gistfile1.txt

$ curl -i localhost:9200/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 179

{
  "ok" : true,
  "status" : 200,
  "name" : "Tarleton, George",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "0.20.5",
    "snapshot_build" : false
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

$ curl -i -XHEAD localhost:9200/hdo_production_issues/
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 0


$ curl -i -XPOST localhost:9200/hdo_production_issues/
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 92

{"error":"IndexAlreadyExistsException[[hdo_production_issues] Already exists]","status":400}