Health Checks for ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core

A practical guide to adding health checks to ASP.NET Core applications using the Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks package. Covers installation and setup, implementing the IHealthCheck interface, registering inline health checks, and using the EntityFrameworkCore health checks extension to monitor database connectivity with custom LINQ queries. Includes log output examples showing Healthy, Degraded, and Unhealthy states.