http health check for nginx

config/nomad/nginx.nmd.in

@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ job "nginx" {
       service {
         port = "nginx"
         name = "nginx"
+        }
         check {
           name     = "alive"
-          type     = "tcp"
-          interval = "10s"
+          type     = "http"
+	  path     = "/nginx_health"
           timeout  = "2s"
+	  interval = "10s"
         }
       }
 
@@ -59,4 +61,4 @@ job "nginx" {
 
    }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

tests/automatic/settings/nginx.conf.tpl

@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ http {
             rewrite ^/discovery(/.*) $1 break;
             proxy_pass http://$discovery_endpoint:5006$uri;
         }
+	location /nginx-health {
+  	  return 200 "healthy\n";
+	}
     }
 }