Need details on ssg/ping

Products

• CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction

One of our internal teams needs the file at the path ssg/ping to upload in their config so as to be able to do health check of Layer 7 gateway before forwarding traffic. 

Environment

All supported versions of the API Gateway

Resolution

The ssg/ping endpoint is an internal service. You don't need to do anythng to set it up. You just need to hit the endpoint from a browser or client. For example:

- Go to https://<GATEWAY_HOST>:8443/ssg/ping

- You will be prompted to enter your credentials (these would be the same credentials you would use to log into the Policy Manager)

- The response will look something like this: