From eea0029f2dd591cd1f9227ef1337adb88b678b8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Breen Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:54:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add a bit more detail around checks and clarify some language. --- website/source/docs/agent/checks.html.markdown | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/checks.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/agent/checks.html.markdown index 2ec67e973b..c3bf9449c6 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/checks.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/checks.html.markdown @@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ description: |- # Checks -One of the primary roles of the agent is management of system- and application-level health +One of the primary roles of the agent is management of system-level and application-level health checks. A health check is considered to be application-level if it is associated with a -service. A check is defined in a configuration file or added at runtime over the HTTP interface. +service. If not associated with a service, the check monitors the health of the entire node. + +A check is defined in a configuration file or added at runtime over the HTTP interface. Checks +created via the HTTP interface persist across runs of the Consul agent on that node. There are three different kinds of checks: