---
title: Ping
description: Check the availability of an InfluxDB 3 Clustered instance.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/clustered/api/data-api/ping/
estimated_tokens: 1163
product: InfluxDB Clustered
version: clustered
---

[Download Clustered Data API Spec](/openapi/influxdb-clustered-data-api.yml)

Check the availability of an InfluxDB 3 Clustered instance.

GET `/ping`

### Get the status of the instance

Retrieves the status and InfluxDB version of the instance.

Use this endpoint to monitor uptime for the InfluxDB instance. The response returns a HTTP `204` status code to inform you the instance is available.

This endpoint doesn’t require authentication.

Example request [Ask AI about this](#)

```sh
curl --request GET \
  "https://cluster-host.com/ping" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer INFLUX_TOKEN"
```

#### Responses

204 Success. Headers contain InfluxDB version information.

4xx

#### InfluxDB Cloud

-   Doesn’t return this error.

HEAD `/ping`

### Get the status of the instance

Returns the status and InfluxDB version of the instance.

Use this endpoint to monitor uptime for the InfluxDB instance. The response returns a HTTP `204` status code to inform you the instance is available.

This endpoint doesn’t require authentication.

Example request [Ask AI about this](#)

```sh
curl --request HEAD \
  "https://cluster-host.com/ping" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer INFLUX_TOKEN"
```

#### Responses

204 Success. Headers contain InfluxDB version information.

4xx

#### InfluxDB Cloud

-   Doesn’t return this error.

#### Related

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