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# Get load balancer pool health monitor

> Returns the health monitor configured for a load balancer pool, including its type,
check intervals, timeouts, and the thresholds used to mark pool members as healthy or
unhealthy. Returns 404 if the pool has no health monitor attached.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/services_docs_mintlify_enriched/cloud_api.yaml get /cloud/v1/lbpools/{project_id}/{region_id}/{pool_id}/healthmonitor
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Gcore OpenAPI – Cloud API
  description: >-
    This OpenAPI is an aggregated OpenAPI specification that unifies all Gcore
    products into a single file. It covers Cloud, CDN, DNS, WAAP, DDoS
    Protection, Object Storage, Streaming, and FastEdge services.
  version: 94c311356ef5
servers:
  - url: https://api.gcore.com
security:
  - APIKey: []
tags:
  - name: Bare Metal
  - name: Container as a Service
  - name: Cost Reports
  - name: DDoS Protection
  - name: Everywhere Inference
  - name: Everywhere Inference Apps
  - name: File Shares
  - name: Floating IPs
  - name: Function as a Service
  - name: GPU Bare Metal
  - name: GPU Virtual
  - name: IP Ranges
  - name: Images
  - name: Instances
  - name: Load Balancers
  - name: Logging
  - name: Managed Kubernetes
  - name: Managed PostgreSQL
  - name: Networks
  - name: Placement Groups
  - name: Ports
  - name: Pricing
  - name: Projects
  - name: Quotas
  - name: Regions
  - name: Registry
  - name: Reservations
  - name: Reserved IPs
  - name: Routers
  - name: SSH Keys
  - name: Secrets
  - name: Security Groups
  - name: Snapshot Schedules
  - name: Snapshots
  - name: Tasks
  - name: User Actions
  - name: User Role Assignments
  - name: Volumes
paths:
  /cloud/v1/lbpools/{project_id}/{region_id}/{pool_id}/healthmonitor:
    get:
      tags:
        - Load Balancers
      summary: Get load balancer pool health monitor
      description: >-
        Returns the health monitor configured for a load balancer pool,
        including its type,

        check intervals, timeouts, and the thresholds used to mark pool members
        as healthy or

        unhealthy. Returns 404 if the pool has no health monitor attached.
      operationId: LoadBalancerPoolInstanceHealthMonitorViewSet.get
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: project_id
          required: true
          description: Project ID
          schema:
            description: Project ID
            example: 1
            examples:
              - 1
            title: Project Id
            type: integer
        - in: path
          name: region_id
          required: true
          description: Region ID
          schema:
            description: Region ID
            example: 1
            examples:
              - 1
            exclusiveMinimum: 0
            title: Region Id
            type: integer
        - in: path
          name: pool_id
          required: true
          description: Pool ID
          schema:
            description: Pool ID
            example: 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
            examples:
              - 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
            format: uuid4
            title: Pool Id
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Load balancer health monitor
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LbHealthMonitorSerializer'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemBadRequestOnReadWithLegacyKeys'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemUnauthorizedWithLegacyKeys'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemForbiddenWithLegacyKeys'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemNotFoundWithLegacyKeys'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemConflictWithLegacyKeys'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemInternalServerErrorWithLegacyKeys'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ProblemServiceUnavailableWithLegacyKeys'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: Python
          source: >-
            import os

            from gcore import Gcore


            client = Gcore(
                api_key=os.environ.get("GCORE_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )

            health_monitor =
            client.cloud.load_balancers.pools.health_monitors.get(
                pool_id="00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
                project_id=1,
                region_id=1,
            )

