Ping

Checking the Health of Your Traefik Instances {: .subtitle }

Configuration Examples

??? example "Enabling /ping"

```toml
[ping]
```

??? example "Enabling /ping on a dedicated EntryPoint"

```toml
[entryPoints]
  [entryPoints.web]
    address = ":80"
  
  [entryPoints.ping]
    address = ":8082"

[ping]
  entryPoint = "ping"
```

Path	Method	Description
`/ping`	`GET`, `HEAD`	A simple endpoint to check for Traefik process liveness. Return a code `200` with the content: `OK`

The /ping health-check URL is enabled with the command-line --ping or config file option [ping].

You can customize the entryPoint where the /ping is active with the entryPoint option (default value: traefik)