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f5xc_healthcheck Resource - terraform-provider-f5xc

Manages a Healthcheck resource in F5 Distributed Cloud for healthcheck object defines method to determine if the given endpoint is healthy. single healthcheck object can be referred to by one or many cluster objects. configuration.

~> Note For more information about this resource, please refer to the F5 XC API Documentation.

# Healthcheck Resource Example
# Manages a Healthcheck resource in F5 Distributed Cloud for healthcheck object defines method to determine if the given endpoint is healthy. single healthcheck object can be referred to by one or many cluster objects. configuration.
terraform {
required_version = ">= 1.0"
required_providers {
f5xc = {
source = "f5xc-salesdemos/f5xc"
version = ">= 0.1.0"
}
}
}
# Basic Healthcheck configuration
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "example" {
name = "example-healthcheck"
namespace = "staging"
labels = {
environment = "production"
managed_by = "terraform"
}
annotations = {
"owner" = "platform-team"
}
// One of the arguments from this list "http_health_check tcp_health_check udp_icmp_health_check" must be set
http_health_check {
// One of the arguments from this list "host_header use_origin_server_name" must be set
use_origin_server_name {}
path = "/health"
use_http2 = false
expected_status_codes = ["200"]
// One of the arguments from this list "headers request_headers_to_remove" must be set
headers = {
"x-health-check" = "true"
}
}
healthy_threshold = 3
unhealthy_threshold = 3
interval = 15
timeout = 5
}
# The following optional fields have server-applied defaults and can be omitted:
# - jitter_percent

These configurations are extracted from acceptance tests verified against the live F5 XC API.

resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
labels = {
environment = "test"
managed_by = "terraform-acceptance-test"
}
annotations = {
purpose = "acceptance-testing"
owner = "ci-cd"
}
tcp_health_check {}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
http_health_check {
path = "example-value"
host_header = "example.com"
request_headers_to_remove = ["X-Custom-Header", "X-Debug"]
}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
http_health_check {
path = "/health"
host_header = "example.com"
}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
http_health_check {
path = "example-value"
host_header = "example.com"
use_http2 = true
}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
http_health_check {
path = "example-value"
use_origin_server_name {}
}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
http_health_check {
path = "example-value"
host_header = "example.com"
expected_status_codes = ["200", "201", "204"]
}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
http_health_check {
path = "example-value"
host_header = "example.com"
}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 443
unhealthy_threshold = 3
timeout = 5
interval = 15
tcp_health_check {}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
udp_icmp_health_check {}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
annotations = {
key1 = "example-value"
key2 = "example-description"
}
tcp_health_check {}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
description = "example-value"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
tcp_health_check {}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
jitter_percent = 443
tcp_health_check {}
}
resource "f5xc_healthcheck" "test" {
name = "example"
namespace = "system"
healthy_threshold = 1
unhealthy_threshold = 2
timeout = 3
interval = 5
labels = {
environment = "example-value"
managed_by = "example-description"
}
tcp_health_check {}
}

🔶 High Risk Operations — Some operations on this resource have high danger level. Destructive operations may require confirmation.

Required fields:

  • name
  • namespace
  • interval
  • timeout
  • healthy_threshold
  • unhealthy_threshold

Example (API format):

apiVersion: v1
kind: healthcheck
metadata:
name: http-health
namespace: default
spec:
http_health_check:
path: /health
use_origin_server_name: {}
interval: 15
timeout: 3
unhealthy_threshold: 1
healthy_threshold: 3
jitter_percent: 30

name - Required String
Name of the Healthcheck. Must be unique within the namespace

namespace - Required String
Namespace where the Healthcheck will be created

annotations - Optional Map
Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that may be set by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata

description - Optional String
Human readable description for the object

disable - Optional Bool
A value of true will administratively disable the object

labels - Optional Map
Labels is a user defined key value map that can be attached to resources for organization and filtering

healthy_threshold - Required Number
Number of successful responses before declaring healthy. In other words, this is the number of healthy health checks required before a host is marked healthy. Note that during startup, only a single successful health check is required to mark a host healthy. Recommended: 3

-> One of the following:http_health_check - Optional Block
Healthy if ‘GET’ method on URL ‘HTTP(s)://<host>/<path>’ with optional ‘<header>’ returns success. ‘host’ is not used for DNS resolution. It is used as HTTP Header in the request
See HTTP Health Check below for details.

tcp_health_check - Optional Block
Healthy if TCP connection is successful and response payload matches <expected_response>
See TCP Health Check below for details.

udp_icmp_health_check - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for UDP ICMP health check

interval - Required Number
Time interval in seconds between two healthcheck requests. Recommended: 15

jitter_percent - Optional Number Defaults to 0
Add a random amount of time as a percent value to the interval between successive healthcheck requests. Recommended: 30 ⚙️ Server Default

timeout - Required Number
Timeout in seconds to wait for successful response. In other words, it is the time to wait for a health check response. If the timeout is reached the health check attempt will be considered a failure. Recommended: 3

timeouts - Optional Block
See Timeouts below for details.

