[[java-rest-high-ping]]
=== Ping API

[[java-rest-high-ping-request]]
==== Execution

The `ping()` method checks if the cluster is up and available to
process requests and returns a boolean:

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include-tagged::{doc-tests}/MiscellaneousDocumentationIT.java[ping-execute]
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