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+## Query the health check API.
+HEALTH_CHECK_ENDPOINT="http://sdc-fe.{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}:8181/sdc1/rest/healthCheck"
+HEALTH_CHECK_RESPONSE=$(curl -s $HEALTH_CHECK_ENDPOINT)
+
+## Strip out the ON_BOARDING section from the response XML (otherwise we will
+## get duplicate results when we search for component BE) and check to see if
+## the BE component is reported as up.
+READY=$(echo "$HEALTH_CHECK_RESPONSE" | sed '/ON_BOARDING/,/]/d' | grep -A 1 "BE" | grep "UP")
+
+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