check.

Possible values:

  • "connection_established"

Default value: "connection_established"

interval Integer No

The interval between each health check. Shorter intervals may give quicker notifications if the origin status changes, but will increase load on the origin as we check from multiple locations.

Default value: 60

suspended Boolean No

If suspended, no health checks are sent to the origin.

Default value: false

http_config Object No

Parameters specific to an HTTP or HTTPS health check.

http_config.port Integer No

Port number to connect to for the health check. Defaults to 80 if type is HTTP or 443 if type is HTTPS.

Default value: 80

http_config.method String No

The HTTP method to use for the health check.

Possible values:

  • "HEAD"
  • "GET"

Default value: "GET"

http_config.expected_codes[] Array No

The expected HTTP response codes (e.g. "200") or code ranges (e.g. "2xx" for all codes starting with 2) of the health check.

http_config.header Object No

The HTTP request headers to send in the health check. It is recommended you set a Host header by default. The User-Agent header cannot be overridden.

http_config.header.name String No
http_config.follow_redirects Boolean No

Follow redirects if the origin returns a 3xx status code.

Default value: false

http_config.path String No

The endpoint path to health check against.

Default value: "/"

http_config.allow_insecure Boolean No

Do not validate the certificate when the health check uses HTTPS.

Default value: false

http_config.expected_body String No

A case-insensitive sub-string to look for in the response body. If this string is not found, the origin will be marked as unhealthy.

retries Integer No

The number of retries to attempt in case of a timeout before marking the origin as unhealthy. Retries are attempted immediately.

Default value: 2

name String Yes

A short name to identify the health check. Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens and underscores are allowed.

consecutive_fails Integer No

The number of consecutive fails required from a health check before changing the health to unhealthy.

Default value: 1

consecutive_successes Integer No

The number of consecutive successes required from a health check before changing the health to healthy.

Default value: 1

timeout Integer No

The timeout (in seconds) before marking the health check as failed.

Default value: 5

type String No

The protocol to use for the health check. Currently supported protocols are 'HTTP', 'HTTPS' and 'TCP'.

Default value: "HTTP"

address String Yes

The hostname or IP address of the origin server to run health checks on.

How to start integrating

  1. Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
  2. Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
    • This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
  3. Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.