Verifying that an instance is running

You can verify that a Pega Platform instance is running by pinging the instance.

To verify that an instance is running, enter the following URL in a browser:

http://<<hostName:port/contextName>>/PRRestService/monitor/pingservice/ping.

The Pega Platform Engine responds with HTTP Response Code 200 if the instance is available. The response contains JSON text in the format {"node_type":[""],"health":[{"last_reported_time":"","test_name":"","status":""}],"state":"","node_id":""}. Any other response codes or time-out indicate that the instance is unavailable.