            print(health_monitor.id)
        - lang: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/G-Core/gcore-go\"\n\t\"github.com/G-Core/gcore-go/cloud\"\n\t\"github.com/G-Core/gcore-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := gcore.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithAPIKey(\"My API Key\"),\n\t)\n\thealthMonitor, err := client.Cloud.LoadBalancers.Pools.HealthMonitors.Get(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000\",\n\t\tcloud.LoadBalancerPoolHealthMonitorGetParams{\n\t\t\tProjectID: gcore.Int(1),\n\t\t\tRegionID:  gcore.Int(1),\n\t\t},\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", healthMonitor.ID)\n}\n"
components:
  schemas:
    LbHealthMonitorSerializer:
      properties:
        admin_state_up:
          description: >-
            Administrative state of the resource. When set to true, the resource
            is enabled and operational. When set to false, the resource is
            disabled and will not process traffic. Defaults to true.
          example: false
          examples:
            - false
          title: Admin State Up
          type: boolean
        delay:
          description: The time, in seconds, between sending probes to members
          example: 10
          examples:
            - 10
          maximum: 2147483647
          minimum: 1
          title: Delay
          type: integer
        domain_name:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            Domain name for HTTP host header. Can only be used together with
            `HTTP` or `HTTPS` health monitor type.
          examples:
            - example.com
          title: Domain Name
        expected_codes:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            Expected HTTP response codes. Can be a single code, a
            comma-separated list of codes, or a single range of codes. Can only
            be used together with `HTTP` or `HTTPS` health monitor type. For
            example, 200, 200,202,401,403,404, or 200-204. If not specified, the
            default is 200. Null for non-HTTP(S) health monitor types.
          examples:
            - 200,301,302
          title: Expected Codes
        http_method:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpMethodEnum'
            - type: 'null'
          description: HTTP method. Null for non-HTTP(S) health monitor types.
          examples:
            - GET
        http_version:
          anyOf:
            - enum:
                - '1.0'
                - '1.1'
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            HTTP version. Can only be used together with `HTTP` or `HTTPS`
            health monitor type.
          examples:
            - '1.1'
            - '1.0'
          title: Http Version
        id:
          description: Health monitor ID
          example: 2eb5823b-9cdc-45cd-97c0-c95cc2278422
          examples:
            - 2eb5823b-9cdc-45cd-97c0-c95cc2278422
          format: uuid4
          title: Id
          type: string
        max_retries:
          description: Number of successes before the member is switched to ONLINE state
          example: 2
          examples:
            - 2
          maximum: 10
          minimum: 1
          title: Max Retries
          type: integer
        max_retries_down:
          description: Number of failures before the member is switched to ERROR state
          example: 3
          examples:
            - 3
          maximum: 10
          minimum: 1
          title: Max Retries Down
          type: integer
        operating_status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperatingStatusEnum'
          description: Health Monitor operating status
          examples:
            - ONLINE
            - DRAINING
            - OFFLINE
            - DEGRADED
            - ERROR
            - NO_MONITOR
        provisioning_status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvisioningStatusEnum'
          description: Health monitor lifecycle status
          examples:
            - ACTIVE
        timeout:
          description: The maximum time to connect. Must be less than the delay value
          example: 5
          examples:
            - 5
          maximum: 2147483
          minimum: 0
          title: Timeout
          type: integer
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthMonitorTypeEnum'
          description: >-
            Health monitor type. Once health monitor is created, cannot be
            changed.
          examples:
            - HTTP
        url_path:
          anyOf:
            - minLength: 1
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            URL Path. Defaults to '/'. Null for non-HTTP(S) health monitor
            types.
          examples:
            - /
          title: Url Path
      required:
        - delay
        - max_retries
        - timeout
        - id
        - type
        - max_retries_down
        - http_method
        - url_path
        - expected_codes
        - operating_status
        - provisioning_status
        - admin_state_up
        - http_version
        - domain_name
      title: LbHealthMonitorSerializer
      type: object
    HttpMethodEnum:
      enum:
        - CONNECT
        - DELETE
        - GET
        - HEAD
        - OPTIONS
        - PATCH
        - POST
        - PUT
        - TRACE
      title: HttpMethodEnum
      type: string
    OperatingStatusEnum:
      enum:
        - DEGRADED
        - DRAINING
        - ERROR
        - NO_MONITOR
        - OFFLINE
        - ONLINE
      title: OperatingStatusEnum
      type: string
    ProvisioningStatusEnum:
      enum:
        - ACTIVE
        - DELETED
        - ERROR
        - PENDING_CREATE
        - PENDING_DELETE
        - PENDING_UPDATE
      title: ProvisioningStatusEnum
      type: string
    HealthMonitorTypeEnum:
      enum:
        - HTTP
        - HTTPS
        - K8S
        - PING
        - TCP
        - TLS-HELLO
        - UDP-CONNECT
      title: HealthMonitorTypeEnum
      type: string
    ProblemWithLegacyKeys:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        The error body of an endpoint that was released before the problem body.
        The old keys stay

