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This guide will get you started with creating and managing configured Health Checks.

Create a Health Check

  1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the Health Checks page.

    Go to Health Checks

  2. Select Create and fill out the form, paying special attention to:

    • The values for Interval and Check regions, because decreasing the Interval and increasing Check regions may increase the load on your origin server.
    • Retries, which specify the number of retries to attempt in case of a timeout before marking the origin as unhealthy.

  3. Select Save and Deploy.

Manage Health Checks

  1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account and domain.
  2. Go to Traffic > Health Checks.
  3. Navigate to your health check and select Edit.
  4. Edit your Health Check.
  5. Select Save.