Health Check Response Format for HTTP APIs
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Network Working Group                                   I. Nadareishvili
Internet-Draft                                         December 31, 2019
Intended status: Informational
Expires: July 3, 2020

               Health Check Response Format for HTTP APIs
                   draft-inadarei-api-health-check-04

Abstract

   This document proposes a service health check response format for
   HTTP APIs.

Note to Readers

   *RFC EDITOR: please remove this section before publication*

   The issues list for this draft can be found at
   https://github.com/inadarei/rfc-healthcheck/issues [1].

   The most recent draft is at https://inadarei.github.io/rfc-
   healthcheck/ [2].

   Recent changes are listed at https://github.com/inadarei/rfc-
   healthcheck/commits/master [3].

   See also the draft's current status in the IETF datatracker, at
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-inadarei-api-health-check/
   [4].

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Notational Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  API Health Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.3.  releaseId . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.4.  notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.5.  output  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.6.  checks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.7.  links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.8.  serviceId . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.9.  description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  The Checks Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  componentId . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.2.  componentType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.3.  observedValue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.4.  observedUnit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.5.  status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.6.  affectedEndpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.7.  time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.8.  output  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.9.  links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.10. Additional Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Example Output  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   9.  Creating and Serving Health Responses . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   10. Consuming Health Check Responses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

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     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14