From 89c7a87af2a8c346d0958fb362d3d8aed44806e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Hemsted <leo.hemsted@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 14:50:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use http healthcheck

prevents traffic being routed to apps that haven't warmed up yet
---
 app/status/views/healthcheck.py | 2 +-
 manifest.yml.j2                 | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/status/views/healthcheck.py b/app/status/views/healthcheck.py
index ad4024335..89a37f58e 100644
--- a/app/status/views/healthcheck.py
+++ b/app/status/views/healthcheck.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from app.status import status
 
 @status.route('/_status', methods=['GET'])
 def show_status():
-    if request.args.get('elb', None):
+    if request.args.get('elb', None) or request.args.get('simple', None):
         return jsonify(status="ok"), 200
     else:
         try:
diff --git a/manifest.yml.j2 b/manifest.yml.j2
index ccf758095..17ee33f37 100644
--- a/manifest.yml.j2
+++ b/manifest.yml.j2
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ applications:
       - route: {{ route }}
       {%- endfor %}
 
+    health-check-type: http
+    health-check-http-endpoint: '/_status?simple=true'
+
     services:
       - logit-ssl-syslog-drain