In CouchDB 2.0 there should be /_up . I'd consider it a bug if that
endpoint required a valid user.
/_up returns {"status":"ok"} if everything is copacetic.
-Joan
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexander Shorin" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:26:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Public endpoint when couch_httpd_auth.require_valid_user=true
>
> IIRC, no, that's the point of this option. If it responding with 401
> then it's actually available and responding (:
> --
> ,,,^..^,,,
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Matthew Buckett
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Are there any URLs that requested when
> > couch_httpd_auth.require_valid_user=true that don't generate an
> > HTTP
> > 401 error?
> >
> > I'm looking to just check that CouchDB is available and responding.
> >
> > --
> > Matthew Buckett, VLE Developer, IT Services, University of Oxford
>
