diff --git a/docs/deployment/zero-downtime-deploys.md b/docs/deployment/zero-downtime-deploys.md index cd3c35e9d..2ef058901 100644 --- a/docs/deployment/zero-downtime-deploys.md +++ b/docs/deployment/zero-downtime-deploys.md @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ dokku config:set DOKKU_WAIT_TO_RETIRE=120 > Note that during this time, multiple containers may be running on your server, which can be an issue for memory-hungry applications on memory-constrained servers. +## Manually Invoking Checks + Checks can also be manually invoked via the `checks:run` command. This can be used to check the status of an application via cron to provide integration with external healthchecking software. Checks are run against a specific application: @@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ dokku checks:run APP web.3 Invalid container id specified (APP.web.3) ``` -## Checks +## Customizing Checks If your application needs a longer period to boot up - perhaps to load data into memory, or because of slow boot time - you may also use dokku's `checks` functionality to more precisely check whether an application can serve traffic or not.