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+## Query the health check API.
+HEALTH_CHECK_ENDPOINT="http://mso.onap-mso.svc.cluster.local:8080/networks/rest/healthcheck"
+HEALTH_CHECK_RESPONSE=$(curl -s $HEALTH_CHECK_ENDPOINT)
+
+READY=$(echo $HEALTH_CHECK_RESPONSE | grep "Application ready")
+
+if [ -n $READY ]; then
+ echo "Query against health check endpoint: $HEALTH_CHECK_ENDPOINT"
+ echo "Produces response: $HEALTH_CHECK_RESPONSE"
+ echo "Application is not in an available state"
+ return 2
+else
+ echo "Application is available."
+ return 0
+fi