# CoreDNS Health API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/coredns/coredns-health-api/  
**Provider:** CoreDNS — https://apis.io/providers/coredns/  
**Base URL:** http://localhost:8080  
**Documentation:** https://coredns.io/manual/toc/

CoreDNS Health API is one of 5 APIs that [CoreDNS](https://apis.io/providers/coredns/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Health. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Health check endpoints used by Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes to assess the operational state of the CoreDNS process.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/coredns/refs/heads/main/openapi/coredns-health-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://coredns.io/plugins/health/
- **ReadyDocumentation** — https://coredns.io/plugins/ready/
- **Rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/coredns/refs/heads/main/rules/coredns-health-rules.yml
- **Documentation** — https://coredns.io/plugins/metrics/
- **Rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/coredns/refs/heads/main/rules/coredns-metrics-rules.yml

## Other CoreDNS APIs (4)

- [CoreDNS DNS Interface](https://apis.io/apis/coredns/coredns-dns-api/)
- [CoreDNS Plugin API](https://apis.io/apis/coredns/coredns-plugin-api/)
- [CoreDNS Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/coredns/coredns-metrics-api/)
- [CoreDNS Ready API](https://apis.io/apis/coredns/coredns-ready-api/)

## Tags

Health

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/coredns/coredns-health-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/coredns/.