Load Balancer Health Check
/ləʊd ˈbælənsər helθ tʃek/
Definition
Periodic probes from a load balancer to each backend instance to determine if it can receive traffic.
Example in context
"The ALB sends a GET /healthz every 10 seconds — two consecutive failures removes the instance from rotation."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master Load Balancer Health Check in context by working through exercises in the Cloud Infrastructure module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.