# Liveness, Readiness, and Startup Probes — Configuration fields

> Probes have a number of fields that you can use to more precisely control the behavior of startup, liveness and readiness checks.

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Probes have a number of fields that you can use to more precisely control the behavior of startup, liveness and readiness checks. For example

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: probe-example
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: registry.k8s.io/e2e-test-images/agnhost:2.40
    ports:
    - containerPort: 8080
    startupProbe:
      httpGet:
        path: /healthz
        port: 8080
      failureThreshold: 30
      periodSeconds: 10
    livenessProbe:
      httpGet:
        path: /healthz
        port: 8080
      initialDelaySeconds: 10
      periodSeconds: 5
      timeoutSeconds: 3
      failureThreshold: 3
    readinessProbe:
      httpGet:
        path: /ready
        port: 8080
      periodSeconds: 5
```

initialDelaySeconds : Number of seconds after the container has started before startup, liveness or readiness probes are initiated. If a startup probe is defined, liveness and readiness probe delays do not begin until the startup probe has succeeded. In some older Kubernetes versions, the initialDelaySeconds might be ignored if periodSeconds was set to a value higher than initialDelaySeconds. However, in current versions, initialDelaySeconds is always honored and the probe will not start until after this initial delay. Defaults to 0 seconds. Minimum value is 0.

periodSeconds : How often (in seconds) to perform the probe. Default to 10 seconds. The minimum value is 1. While a container is not Ready, the readiness probe may be executed at times other than the configured periodSeconds interval. This is to make the Pod ready faster.

timeoutSeconds : Number of seconds after which the probe times out. Defaults to 1 second. Minimum value is 1.

successThreshold : Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed. Defaults to 1. Must be 1 for liveness and startup Probes. Minimum value is 1. …

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