traefik/docs/content/operations/ping.md

Ping

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

Configuration Examples

??? example "Enabling /ping on the http EntryPoint"

```toml
[entryPoints]
   [entrypoints.http]
      address = ":80"

[ping]
  entryPoint = "http"
```

??? example "Enabling /ping on the https EntryPoint"

```toml
[entryPoints]
   [entryPoints.http]
      address = ":80"

  [entryPoints.https]
     address = ":443"
     [entryPoints.https.tls]   

[ping]
  entryPoint = "https"
```

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

```toml    
[entryPoints]
  [entryPoints.http]
    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

Configuration Options

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)