---
title: Ping
description: Check the availability of the InfluxDB 3 Cloud Dedicated instance.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/api/data-api/ping/
estimated_tokens: 1313
product: InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated
version: cloud-dedicated
---

[Download Cloud Dedicated Data API Spec](/openapi/influxdb-cloud-dedicated-data-api.yml)

Check the availability of the InfluxDB 3 Cloud Dedicated instance.

GET `/ping`

### Get the status of the instance

Reports the InfluxQL bridge querier health and the InfluxDB version of the instance.

The response is a HTTP `204` status code to inform you the querier is available.

For InfluxDB 3 Cloud Dedicated, this endpoint only checks the status of queriers; doesn’t check the status of ingesters.

To check the health of ingesters before writing data, send a request to one of the [write endpoints](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/api/v2/#tag/Write).

This endpoint doesn’t require authentication.

Example request [Ask AI about this](#)

```sh
curl --request GET \
  "https://cluster-id.a.influxdb.io/ping" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer INFLUX_TOKEN"
```

#### Responses

204 Success–the querier is available. Headers contain InfluxDB version information.

4xx

#### InfluxDB Cloud

-   Doesn’t return this error.

HEAD `/ping`

### Get the status of the instance

Reports the InfluxQL bridge querier health and the InfluxDB version of the instance.

The response is a HTTP `204` status code to inform you the querier is available.

For InfluxDB 3 Cloud Dedicated, this endpoint only checks the status of queriers; doesn’t check the status of ingesters.

To check the health of ingesters before writing data, send a request to one of the [write endpoints](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/api/v2/#tag/Write).

This endpoint doesn’t require authentication.

Example request [Ask AI about this](#)

```sh
curl --request HEAD \
  "https://cluster-id.a.influxdb.io/ping" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer INFLUX_TOKEN"
```

#### Responses

204 Success–the querier is available. Headers contain InfluxDB version information.

4xx

#### InfluxDB Cloud

-   Doesn’t return this error.

#### Related

-   [InfluxDB 3 API client libraries](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/reference/client-libraries/v3/)