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title: About the default health checks
description: By default, the PingDirectoryProxy server has two health check instances enabled for use on all servers:
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revdate: September 13, 2023
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# About the default health checks

By default, the PingDirectoryProxy server has two health check instances enabled for use on all servers:

* **Consume Admin Alerts**. This health check detects administrative alerts from the PingDirectory server, as soon as they are issued, by maintaining an LDAP persistent search for changes within the `cn=alerts` branch of the PingDirectory server. When the PingDirectoryProxy server is notified by the PingDirectory server of a new alert, it immediately retrieves the base `cn=monitor` entry of the PingDirectory server. If this entry has a value for the `unavailable-alert-type` attribute, then the PingDirectoryProxy server will consider it unavailable. If this entry has a value for the `degraded-alert-type` attribute, then the PingDirectoryProxy server will consider it degraded.

* **Get Root DSE**. This health check detects if the root DSE entry exists on the LDAP external server. Since this entry always exists on a PingDirectory server, the absence of the entry suggests that the LDAP external server could be degraded or unavailable.