Remove MetaClient.Ping from `/ping` and move it to `/status`

services/httpd/handler.go

@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ func NewHandler(requireAuthentication, loggingEnabled, writeTrace bool, statMap
 			"ping-head",
 			"HEAD", "/ping", true, true, h.servePing,
 		},
+		route{ // Ping w/ status
+			"status",
+			"GET", "/status", true, true, h.serveStatus,
+		},
+		route{ // Ping w/ status
+			"status-head",
+			"HEAD", "/status", true, true, h.serveStatus,
+		},
 		route{ // Tell data node to run CQs that should be run
 			"process_continuous_queries",
 			"POST", "/data/process_continuous_queries", false, false, h.serveProcessContinuousQueries,
@@ -567,6 +575,12 @@ func (h *Handler) serveOptions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 // servePing returns a simple response to let the client know the server is running.
 func (h *Handler) servePing(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.statMap.Add(statPingRequest, 1)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+}
+
+// serveStatus returns a simple response to let the client know the whole cluster is running.
+func (h *Handler) serveStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	h.statMap.Add(statPingRequest, 1)
 
 	if err := h.MetaClient.Ping(false); err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)

services/httpd/handler_test.go

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ func TestHandler_Query_ErrResult(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // Ensure the handler handles ping requests correctly.
+// TODO: This should be expanded to verify the MetaClient check in servePing is working correctly
 func TestHandler_Ping(t *testing.T) {
 	h := NewHandler(false)
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -318,6 +319,20 @@ func TestHandler_Ping(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure the handler handles status requests correctly.
+func TestHandler_Status(t *testing.T) {
+	h := NewHandler(false)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(w, MustNewRequest("GET", "/status", nil))
+	if w.Code != http.StatusNoContent {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected status: %d", w.Code)
+	}
+	h.ServeHTTP(w, MustNewRequest("HEAD", "/status", nil))
+	if w.Code != http.StatusNoContent {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected status: %d", w.Code)
+	}
+}
+
 // Ensure write endpoint can handle bad requests
 func TestHandler_HandleBadRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 	b := bytes.NewReader(make([]byte, 10))