http

HTTP plugin

The HTTP plugin provides checks for HTTP services, and HTTP-based alerts.

Checks

http.get

check http.get "example" {
  url = "https://www.example.com/"

  content = "Example Domain"
  content_expected = true

  min_status_code = 200
  max_status_code = 399

  certificate_validity = 10d

  auth {
    username = "acidburn"
    password = "HackThePlanet"
  }
}

Sends an HTTP GET request to the given URL.

The min_status_code and max_status_code parameter specify the allowed range for the response’s HTTP status code. These default to 100 and 399 (i.e., any non-error response). If you wish to test a URL denies access to unauthenticated users, for example, you can use min_status_code=401 max_status_code=403; to check for a single status code the two parameters can be the same, e.g. min_status_code=418 max_status_code=418

If the content parameter is specified then the response body is checked for the exact string. By default the string must be present, and the check will fail if it is not. If content_expected is set to false then the string must NOT be present, and the check will fail if it is.

If the certificate_validity parameter is specified, then the connection must have been made over TLS, and the returned certificate must be valid for at least the given duration from now. (An expired or untrusted certificate will cause a failure regardless of this setting.)

If the auth settings are provided, they will be sent in a Basic authentication header. Note that basic authentication isn’t encrypted, so shouldn’t be used over an insecure connection.

http.healthcheck

check http.healthcheck "example" {
  url = "https://www.example.com/health"
  check_components = true
  auth {
    username = "acidburn"
    password = "HackThePlanet"
  }
}

Retrieves the current status from a HTTP healthcheck endpoint. The endpoint is expected to return JSON in a manner compatible with draft-inadarei-api-health-check-04.

If the check_components setting is enabled, the state of each component/dependency reported in the healthcheck response will also be verified. This means if the overall service status is pass but a component is fail then the Goplum check will fail.

If the auth settings are provided, they will be sent in a Basic authentication header. Note that basic authentication isn’t encrypted, so shouldn’t be used over an insecure connection.

Alerts

http.webhook

alert http.webhook "example" {
  url = "https://www.example.com/incoming"
}

Sends alerts as a POST request to the given webhook URL with a JSON payload:

{
  "text": "Check 'Testing' is now good, was failing.",
  "name": "Testing",
  "type": "debug.random",
  "config": {
    "percent_good": 0.8
  },
  "last_result": {
    "state": "failing",
    "time": "2020-09-17T17:55:02.224973486+01:00",
    "detail": "Random value 0.813640 greater than percent_good 0.800000"
  },
  "previous_state": "failing",
  "new_state": "good"
}