Monitoring Chef Automate

Overview

The /status endpoint is an authenticated API endpoint for users who want to monitor their Automate installation by connecting to an http endpoint. Previously, users ran the chef-automate status command from the Automate node itself to monitor an Automate installation.

Checking the status endpoint

The authenticated endpoint /status provides status for the overall Chef Automate installation as well as its component services. When all Chef Automate component services are up, /status returns a response code of 200. Otherwise, /status returns 500.

To use /status, set up an authentication token that can be used with your monitoring system by following the steps below:

Generate a token:

chef-automate iam token create --id <token-id> <token-name>

Create a policy that allows your created token to access the /status endpoint.

curl -k -H "api-token: <admin-token>" -d '{ "name": "Monitoring", "id": "monitoring", "members": [ "token:<token-id>" ], "statements": [ { "effect": "ALLOW", "actions": [ "system:status:get" ], "projects": [ "*" ] } ] }' -X POST https://automate.example.com/apis/iam/v2/policies?pretty

Test that your token and policy give you access to the /status endpoint by running the following command:
```
curl -k -H "api-token: <token-id>" https://automate.example.com/api/v0/status?pretty
```

The output appears in the following JSON format:

    {
      "ok": true,
      "services": [
        {
          "name": "deployment-service",
          "status": "OK"
        },
        {
          "name": "backup-gateway",
          "status": "OK"
        },
        {
          "name": "automate-postgresql",
          "status": "OK"
        },
        ...
      ]
    }

After establishing your authentication token and confirming access, connect to the /status endpoint.