Health Checks

Use RunLater to ping your services on a schedule and ensure they're responding correctly.

Why Use RunLater for Health Checks?

• Simple setup – no monitoring tool required
• Full response logging for debugging
• Automatic retries catch transient failures
• Combine with alerting services

Basic Health Check

1. Create a new request in RunLater
2. Enter your health check endpoint (e.g., /api/health)
3. Select GET method
4. Schedule: */5 * * * * (every 5 minutes)

Combined with Alerting

Chain RunLater with an alerting service:

1. Your health check endpoint returns 200 when healthy
2. RunLater logs the response
3. Set up a separate webhook to notify you on failures

Example: Multi-Service Check

Create separate requests for each service:

• api.yourservice.com/health
• auth.yourservice.com/health
• cdn.yourservice.com/ping

Best Practices

• Keep health check endpoints lightweight
• Use appropriate intervals (not too frequent)
• Check from multiple regions if critical
• Review logs regularly for patterns