[DOCS-13310] Cross-link load balancer health check guidance - #39376
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…sed Workers Link the load balancer health check recommendation in the scaling guide to the existing health check endpoint setup steps, and add a reverse link back. Also clarify that the default Kubernetes probes use a TCP socket check rather than the /health endpoint.
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Aug 20, 2026
Co-authored-by: May Lee <may.lee@datadoghq.com>
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What does this PR do? What is the motivation?
Fixes DOCS-13310
VM-based Worker deployments behind a load balancer need the load balancer's health check pointed at the Worker's
/healthendpoint, but the setup steps for that (DD_OP_API_ENABLED,DD_OP_API_ADDRESS) and the load balancer health check recommendation lived in two separate, unlinked docs./healthendpoint.Merge readiness
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Drafted with Claude Code: pulled ticket details from Jira, located the relevant doc sections, and made the cross-linking edits.
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