# How to disable backend check?

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-to-disable-backend-check/4853>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-to-disable-backend-check/4853 "2020-02-13T10:58:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![genseb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9a140/32.png) [@genseb1](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/genseb1)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-to-disable-backend-check/4853/1 "2020-02-13T10:58:55Z")

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Hi,

I have a haproxy (1.8.19) with a backend containing a single server node.

The server was not accessible for few minutes and haproxy considered this server as unavailable.

_Feb 13 02:53:54 ip-172-31-42-147 haproxy[27944]: Server node1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 timeout, check duration: 2002ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue._  
_Feb 13 02:53:54 ip-172-31-42-147 haproxy[27944]: Servernode1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 timeout, check duration: 2002ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue._  
_Feb 13 02:53:54 ip-172-31-42-147 haproxy[27944]: backend backend has no server available!_  
\*_Feb 13 02:53:54 ip-172-31-42-147 haproxy[27944]: backend backend has no server available!_

The server was unavailable at 02:53:54 and still at 09:32:00 until we’ve restarted haproxy.

Is there a way to disable http check or to set a periodic recheck of the server health?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-to-disable-backend-check/4853/2 "2020-02-13T17:14:42Z")

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Remove the `check` keyword to disable health checking. Configure health check intervals with `inter`.

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**Author:** ![genseb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9a140/32.png) [@genseb1](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/genseb1)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-to-disable-backend-check/4853/3 "2020-02-14T10:10:42Z")

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Thanks for your answer.

I’d though that the check was part of the “ssl no verify”

Seb.

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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-to-disable-backend-check/4853/4 "2020-02-14T10:59:26Z")

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It is not, no.