        next to the problem fields until the endpoint is removed.
      properties:
        context:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemContext'
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: >-
            Data for the `type`. Absent on a type without context keys, and on a
            `not-found` for an unknown URL.
        detail:
          description: The facts of this occurrence.
          title: Detail
          type: string
        errors:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemError'
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: >-
            One item for each invalid input. Only on `validation-error`, and
            absent when no single input is wrong.
          title: Errors
        exception_class:
          deprecated: true
          description: The old name of the error. Use `type`.
          title: Exception Class
          type: string
        hint:
          description: What to do next.
          title: Hint
          type: string
        info:
          default: null
          deprecated: true
          description: Old data about the error. Use `context`.
          title: Info
        invalid_fields:
          default: null
          deprecated: true
          description: The old list of the invalid inputs. Use `errors`.
          title: Invalid Fields
        message:
          deprecated: true
          description: The old text of the error. Use `detail`.
          title: Message
          type: string
        request_id:
          description: >-
            ID of the request. The response also sends it in the `X-Request-Id`
            header. Quote it to support.
          title: Request Id
          type: string
        status:
          description: Copy of the HTTP status code.
          title: Status
          type: integer
        title:
          description: Fixed sentence for the `type`.
          title: Title
          type: string
        trace_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            W3C trace ID from the `traceparent` of the request. Null when the
            request has no valid `traceparent`.
          title: Trace Id
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemType'
          description: >-
            Stable error code in kebab-case, such as `not-found`. Clients branch
            on it. It is not `errors[].code`, which names what is wrong with one
            input in `snake_case`, such as `not_found`.
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
        - detail
        - hint
        - request_id
        - trace_id
        - exception_class
        - message
      title: ProblemWithLegacyKeys
      type: object
    ProblemContext:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Data for the `type`. One flat object shared by all types. Each `type`
        always sends the same keys, and a key that the server cannot fill is
        `null`. The keys of each type:

