Get started

This guide will get you started with creating and managing configured Health Checks.

Create a Health Check

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account and domain.
2. Go to Traffic > Health Checks.
3. Select Create and fill out the form, paying special attention to:
   • The values for Interval and Check regions, because decreasing the Interval and increasing Check regions may increase the load on your origin server.
   • Retries, which specify the number of retries to attempt in case of a timeout before marking the origin as unhealthy.
4. Select Save and Deploy.

Manage Health Checks

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account and domain.
2. Go to Traffic > Health Checks.
3. Navigate to your health check and select Edit.
4. Edit your Health Check.
5. Select Save.

Note

You can also enable, disable, or delete configured Health Checks.

Note

Authenticated origin pull is not supported by Standalone Health Checks.