Merge pull request #1811 from alphagov/add-http-healthchecks

Add http health-check for the api app

app/status/healthcheck.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ status = Blueprint('status', __name__)
 
 @status.route('/_status', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def show_status():
-    if request.args.get('elb', None):
+    if request.args.get('simple', None):
         return jsonify(status="ok"), 200
     else:
         return jsonify(

manifest-api-base.yml

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ memory: 1G
 
 applications:
   - name: notify-api
+    health-check-type: http
+    health-check-http-endpoint: /_status?simple=true
 
   - name: notify-api-db-migration
     command: sleep infinity