---
title: influx ping
description: >
  The `influx ping` command checks the health of a running InfluxDB instance by
  querying the `/health` endpoint.
menu:
  influxdb_cloud:
    name: influx ping
    parent: influx
weight: 101
influxdb/cloud/tags: [ping, health]
related:
  - /influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials, influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials
  - /influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions, influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions
metadata: [influx CLI 2.0.0+, InfluxDB OSS only]
prepend: |
  > [!Note]
  > #### Works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x  
  > The `influx ping` command works with **InfluxDB OSS 2.x**, but does not work with **InfluxDB Cloud**.
source: /shared/influxdb-v2/reference/cli/influx/ping/_index.md
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