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Workspace API Connect
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Created on Oct 7, 2026

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API Connect - DataPower Liveness Probe - Use /webapi-init-check

Background:

It seems that by default, API Connect is using /healthz and the liveness probe health check endpoint.  This returns ready prior to all of the DataPower configuration being applied and being fully ready.  This is causing Openshift to send traffic to the (not-yet-ready) DataPower pods, which causes brief, intermittent outages for our clients.

API Connect has a /webapi-init-check endpoint that only returns ready once all of the configuration has been applied.

 

Request:

Update API Connect to configure the DataPowerService to use the /webapi-init-check health check endpoint instead of the /healthz endpoint.

 

Links:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/datapower-operator/1.18.x?topic=spec-readinessprobe
"As a best-practice, the readinessProbe should be customized such that it probes a real service within your DataPower configuration. This way, the DataPower pods will not become Ready and begin to receive traffic until the service being probed is up and handling requests."

 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-properly-health-check-api-connect-gateway?view=full
"The API gateway (which handles client API requests) also has a built-in URI: https://apigw:9443/webapi-init-check
This URI returns HTTP 200 when all the catalogs have been loaded. This is the preferred way to check if the gateway is ready to take traffic."

 

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