> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kinetica.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Validate

## Validation

To validate that *Kinetica* has been installed and started properly, you can
perform the following tests.

### Curl Test

To ensure that *Kinetica* has started (you may have to wait a moment while the
system initializes), you can run `curl` on the *head node* to check if
the server is responding and port is available with respect to any running
firewalls:

```
$ curl localhost:9191
Kinetica is running!
```

### API Test

You can also run a test to ensure that the API is responding properly.  There is
an *admin simulator* project in *Python* provided with the *Python* API, which
pulls statistics from the *Kinetica* instance.  Running this on the *head node*,
passing in the appropriate `<username>` & `<password>`, you should see:

```
$ /opt/gpudb/bin/gpudb_python /opt/gpudb/kitools/gadmin_sim.py -u <username> -p <password> --table --summary
+-----------------+--------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------+
|     Schema      |           Table/View           |       Records        |       Type ID        |  TTL  |
+=================+================================+======================+======================+=======+
| SYSTEM          | <ALL TABLES/VIEWS>             |                    1 |                      |       |
| SYSTEM          | ITER                           |                    1 |        UNSET_TYPE_ID |    -1 |
+-----------------+--------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------+

+---------------------------+----------------------+
|        Object Type        |        Count         |
+===========================+======================+
| Schemas                   |                    1 |
| Tables & Views            |                    1 |
| Records                   |                    1 |
| Records + Track Elements  |                    1 |
+---------------------------+----------------------+
```

### GAdmin Status Test

The administrative interface itself can be used to validate that the system is
functioning properly.  Simply log into [GAdmin](/content/admin/gadmin).
Browse to **Dashboard** to view the status of the overall system and
**Ranks** to view the status breakdown by *rank*.

### Ingest/Read Test

After verifying *Kinetica* has started and its components work, you should
confirm ingesting and reading data works as expected.

1. Navigate to the **Demo** tab on the **Cluster** page.
2. Click **Load Sample Data** under the **NYC Taxi** section,
   then click **Load** to confirm.
3. Once the data is finished loading, click **View Loaded Data**. The
   data should be available in the `nyctaxi` [table](/content/concepts/tables)
   located in the `demo` [schema](/content/concepts/schemas).

If [Reveal](/content/bi/reveal) is enabled:

1. Navigate to:

   ```
   http://<head-node-ip-address>:8088/
   ```
2. Log into *Reveal* and [change the administration account's default password](/content/security/reveal#change-password-reveal).
3. Click **NYC Taxi** under **Dashboards**. The default NYC Taxi
   dashboard should load.