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How can I use Kubernetes Python API to check health endpoints?

I'm seeking the answer regarding how to use the Kubernetes Python API to check health

I am using:

kubectl get --raw='/readyz?verbose'
Solution

  • kubectl get --raw='/readyz?verbose' is probing the /readyz endpoint of the Kubernetes apiserver.

    If you want to check the current running and ready state of a Pod and its containers, you can look at the Pod's status.Conditions and status.ContainerStatuses field.

    If you want to probe the health endpoints of a container directly, you can use kubectl proxy or kubectl port-forward to open a proxy connection into the Pod's network namespace, then probe the health endpoint through that proxy.