health-checks

Health checks verify container readiness and liveness. The HEALTHCHECK Dockerfile instruction defines container-level checks. Kubernetes readinessProbe gates traffic routing—failing probes remove Pods from Service endpoints. livenessProbe detects dead

Maintenance mode gracefully takes applications offline for updates without showing errors. The php artisan down command activates maintenance mode, showing a default or custom view. The --secret option creates bypass tokens for testing. The --retry he