---
title: influx ping
description: The influx ping command checks the health of a running InfluxDB instance by querying the /health endpoint.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/ping/
estimated_tokens: 724
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/ping/
date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
---

* influx CLI 2.0.0+
* InfluxDB OSS only

#### Works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x

The `influx ping` command works with **InfluxDB OSS 2.x**, but does not work with **InfluxDB Cloud**.

The `influx ping` command checks the health of a running InfluxDB instance by
querying the `/health` endpoint.
It does not require an API token.

## Usage

```
influx ping [flags]
```

## Flags

|Flag|                 |                             Description                             |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)|
|----|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|`-c`|`--active-config`|                CLI configuration to use for command                 |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |`--configs-path` |Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)|  string  |                               `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`                                |
|`-h`|    `--help`     |                     Help for the `ping` command                     |          |                                                                                    |
|    |    `--host`     |     HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)      |  string  |                                   `INFLUX_HOST`                                    |
|    | `--http-debug`  |            Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.             |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    | `--skip-verify` |                  Skip TLS certificate verification                  |          |                                `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`                                |

#### Related

* [influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials)
* [influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions)

[ping](/influxdb/cloud/tags/ping/)[health](/influxdb/cloud/tags/health/)
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string |  |
|  | --configs-path | Path to  influx  CLI configurations (default  ~/.influxdbv2/configs ) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH |
| -h | --help | Help for the  ping  command |  |  |
|  | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default  http://localhost:8086 ) | string | INFLUX_HOST |
|  | --http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. | string |  |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |