closes #4843

src/controllers/index.js

@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ Controllers.termsOfUse = function(req, res, next) {
 	res.render('tos', {termsOfUse: meta.config.termsOfUse});
 };
 
+Controllers.ping = function(req, res) {
+	res.status(200).send(req.path === '/sping' ? 'healthy' : '200');
+};
+
 Controllers.handle404 = function(req, res) {
 	var relativePath = nconf.get('relative_path');
 	var isLanguage = new RegExp('^' + relativePath + '/language/.*/.*.json');

src/middleware/maintenance.js

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 var meta = require('../meta');
 var user = require('../user');
-var translator = require('../../public/src/modules/translator');
-
 
 module.exports = function(middleware) {
 
@@ -15,6 +13,8 @@ module.exports = function(middleware) {
 		var url = req.url.replace(nconf.get('relative_path'), '');
 
 		var allowedRoutes = [
+			'^/ping',
+			'^/sping',
 			'^/login',
 			'^/stylesheet.css',
 			'^/favicon',
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ module.exports = function(middleware) {
 			'^/api/widgets/render',
 			'^/language/.+',
 			'^/uploads/system/site-logo.png'
-			],
-			render = function() {
+		];
+		var render = function() {
 			res.status(503);
 			var data = {
 				site_title: meta.config.title || 'NodeBB',
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ module.exports = function(middleware) {
 			} else {
 				res.json(data);
 			}
-			},
-			isAllowed = function(url) {
+		};
+
+		var isAllowed = function(url) {
 			for(var x=0,numAllowed=allowedRoutes.length,route;x<numAllowed;x++) {
 				route = new RegExp(allowedRoutes[x]);
 				if (route.test(url)) {
@@ -49,8 +50,9 @@ module.exports = function(middleware) {
 				}
 			}
 			return false;
-			},
-			isApiRoute = /^\/api/;
+		};
+
+		var isApiRoute = /^\/api/;
 
 		if (isAllowed(url)) {
 			return next();

src/routes/index.js

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function mainRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/search/:term?', middleware, [], controllers.search.search);
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/reset/:code?', middleware, [], controllers.reset);
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/tos', middleware, [], controllers.termsOfUse);
+
+	app.get('/ping', controllers.ping);
+	app.get('/sping', controllers.ping);
 }
 
 function globalModRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {