Falco

Falco Health API

Health check endpoints

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Documentation
https://falco.org/docs/

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/falco/refs/heads/main/openapi/falco-health-api-openapi.yml

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/falco/refs/heads/main/json-schema/falco-alert-output.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/falco/refs/heads/main/json-schema/falco-rules.json

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https://falco.org/docs/reference/

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OpenAPI Specification

falco-health-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Falco HTTP Health API
  description: The Falco HTTP API provides health check, version, and rules management endpoints for the Falco cloud-native runtime security engine. Falco uses eBPF to detect unexpected application behavior and alerts on threats at runtime. This API is served by the Falco web server when enabled via configuration.
  version: 0.39.0
  contact:
    name: Falco Community
    url: https://falco.org
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8765
  description: Default Falco web server
tags:
- name: Health
  description: Health check endpoints
paths:
  /healthz:
    get:
      operationId: getHealthz
      summary: Falco Health check
      description: Returns the health status of the Falco engine. Returns 200 OK when Falco is running and healthy. Used by orchestrators such as Kubernetes for liveness and readiness probes.
      tags:
      - Health
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Falco is healthy and running
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: ok
        '503':
          description: Falco is not healthy
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: unhealthy