Table: fastly_health_check - Query Fastly Health Checks using SQL

A Fastly Health Check is a service within Fastly that monitors the status of your services and servers. It provides a way to determine if your services are functioning correctly and if there are any issues that need to be addressed. Fastly Health Checks help you stay informed about the health and performance of your services and take appropriate actions when predefined conditions are met.

Table Usage Guide

The fastly_health_check table provides insights into the health status of Fastly services. As an operations engineer, explore service-specific details through this table, including health check status, response timeout, and associated metadata. Utilize it to uncover information about the health and performance of your services, helping to identify potential issues and take appropriate actions.

Examples

Basic info

Explore the configuration of health checks in Fastly to understand the frequency of checks and their creation time. This is useful to assess the performance and reliability of your services.

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check;

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check;

List health checks created in the last 7 days

Explore recent health checks by identifying those created within the last week. This can be useful in maintaining system health and identifying any recent changes or issues.

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  created_at >= now() - interval '7 days';

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  created_at >= datetime('now', '-7 days');

List health checks that are not deleted

Uncover the details of active health checks within your Fastly services. This can help you manage and monitor the performance and health of your services, ensuring they are functioning optimally.

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  deleted_at is null;

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  deleted_at is null;

Show health check details for a particular host

Explore the health check details for a specific host to gain insights into its service ID, version, method, and other key information. This is useful for assessing the health and performance of a particular host within the Fastly service.

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  host = 'health.com';

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  host = 'health.com';

List health checks where threshold is less than 3

Determine the areas in which health checks have a threshold less than 3 to review the configuration for potential vulnerabilities or issues. This is useful for maintaining optimal system health and performance.

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  threshold < 3;

select
  name,
  service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  created_at
from
  fastly_health_check
where
  threshold < 3;

List health checks where the service version is inactive

Determine the areas in which health checks are being conducted on inactive service versions, allowing for the identification of potential issues or areas of improvement in your Fastly services. This can be particularly useful in maintaining efficient service operations and ensuring all versions are properly monitored.

select
  name,
  c.service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  c.created_at
from
  fastly_health_check as c,
  fastly_service_version as v
where
  c.service_id = v.service_id
  and c.service_version = v.number
  and not v.active;

select
  name,
  c.service_id,
  service_version,
  method,
  host,
  path,
  check_interval,
  c.created_at
from
  fastly_health_check as c,
  fastly_service_version as v
where
  c.service_id = v.service_id
  and c.service_version = v.number
  and not v.active;

Schema for fastly_health_check

Name	Type	Operators	Description
_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form, e.g. connection_name.
check_interval	bigint		How often to run the health check in milliseconds.
comment	text		A freeform descriptive note.
created_at	timestamp with time zone		Timestamp (UTC) of when the health check was created.
deleted_at	timestamp with time zone		Timestamp (UTC) of when the health check was deleted.
expected_response	bigint		The status code expected from the host.
headers	jsonb		A list of headers corresponding to this health check.
host	text		Which host to check.
http_version	text		Whether to use version 1.0 or 1.1 HTTP.
initial	bigint		When loading a config, the initial number of probes to be seen as OK.
method	text		Which HTTP method to use.
name	text	=	The name of the health check.
path	text		The path to check.
service_id	text		Alphanumeric string identifying the service.
service_version	bigint		Integer identifying a service version.
threshold	bigint		How many health checks must succeed to be considered healthy.
timeout	bigint		Timeout in milliseconds.
title	text		Title of the resource.
updated_at	timestamp with time zone		Timestamp (UTC) of when the health check was updated.
window	bigint		The number of most recent health check queries to keep for this health check.

Export

This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- fastly

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_fastly --config '<your_config>' fastly_health_check