<p>Should I use URL's at the root of my application like so:</p>
<pre><code>/ready
/live
</code></pre>
<p>Should they both be grouped together like so:</p>
<pre><code>/status/ready
/status/live
</code></pre>
<p>Should I use <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5785" rel="nofollow noreferrer">RFC5785</a> and put them under the <code>.well-known</code> sub-directory like so:</p>
<pre><code>/.well-known/status/ready
/.well-known/status/live
</code></pre>
<p>If I do this, my understanding is that I have to register the <code>status</code> assignment with the official <a href="https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris/well-known-uris.xhtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IANA</a> registry.</p>
<p>Or is there some other scheme? I'm looking for a common convention that people use.</p>

<p>The Kubernetes docs use <code>/healthz</code>, which I'd say is advisable to follow; but you really can use whatever you want.</p>

<p>I believe <code>healthz</code> is used to keep it inline with <code>zpages</code>, which are described by OpenCensus:</p>

<p><a href="https://opencensus.io/zpages/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://opencensus.io/zpages/</a></p>
