feat: add redis liveness probe

flexmeasures/api/v3_0/health.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from flask_classful import FlaskView, route
 from flask_json import as_json
 
+
+from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from flexmeasures.data import db
 
 
@@ -14,6 +16,18 @@ def _check_sql_database():
         return False
 
 
+def _check_redis() -> bool:
+    """Check status of the redis instance
+
+    :return: True if the redis instance is active, False otherwise
+    """
+    try:
+        current_app.redis_connection.ping()
+        return True
+    except ConnectionError:
+        return False
+
+
 class HealthAPI(FlaskView):
 
     route_base = "/health"
@@ -32,11 +46,19 @@ def is_ready(self):
         .. sourcecode:: json
 
             {
-                'database_sql': True
+                'database_sql': True,
+                'database_redis': False
             }
 
         """
-        status = {"database_sql": _check_sql_database()}  # TODO: check redis
+
+        status = {
+            "database_sql": _check_sql_database(),
+        }
+
+        if current_app.config.get("FLEXMEASURES_REDIS_PASSWORD") is not None:
+            status["database_redis"] = _check_redis()
+
         if all(status.values()):
             return status, 200
         else: