IBM WebSphere Health API

MicroProfile Health Check API

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websphere-health-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Open Liberty APIs Applications Health API
  description: Open Liberty provides application programming interfaces that extend and complement Jakarta EE and MicroProfile APIs. Includes APIs for security, admin connectors, batch processing, messaging, health checking, metrics, OpenAPI documentation, and more. Open Liberty is the open-source foundation for WebSphere Liberty.
  version: 24.0.0
  license:
    name: Eclipse Public License 1.0
    url: https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  contact:
    name: Open Liberty Community
    url: https://openliberty.io/
servers:
- url: https://localhost:9443
  description: Default Open Liberty Server
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Health
  description: MicroProfile Health Check API
paths:
  /health:
    get:
      operationId: getOverallHealth
      summary: Get Overall Health Status
      description: Returns the overall health check status including all readiness and liveness checks.
      tags:
      - Health
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All health checks passed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getoverallhealth200Example:
                  summary: Default getOverallHealth 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
        '503':
          description: One or more health checks failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getoverallhealth503Example:
                  summary: Default getOverallHealth 503 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /health/ready:
    get:
      operationId: getReadiness
      summary: Get Readiness Status
      description: Returns readiness check results indicating whether the server is ready to accept traffic.
      tags:
      - Health
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server is ready
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getreadiness200Example:
                  summary: Default getReadiness 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
        '503':
          description: Server is not ready
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getreadiness503Example:
                  summary: Default getReadiness 503 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /health/live:
    get:
      operationId: getLiveness
      summary: Get Liveness Status
      description: Returns liveness check results indicating whether the server is alive and running.
      tags:
      - Health
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server is alive
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getliveness200Example:
                  summary: Default getLiveness 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
        '503':
          description: Server is not alive
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getliveness503Example:
                  summary: Default getLiveness 503 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /health/started:
    get:
      operationId: getStarted
      summary: Get Startup Status
      description: Returns startup check results indicating whether the server has completed startup.
      tags:
      - Health
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server has started
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getstarted200Example:
                  summary: Default getStarted 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
        '503':
          description: Server has not started
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthCheckResponse'
              examples:
                Getstarted503Example:
                  summary: Default getStarted 503 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    status: UP
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: UP
                      data: example_value
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /health/servers/{serverId}:
    get:
      operationId: getServerHealth
      summary: Get Server Health Status
      description: Returns health information for a specific managed server.
      tags:
      - Health
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/serverId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server health status
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServerHealth'
              examples:
                Getserverhealth200Example:
                  summary: Default getServerHealth 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    serverId: '500123'
                    serverName: example_value
                    status: healthy
                    uptime: 10
                    cpuUsage: 42.5
                    memoryUsage: 42.5
                    openVulnerabilities: 10
                    lastHealthCheck: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                    checks:
                    - name: Example Title
                      status: pass
                      message: example_value
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication required
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    serverId:
      name: serverId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Managed server identifier
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    ServerHealth:
      type: object
      properties:
        serverId:
          type: string
          example: '500123'
        serverName:
          type: string
          example: example_value
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - healthy
          - warning
          - critical
          example: healthy
        uptime:
          type: integer
          description: Uptime in seconds
          example: 10
        cpuUsage:
          type: number
          description: CPU usage percentage
          example: 42.5
        memoryUsage:
          type: number
          description: Memory usage percentage
          example: 42.5
        openVulnerabilities:
          type: integer
          example: 10
        lastHealthCheck:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        checks:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - pass
                - warn
                - fail
              message:
                type: string
          example: []
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: example_value
        message:
          type: string
          example: example_value
      required:
      - code
      - message
    HealthCheckResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - UP
          - DOWN
          example: UP
        checks:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: Health check name
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - UP
                - DOWN
              data:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
                description: Additional health check data
          example: []
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication
    jwtAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: MicroProfile JWT authentication
externalDocs:
  description: Open Liberty API Reference
  url: https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/reference/api/open-liberty-apis.html