Kubernetes health probes

This page describes how to configure Kubernetes liveness, readiness, and startup probes for Valtimo.

Enabling readiness based on startup completion

By default the application reports itself as ready before startup has fully completed. Follow these steps so Kubernetes only routes traffic to a pod once it has finished starting up.

1. Enable the health probes

   For a custom application, enable the management health probes (also enabled automatically when running in Kubernetes):

   management:
       endpoint:
           health:
               probes:
                   enabled: true

2. Add the bootstrap check to the readiness and startup groups

   For a custom application add:

   management:
       endpoint:
           health:
               group:
                   readiness:
                       include: readinessState,bootstrap
                   startup:
                       include: readinessState,bootstrap

3. Point the Kubernetes probes at the health groups

   In your deployment (for example your Helm chart), set:

   • readinessProbe → /management/health/readiness

   • startupProbe → /management/health/startup

   Leave the livenessProbe unchanged.