        - `resource-in-use`: `blocking_resources`, `blocking_count`

        - `quota-exceeded`: `quotas`

        - `not-available`: `reason`, `region_id`, `resource_type`, `resource_id`

        - `permission-denied`: `operation`, `client_id`, `project_id`

        - `not-found`: `resource_type`, `resource_id`

        - `method-not-allowed`: `allowed_methods`

        - `resource-busy`: `resource_type`, `resource_id`, `resource_status`

        - `rate-limited`: `retry_after`

        - `service-unavailable`: `retry_after`

        The other types send no `context`, and neither does a `not-found` for an
        unknown URL.
      properties:
        allowed_methods:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                type: string
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: Methods that the endpoint supports.
          title: Allowed Methods
        blocking_count:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: Total number of blocking resources.
          title: Blocking Count
        blocking_resources:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemBlockingResource'
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: At most 50 resources that block the request.
          title: Blocking Resources
        client_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: The account of the operation.
          title: Client Id
        operation:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: Name of the operation that the credentials lack.
          title: Operation
        project_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: The project of the operation.
          title: Project Id
        quotas:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemQuota'
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: The quotas that the request exceeds.
          title: Quotas
        reason:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotAvailableReason'
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: Why the resource is not available.
        region_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: The region of the error.
          title: Region Id
        resource_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: ID or name of the resource.
          title: Resource Id
        resource_status:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: Current status of the resource.
          title: Resource Status
        resource_type:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: >-
            Type of the resource, as the permissions name it, such as
            `instances`.
          title: Resource Type
        retry_after:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: >-
            Seconds to wait before the next request. `null` when the server
            cannot tell.
          title: Retry After
      title: ProblemContext
      type: object
    ProblemError:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: One invalid input.
      properties:
        code:
          description: >-
            What is wrong, as a code from a fixed list, such as `missing`,
            `int_parsing` or `less_than_equal`, or one of the shared codes:
            `not_unique`, `not_found`, `mutually_exclusive`, `missing_one_of`,
            `incompatible_value`, `invalid_format`, `duplicate_item`,
            `invalid_status`. Codes are only added, never renamed or removed.
            Treat an unknown code like `value_error`.
          type: string
        ctx:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: >-
            Values of the broken constraint, such as `{"le": 4096}`. Absent when
            the check has no values.
          title: Ctx
        detail:
          description: What is wrong with the input.
          title: Detail
          type: string
        loc:
          description: >-
            Path to the input. Starts with `body`, `query`, `path` or `header`.
            A query filter is the parameter, then the operator: `name[contains]`
            is `["query", "name", "contains"]`.
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          title: Loc
          type: array
      required:
        - loc
        - code
        - detail
      title: ProblemError
      type: object
    ProblemType:
      enum:
        - internal-server-error
        - method-not-allowed
        - not-available
        - not-found
        - permission-denied
        - quota-exceeded
        - rate-limited
        - resource-busy
        - resource-in-use
        - service-unavailable
        - unauthorized
        - validation-error
      title: ProblemType
      type: string
    ProblemBlockingResource:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: One resource that blocks the request.
      properties:
        resource_id:
          description: ID of the blocking resource.
          title: Resource Id
          type: string
        resource_name:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: Name of the blocking resource.
          title: Resource Name
        resource_type:
          description: >-
            Type of the blocking resource, as the permissions name it, such as
            `ports`.
          title: Resource Type
          type: string
      required:
        - resource_type
        - resource_id
      title: ProblemBlockingResource
      type: object
    ProblemQuota:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: One quota that the request exceeds.
      properties:
        available:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: '`limit` minus `usage`.'
          title: Available
        limit:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: The limit of the quota.
          title: Limit
        name:
          description: Quota name, such as `vm_count`.
          title: Name
          type: string
        overflow:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: 'The amount above the limit: `resulting_usage` minus `limit`.'
          title: Overflow
        region_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            Region of a regional quota. `null` for a global quota, or when
            unknown.
          title: Region Id
        requested:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: The amount that the request adds.
          title: Requested
        resulting_usage:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: 'The usage after the request: `usage` plus `requested`.'
          title: Resulting Usage
        scope:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuotaScope'
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            `regional` for a quota of one region, `global` for a quota of the
            account. `null` when the server cannot tell.
        unit:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            Unit of the numbers, such as `MiB`, `GiB` or `bytes`. `null` for a
            quota that counts items.
          title: Unit
        usage:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: number
          description: The usage before the request.
          title: Usage
      required:
        - name
        - scope
        - region_id
        - limit
        - usage
        - available
        - requested
        - resulting_usage
        - overflow
        - unit
      title: ProblemQuota
      type: object
    NotAvailableReason:
      enum:
        - account
        - balance
        - capacity
        - plan
        - region
      title: NotAvailableReason
      type: string
    QuotaScope:
      enum:
        - global
        - regional
      title: QuotaScope
      type: string
  responses:
    ProblemBadRequestOnReadWithLegacyKeys:
      description: >-
        The request cannot succeed as it is. `type` is `validation-error` or
        `not-available`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
    ProblemUnauthorizedWithLegacyKeys:
      description: The request has no valid credentials. `type` is `unauthorized`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
    ProblemForbiddenWithLegacyKeys:
      description: >-
        The credentials do not permit the operation, or another service manages
        the resource. `type` is `permission-denied`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
    ProblemNotFoundWithLegacyKeys:
      description: The resource or the URL does not exist. `type` is `not-found`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
    ProblemConflictWithLegacyKeys:
      description: >-
        The resource is in a transient state. `type` is `resource-busy`. Send
        the same request again after the `Retry-After` seconds.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
    ProblemInternalServerErrorWithLegacyKeys:
      description: >-
        The server cannot complete the request. `type` is
        `internal-server-error`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
    ProblemServiceUnavailableWithLegacyKeys:
      description: >-
        The service is down for a known reason, such as planned maintenance.
        `type` is `service-unavailable`. A 503 without the
        `application/problem+json` media type, and every 502 and 504, comes from
        the gateway and has no problem body.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemWithLegacyKeys'
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Content-Language:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/ContentLanguage'
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: The ID of the request, the same as `request_id` in the body.
      schema:
        type: string
    ContentLanguage:
      description: >-
        The language of `title`, `detail`, `hint` and `errors[].detail`, from
        the `Accept-Language` of the request. Any other field is the same in
        every language.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - en
          - de
          - ru
          - az
          - zh
          - fr
          - es
          - pt
          - ko
          - ja
          - tr
    RetryAfter:
      description: >-
        The number of seconds to wait before the client sends the same request
        again.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        maximum: 60
  securitySchemes:
    APIKey:
      description: >-
        API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word `apikey`,
        followed by a single space and then your token.

        Example: `apikey 1234_abcdef`
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization

````