bphc - Braspag Health Checking Tool

Work in Progress!

Features

Liveness check

bphc alive example.com

Health check

bphc healthy example.com

Installation

gobinaries.com method

Install to /usr/local/bin

curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/BraspagDevelopers/bphc | sh

You can also specify a custom directory where to download the binary file

# Install on the current directory
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/BraspagDevelopers/bphc | PREFIX=. sh

# Install on /tmp
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/BraspagDevelopers/bphc | PREFIX=/tmp sh

go get method

go get -u github.com/BraspagDevelopers/bphc

Usage

bphc <command> [flags] There is no root functionality. You must inform a command in order to perform any relevant action.

Flags

• -v or --verbose: Enable verbose mode

Command alive

bphc alive <Base_URL> [-v|--verbose] [--path path]

Sends a GET HTTP request to a site in order to check its liveness. If the site returns a status code in the range 200-299, it will be considered alive. If the site returns any other status code, the check will fail.

When the check succedes, it will be produce an exit code of 0. Any failure will produce a difference exit code. Additionaly, there will always be a message in STDOUT when the check fails.

Arguments

• Base_URL: The base URL to use in the request. If scheme is absent, http will be used for localhost or IPs. https is used otherwise.

Flags

• --path path: The path for the liveness endpoint (default /dfom.htm)

Command healthy

bphc healthy <Base_URL> [-v|--verbose] [--path path]

Sends a GET HTTP request to a site in order to check its health. If the site returns a status code in the range 200-299 and the body is in JSON format and the value of the property IsHealthy is true, the site is considered healhty. If not, the check will fail.

When the check succedes, it will be produce an exit code of 0. Any failure will produce a difference exit code. Additionaly, there will always be a message in STDOUT when the check fails.

Arguments

• Base_URL: The base URL to use in the request. If scheme is absent, http will be used for localhost or IPs. https is used otherwise.

Flags

• --path path: The path for the healthcheck endpoint (default /healthcheck)