Monitor Resource Stability with Health Policies
Health Policies give you a quick way to see whether a resource is operating normally. Infra Explorer evaluates each resource against a set of best-practice checks and shows the result in the Health column. This lets you spot issues immediately, then drill down to see what caused them.
Why health policies matter
The Health column helps you quickly identify where problems are developing. The detailed view in the Health tab helps you understand the cause. Together, they provide a clear and consistent way to assess resource stability across clusters, namespaces, workloads, and pods.
What policies check
Each policy monitors a specific condition or best practice. Examples include:
- Detecting pods that restart too often
- Identifying namespaces with too many failing pods
- Checking whether workloads are available
Policies run continuously. When a condition changes, health updates automatically.
Viewing health at a glance
When you open Infrastructure and then Infra Explorer, every resource includes a Health column. This column provides a fast, high-level view of the resource’s condition:
Healthy: All applied checks passed.
Critical: One or more checks failed and the resource needs attention.
This view is intended to help you scan for problem areas without opening each resource.
Viewing detailed policy results
To see which checks were applied and why the resource is healthy or critical:
- Select a resource in Infra Explorer
Open the Health tab
The Health tab shows:
- All policies attached to the resource
- Whether each policy is healthy or critical
- A short explanation of what the policy checks
This view explains exactly what triggered the result shown in the Health column.
Turning policies on or off
To start evaluating a resource:
- Open the resource
- Go to the Health tab
- Enable a policy and confirm the prompt
Evaluation starts as soon as you apply the policy.
To stop evaluation, turn the policy off. If all policies are disabled, the resource will no longer display a health state in the list.