unhealthy_threshold - Required Number
Number of failed responses before declaring unhealthy. In other words, this is the number of unhealthy health checks required before a host is marked unhealthy. Note that for HTTP health checkingg if a host responds with 503 this threshold is ignored and the host is considered unhealthy immediately. Recommended: 1

In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:

id - Optional String
Unique identifier for the resource


A http_health_check block supports the following:

expected_response - Optional String
Raw bytes expected in the response of HTTP health check. Input is to be given in Hex encoded format. If left empty, then response body is not considered for evaluating health check status

expected_status_codes - Optional List
Specifies a list of HTTP response status codes considered healthy. To treat default HTTP expected status code 200 as healthy, user has to configure it explicitly. This is a list of strings, each of which is single HTTP status code or a range with start and end values separated by ’-’

headers - Optional Block
Specifies a list of HTTP headers that should be added to each request that is sent to the health checked cluster. This is a list of key-value pairs

host_header - Optional String
The value of the host header

path - Optional String
Specifies the HTTP path that will be requested during health checkingg

request_headers_to_remove - Optional List
Specifies a list of HTTP headers that should be removed from each request that is sent to the health checked cluster. This is a list of keys of headers

use_http2 - Optional Bool Defaults to false
If set, health checks will be made using HTTP/2

use_origin_server_name - Optional Block
Enable this option

A tcp_health_check block supports the following:

expected_response - Optional String
Raw bytes expected in the request. Describes the encoding of the payload bytes in the payload. Hex encoded payload

send_payload - Optional String
Raw bytes sent in the request. Empty payloads imply a connect-only health check. Describes the encoding of the payload bytes in the payload. Hex encoded payload

A timeouts block supports the following:

create - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when creating the resource

delete - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when deleting the resource

read - Optional String (Defaults to 5 minutes)
Used when retrieving the resource

update - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when updating the resource


The following type definitions are used throughout this resource. See the full definition here rather than repeated inline.

Object Reference {#common-object-reference}

Section titled “Object Reference {#common-object-reference}”

Object references establish a direct reference from one configuration object to another in F5 Distributed Cloud. References use the format tenant/namespace/name.

FieldTypeDescription
nameStringName of the referenced object
namespaceStringNamespace containing the referenced object
tenantStringTenant of the referenced object (system-managed)

Transformers apply transformations to input values before matching. Multiple transformers can be applied in order.

ValueDescription
LOWER_CASEConvert to lowercase
UPPER_CASEConvert to uppercase
BASE64_DECODEDecodebase64 content
NORMALIZE_PATHNormalize URL path
REMOVE_WHITESPACERemove whitespace characters
URL_DECODEDecode URL-encoded characters
TRIM_LEFTTrim leading whitespace
TRIM_RIGHTTrim trailing whitespace
TRIMTrim both leading and trailing whitespace

HTTP methods used for request matching.

ValueDescription
ANYMatch any HTTP method
GETHTTP GET request
HEADHTTP HEAD request
POSTHTTP POST request
PUTHTTP PUT request
DELETEHTTP DELETE request
CONNECTHTTP CONNECT request
OPTIONSHTTP OPTIONS request
TRACEHTTP TRACE request
PATCHHTTP PATCH request
COPYHTTP COPY request (WebDAV)

TLS Fingerprints {#common-tls-fingerprints}

Section titled “TLS Fingerprints {#common-tls-fingerprints}”

TLS fingerprint categories for malicious client detection.

ValueDescription
TLS_FINGERPRINT_NONENo fingerprint matching
ANY_MALICIOUS_FINGERPRINTMatch any known malicious fingerprint
ADWAREAdware-associated fingerprints
DRIDEXDridex malware fingerprints
GOOTKITGootkit malware fingerprints
RANSOMWARERansomware-associated fingerprints
TRICKBOTTrickbot malware fingerprints

IP Threat Categories {#common-ip-threat-categories}

Section titled “IP Threat Categories {#common-ip-threat-categories}”

IP address threat categories for security filtering.

ValueDescription
SPAM_SOURCESKnown spam sources
WINDOWS_EXPLOITSWindows exploit sources
WEB_ATTACKSWeb attack sources
BOTNETSKnown botnet IPs
SCANNERSNetwork scanner IPs
REPUTATIONPoor reputation IPs
PHISHINGPhishing-related IPs
PROXYAnonymous proxy IPs
MOBILE_THREATSMobile threat sources
TOR_PROXYTor exit nodes
DENIAL_OF_SERVICEDoS attack sources
NETWORKKnown bad network ranges

Import is supported using the following syntax:

Terminal window
# Import using namespace/name format
terraform import f5xc_healthcheck.example system/example