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page_title: "Google: google_compute_https_health_check"
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  Manages an HTTPS Health Check within GCE.
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# google\_compute\_https\_health\_check

Manages an HTTPS health check within GCE. This is used to monitor instances
behind load balancers. Timeouts or HTTPS errors cause the instance to be
removed from the pool. For more information, see [the official
documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/health-checks#legacy_health_checks)
and
[API](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/httpsHealthChecks).

~> **Note:** HTTPSHealthChecks/HttpHealthChecks are legacy health checks. The newer [google_compute_health_check](/docs/providers/google/r/compute_health_check.html) should be preferred for all uses except except [Network Load Balancers](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/network/) which still require the legacy HttpHealthChecks.

## Example Usage

```hcl
resource "google_compute_https_health_check" "default" {
  name         = "test"
  request_path = "/health_check"

  timeout_sec        = 1
  check_interval_sec = 1
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `name` - (Required) A unique name for the resource, required by GCE. Changing
    this forces a new resource to be created.

- - -

* `check_interval_sec` - (Optional) How often to poll each instance (default 5).

* `description` - (Optional) Textual description field.

* `healthy_threshold` - (Optional) Consecutive successes required (default 2).

* `host` - (Optional) HTTPS host header field (default instance's public ip).

* `port` - (Optional) TCP port to connect to (default 443).

* `project` - (Optional) The ID of the project in which the resource belongs. If it
    is not provided, the provider project is used.

* `request_path` - (Optional) URL path to query (default /).

* `timeout_sec` - (Optional) How long before declaring failure (default 5).

* `unhealthy_threshold` - (Optional) Consecutive failures required (default 2).


## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

* `creation_timestamp` - Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

* `self_link` - The URL of the created resource.

## Timeouts

This resource provides the following
[Timeouts](/docs/configuration/resources.html#timeouts) configuration options:

- `create` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `update` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `delete` - Default is 4 minutes.

## Import

HTTPS health checks can be imported using the `name`, e.g.

```
$ terraform import google_compute_https_health_check.default test
```