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Configuring a Liveness Check in Connected Mode

Flex Gateway includes the following CLI command to test gateway health:

flexctl probe --check=liveness

If the Flex Gateway instance is running normally, the command returns an exit code of 0. Otherwise, the gateway is unhealthy and the command returns a 1.

You can either run the liveness check command manually or configure the command to run automatically. By default, Flex Gateways deployed on Kubernetes have an automatic liveness probe configured. The liveness probe periodically runs the liveness check command and automatically restarts the Flex Gateway pod after a specified number of failed liveness checks.

Docker and Linux deployments do not have preconfigured liveness probes.

Before You Begin

  1. Download Flex Gateway.

  2. Register and Run Flex Gateway.

Configure a Kubernetes Liveness Probe

By default, Flex Gateways running on Kubernetes include a liveness probe configured in the Helm chart. The liveness probe automatically runs flexctl probe --check=liveness at an interval of 10 seconds and restarts unhealthy pods after 5 failed tests.

The liveness probe is configured by default with the following values:

livenessProbe:
 exec:
   command:
   - flexctl
   - probe
   - --check=liveness
 initialDelaySeconds: 10
 periodSeconds: 10
 failureThreshold: 5
 timeoutSeconds: 1
Parameter Description

exec.command

The liveness check command

initialDelaySeconds

The time in seconds to wait after startup before executing the first liveness test

periodSeconds

The period in seconds between each liveness check

failureThreshold

The number of failed liveness tests before the Kubernetes pod is restarted

timeoutSeconds

The time in seconds before the test times out

To modify the default liveness probe parameters, you must update your Helm chart. You can modify these parameters during or after the initial installation of the Helm chart. For more information about how to modify a Helm chart, see Update Pod Settings for a Flex Gateway Deployment Through a Helm Chart

Docker and Linux Liveness Probes

For Docker or Linux deployments, there is no default liveness probe configured to check health or restart unhealthy Flex Gateways. However, you can still run the liveness check command manually or configure it for automated use with third-party services. Besides the Kubernetes liveness probe, MuleSoft does not provide support for third-party liveness probes or health checks.

One method of running the liveness check command with Docker is to configure HEALTHCHECK in your docker run command. For more information, see Docker run HEALTHCHECK.

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