How to Implement Docker Health Checks

How to tell if your app is running happily as it should

Nassos Michas
Jan 22 · 6 min read
Photo by Edu Lauton on Unsplash

You Dockerfile is created, your image built, and you’re ready to roll out to prod. After a quick docker run, your container is up, and you’re eagerly waiting for your app to start serving requests.

You wait a few seconds … docker ps reports your container running, but nothing gets…

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