Allow selecting which celery worker to ping

docs/settings.rst

@@ -95,3 +95,26 @@ Using `django.settings` you may exert more fine-grained control over the behavio
      - Number
      - `3`
      - Specifies the maximum total time for a task to complete and return a result, including queue time.
+
+
+Celery-Ping Health Check
+-------------------
+
+Using `django.settings` you may exert more fine-grained control over the behavior of the celery-ping health check
+
+.. list-table:: Additional Settings
+   :widths: 25 10 10 55
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Name
+     - Type
+     - Default
+     - Description
+   * - `HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PING_TIMEOUT`
+     - Number
+     - `1`
+     - Specifies the maximum total time (in seconds) for which "pong" responses are awaited.
+   * - `HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PING_DESTINATION`
+     - List of Strings
+     - `None`
+     - Specifies the list of workers which will receive the "ping" request.

health_check/contrib/celery_ping/backends.py

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ class CeleryPingHealthCheck(BaseHealthCheckBackend):
 
     def check_status(self):
         timeout = getattr(settings, "HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PING_TIMEOUT", 1)
+        destination = getattr(settings, "HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PING_DESTINATION", None)
 
         try:
-            ping_result = app.control.ping(timeout=timeout)
+            ping_result = app.control.ping(destination=destination, timeout=timeout)
         except IOError as e:
             self.add_error(ServiceUnavailable("IOError"), e)
         except NotImplementedError as exc:
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ def check_status(self):
                     ServiceUnavailable("Celery workers unavailable"),
                 )
             else:
-                self._check_ping_result(ping_result)
+                self._check_ping_result(ping_result, destination)
 
-    def _check_ping_result(self, ping_result):
+    def _check_ping_result(self, ping_result, destination):
         active_workers = []
 
         for result in ping_result:
@@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ def _check_ping_result(self, ping_result):
                 continue
             active_workers.append(worker)
 
+        if destination:
+            inactive_workers = set(destination) - set(active_workers)
+            if inactive_workers:
+                self.add_error(
+                    ServiceUnavailable(
+                        f"Celery workers {inactive_workers} did not respond"
+                    )
+                )
+
         if not self.errors:
             self._check_active_queues(active_workers)
 

tests/test_celery_ping.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import pytest
 from django.apps import apps
-from django.conf import settings
 
 from health_check.contrib.celery_ping.apps import HealthCheckConfig
 from health_check.contrib.celery_ping.backends import CeleryPingHealthCheck
@@ -20,7 +19,9 @@ class TestCeleryPingHealthCheck:
     def health_check(self):
         return CeleryPingHealthCheck()
 
-    def test_check_status_doesnt_add_errors_when_ping_successful(self, health_check):
+    def test_check_status_doesnt_add_errors_when_ping_successful(
+        self, health_check, settings
+    ):
         celery_worker = "celery@4cc150a7b49b"
 
         with patch(
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ def test_check_status_reports_errors_if_ping_responses_are_incorrect(
     def test_check_status_adds_errors_when_ping_successfull_but_not_all_defined_queues_have_consumers(
         self,
         health_check,
+        settings,
     ):
         celery_worker = "celery@4cc150a7b49b"
         queues = list(settings.CELERY_QUEUES)
@@ -123,6 +125,46 @@ def test_check_status_add_error_when_ping_result_failed(
             assert len(health_check.errors) == 1
             assert "workers unavailable" in health_check.errors[0].message.lower()
 
+    def test_check_status_reports_errors_if_ping_responses_are_missing(
+        self,
+        health_check,
+        settings,
+    ):
+        settings.HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PING_DESTINATION = [
+            "celery1@4cc150a7b49b",
+            "celery2@4cc150a7b49b",
+        ]
+        with patch(
+            self.CELERY_APP_CONTROL_PING,
+            return_value=[
+                {"celery1@4cc150a7b49b": CeleryPingHealthCheck.CORRECT_PING_RESPONSE},
+            ],
+        ):
+            health_check.check_status()
+
+            assert len(health_check.errors) == 1
+
+    def test_check_status_reports_destinations(
+        self,
+        health_check,
+        settings,
+    ):
+        settings.HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PING_DESTINATION = [
+            "celery1@4cc150a7b49b",
+            "celery2@4cc150a7b49b",
+        ]
+        with patch(
+            self.CELERY_APP_CONTROL_PING,
+            return_value=[
+                {"celery1@4cc150a7b49b": CeleryPingHealthCheck.CORRECT_PING_RESPONSE},
+                {"celery2@4cc150a7b49b": CeleryPingHealthCheck.CORRECT_PING_RESPONSE},
+                {"celery3@4cc150a7b49b": CeleryPingHealthCheck.CORRECT_PING_RESPONSE},
+            ],
+        ):
+            health_check.check_status()
+
+            assert len(health_check.errors) == 1
+
 
 class TestCeleryPingHealthCheckApps:
     def test_apps(self):