Get started with Health Checks

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

​​ Create a Health Check

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard Open external link and select your account and domain.
2. Go to Traffic > Health Checks.
3. 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.
4. Select Save and Deploy.

​​ Manage Health Checks

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard Open external link 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.