How to Perform Health Checks on Servers? What Protocols Are Supported in TR7 for Health Check?
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What is Health Check?
Health checks are mechanisms that periodically verify the availability of Backend Services. If a health check fails for a Backend Service, requests sent to the vService are not forwarded to the failing Backend Service. This eliminates the need for manual intervention. Once the Backend Service becomes active again (i.e., the health check succeeds), requests to the vService are redirected to the relevant Backend Service as usual. The following health checks can be performed on TR7 ASP:
- TCP
- Ping
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- UDP (DNS)
- FTP
- FTPS
- LDAP
- LDAPS
- Oracle
- Scenario
Interface
Health Check
Step > 1
"Traffic Manager > Profiles > Health Checks > Add" steps are followed. In the opened screen, the desired protocol is selected as Check Type, and configurations such as Period and Timeout Limit can be adjusted based on requirements.
Step > 2
"Traffic Manager > Backend Services" steps are followed. The screen for adding or editing a Backend Service is opened. From the Health Check tab, a previously created Health Check Profile can be selected. Additionally, a new Health Check Profile can be created directly within the Backend Service Add or Edit screen.
