# cSpell:ignore healthcheckextension
title: Health Check Collector Extension
registryType: extension
language: collector
tags:
  - go
  - extension
  - collector
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  The Health Check Extension for the OpenTelemetry Collector enables an HTTP URL
  that can be probed to check the status of the OpenTelemetry Collector.
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/extension/healthcheckextension
createdAt: 2021-02-24
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/healthcheckextension
  version: v0.126.0
