The cat health operation lists the status of the cluster, how long the cluster has been up, the number of nodes, and other useful information that helps you analyze the health of your cluster.
## Example
```json
GET _cat/health?v
```
## Path and HTTP methods
```
GET _cat/health?v
```
## URL parameters
All cat health URL parameters are optional.
Parameter | Type | Description
:--- | :--- | :---
time | Time | Specify the units for time. For example, `5d` or `7h`. For more information, see [Supported units]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/opensearch/units/).
ts | Boolean | If true, returns HH:MM:SS and Unix epoch timestamps. Default is true.