---
title: NewBackendHealthcheck
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp/fn.NewBackendHealthcheck/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [fsthttp](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp/)  
**Package:** compute-sdk-go v1.11.0  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/blob/d6bf71b04516ed72d6018cab6fff701a865f86e5/fsthttp/backend.go#L523

```go
func NewBackendHealthcheck(host string) *BackendHealthcheckOptions
```

**Parameters**

- `host`: `string`

**Returns**

`*BackendHealthcheckOptions`