system_health | Centrifuge RPC Docs

Check node health status on Centrifuge. Returns peer count, sync status, and connectivity — essential for monitoring, load balancing, and infrastructure management on the RWA tokenization platform bridging traditional finance with $1B+ Janus Henderson backing.

Returns the health status of the Centrifuge node, including peer count, sync state, and whether the node expects to have peers.

Why Centrifuge? Build on the RWA tokenization platform bridging traditional finance with $1B+ Janus Henderson backing with ERC-7540 RWA standards, multichain via Wormhole, 97% securitization cost savings, and BlockTower $220M fund integration.

When to Use This Method

system_health is essential for institutional RWA developers, asset managers, and teams tokenizing real-world assets:

Health Checks — Monitor node availability and readiness before routing traffic on Centrifuge
Load Balancing — Route requests only to healthy, fully synced nodes for tokenized treasury funds, SME invoice financing, and institutional-grade RWA infrastructure
Sync Status — Verify a node is caught up before trusting its state queries
Infrastructure Alerts — Trigger alerts when peers drop or sync stalls

import express from 'express';
import { ApiPromise, WsProvider } from '@polkadot/api';

const app = express();
const provider = new WsProvider('wss://api-centrifuge.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY');
const api = await ApiPromise.create({ provider });

app.get('/healthz', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const health = await api.rpc.system.health();
    const isReady = !health.isSyncing.isTrue && health.peers.toNumber() > 0;

    if (isReady) {
      res.status(200).json({ status: 'healthy', peers: health.peers.toNumber() });
    } else {
      res.status(503).json({
        status: 'not ready',
        syncing: health.isSyncing.isTrue,
        peers: health.peers.toNumber()
      });
    }
  } catch (error) {
    res.status(503).json({ status: 'unreachable', error: error.message });
  }
});

2. Multi-Node Load Balancer

Route traffic only to healthy Centrifuge nodes:

JavaScript

async function selectHealthyNode(endpoints) {
  const results = await Promise.allSettled(
    endpoints.map(async (endpoint) => {
      const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          jsonrpc: '2.0',
          method: 'system_health',
          params: [],
          id: 1
        })
      });

      const { result } = await response.json();
      return { endpoint, ...result };
    })
  );

  const healthy = results
    .filter(r => r.status === 'fulfilled' && !r.value.isSyncing)
    .map(r => r.value)
    .sort((a, b) => b.peers - a.peers);

  return healthy.length > 0 ? healthy[0].endpoint : null;
}

3. Continuous Health Monitor

Periodically check node health and alert on degradation:

Python

import requests
import time

def monitor_health(endpoint, interval=30, min_peers=5):
    while True:
        try:
            payload = {
                'jsonrpc': '2.0',
                'method': 'system_health',
                'params': [],
                'id': 1
            }

            response = requests.post(endpoint, json=payload, timeout=5)
            health = response.json()['result']

            peers = health['peers']
            syncing = health['isSyncing']

            if syncing:
                print(f'WARNING: Node is syncing (peers: {peers})')
            elif peers < min_peers:
                print(f'WARNING: Low peer count: {peers}')
            else:
                print(f'OK: peers={peers}, syncing={syncing}')

        except Exception as e:
            print(f'ERROR: Node unreachable — {e}')

        time.sleep(interval)

monitor_health('https://api-centrifuge.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY')

Error Handling

Error Code	Description	Solution
-32603	Internal error	Node may be starting up — retry after delay
-32601	Method not found	Verify the node exposes the `system` RPC module
HTTP 429 / -32029	Rate limit exceeded	Reduce polling frequency and retry with backoff
Connection refused	Node is down	Check node process and network connectivity

system_version — Get node software version
system_chain — Get chain name
system_syncState — Get detailed sync progress
system_peers — Get detailed peer information

system_health - Centrifuge RPC Method

When to Use This Method

Code Examples

Common Use Cases

1. Readiness Probe for Kubernetes

2. Multi-Node Load Balancer

3. Continuous Health Monitor

Error Handling

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