# Strange healthcheck behaviour **URL:** \ **Category:** Traefik v2\ **Tags:** ping, cli\ **Created:** [November 15, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957 "2019-11-15T07:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vbessonov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b3f665/32.png) [@vbessonov](https://community.traefik.io/u/vbessonov)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/1 "2019-11-15T07:43:52Z")
Hello! I am trying to set up a healthcheck for cli (traefik healthcheck) but it fails for some reason with 404 error. I have the following global config: ```auto [global] checkNewVersion = true [providers] providersThrottleDuration = 10 [providers.docker] endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock" useBindPortIP = false exposedByDefault = false swarmMode = true watch = true [providers.file] directory = "/etc/traefik/services" filename = "dynamic.toml" watch = true [api] dashboard = true insecure = false [ping] entryPoint = "ping" [log] format = "common" level = "ERROR" [entryPoints] [entryPoints.web] address = ":80" [entryPoints.websecure] address = ":443" [entryPoints.traefik] address = ":8080" [entryPoints.ping] address = ":8082" [entryPoints.metrics] address = ":8083" [certificatesResolvers.default.acme] email = "admin@CHANGE.ME" storage = "/etc/traefik/acme/acme.json" caServer = "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory" keytype = "EC256" [certificatesResolvers.default.acme.tlsChallenge] [tls.options] [tls.options.default] minVersion = "VersionTLS12" [tls.options.mintls13] minVersion = "VersionTLS13" [metrics] [metrics.prometheus] buckets = [0.1,0.3,1.2,5.0] addEntryPointsLabels = true addServicesLabels = true entryPoint = "metrics" ``` I am running latest traefik:montdor (2.0.5) in docker with bind-mounted file config and no arguments. Now, when I get into container with docker exec and try probe the health with > traefik healthcheck I get this: ```auto INFO[0000] Configuration loaded from file: /etc/traefik/traefik.toml Bad healthcheck status: 404 Not Found ``` Of course I can manually wget localhost:8082/ping and it returns my 200 code, but why the cli command is failing? Am I doing something wrong? ---
**Author:** ![jbd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/jbd/32/341_2.png) [@jbd](https://community.traefik.io/u/jbd)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/2 "2019-11-19T11:18:50Z")
Hi @vbessonov, The healthcheck command uses the [static configuration](https://docs.traefik.io/v2.0/getting-started/configuration-overview/#the-static-configuration) to know how to reach the ping endpoint. The entrypoint configured in the static configuration wasn't applied, a PR [https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/5867](https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/5867) will fix the issue. Some comments on your configuration: - If you define a `directory` in the `providers.file`, all files in this directory will be loaded, you can't specify a filename. - The `tls.options` is a dynamic configuration and you defined it in the static configuration. You need to move it in your dynamic configuration. ---
**Author:** ![zespri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/zespri/32/310_2.png) [@zespri](https://community.traefik.io/u/zespri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/3 "2019-11-19T19:18:37Z")
@jpd what confuses me about `traefik healthcheck` is that it seems that it only works if you give the same configuration to the traefik you are checking and the traefik you are checking the first traefik with. So if your traefik instance runs with, say command line paramters that were supplied in docker-compose, you will need the same parameter with `healthcheck`? At this point `curl` works as well... ---
**Author:** ![ldez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/ldez/32/5_2.png) [@ldez](https://community.traefik.io/u/ldez)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/4 "2019-11-19T20:46:12Z")
@zespri the command has been created for the v1 where the default Docker image was a `FROM SCRATCH` image: no curl. ---
**Author:** ![zespri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/zespri/32/310_2.png) [@zespri](https://community.traefik.io/u/zespri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/5 "2019-11-19T20:53:04Z")
Thank you. Not directly related and very minor: the docs for healthcheck say `healthcheck [command]` but there is no commands healthcheck accepts, at least nothing obvious. ---
**Author:** ![ldez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/ldez/32/5_2.png) [@ldez](https://community.traefik.io/u/ldez)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/6 "2019-11-19T20:59:05Z")
This doc section have been generated based on the CLI help, so it's just a generic help. ---
**Author:** ![vbessonov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b3f665/32.png) [@vbessonov](https://community.traefik.io/u/vbessonov)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/7 "2019-11-20T07:15:41Z")
Oh, thank you! One more thing. I'm not sure I am getting this "dynamic/static" correctly. Am I right if I say that traefik.toml palced in /etc/traefik and loaded on traefik loading (with entrypoints and some basic config) is static and pluggable file (like dynamic.toml in my config above) is dynamic? So I should move all the [tls.options] block to that dynamic.toml file? ---
**Author:** ![jbd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/jbd/32/341_2.png) [@jbd](https://community.traefik.io/u/jbd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/8 "2019-11-20T08:29:53Z")
Yes, the `traefik.toml` will be used as default configuration and contains the static configuration. It will be loaded once at startup. And yes, you have to move the `tls.options` configuration to your dynamic.toml file or to any configuration file that is watched by the `File Provider`. You can find more details in the [documentation](https://docs.traefik.io/v2.0/getting-started/configuration-overview/). ---
**Author:** ![PackElend](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/packelend/32/1178_2.png) [@PackElend](https://community.traefik.io/u/PackElend)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/strange-healthcheck-behaviour/2957/9 "2019-12-31T18:10:34Z")
Hi there, I still don't get it. I have a traefik container running started by means of a `docker-compose` file and do later on ```auto root@Ubuntu18:~# docker exec -it traefik traefik healthcheck --ping INFO[0000] Configuration loaded from flags. Bad healthcheck status: 404 Not Found ``` how can I pass the test?