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health capability

health adds /health and /ready endpoints to your Go service so orchestrators know when to route traffic.

What You Get

Section titled “What You Get”
  • /health and /ready endpoints
  • Component health registration

When to Use

Section titled “When to Use”

Any production service behind a load balancer or in Kubernetes needs health endpoints. Without them, traffic is routed to unhealthy instances. The component registration pattern lets you signal readiness based on database connectivity, cache warmup, or any custom check.

Requirements & Suggestions

Section titled “Requirements & Suggestions”

Requires: http-api

Add to Your Service

Section titled “Add to Your Service”
Terminal window
verikt new my-service --language go --cap http-api,health
# or add to an existing service:
verikt add health
Section titled “Related Capabilities”

http-api

The Chi router foundation required by this capability.

observability

OpenTelemetry metrics alongside health endpoints.

platform

Platform lifecycle that integrates with health checks.