diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20992c591..d79e11032 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ src/ui_ng/typings/
 **/*yarn-error.log.*
 .idea/
 .DS_Store
+.project
+.vscode/
 **/node_modules
 **/ssl/
 **/proxy.config.json
diff --git a/src/adminserver/api/monitor.go b/src/adminserver/api/monitor.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa37f325d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/adminserver/api/monitor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"github.com/vmware/harbor/src/common/utils/log"
+)
+
+// Ping monitor the server status
+func Ping(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if err := writeJSON(w, "Pong"); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to write response: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/adminserver/api/monitor_test.go b/src/adminserver/api/monitor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7536ce52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/adminserver/api/monitor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package api
+import(
+	"testing"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/http"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+    "io/ioutil"
+)
+
+func TestPing(t *testing.T) {
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	Ping(w, nil)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	result, _:= ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	assert.Equal(t, "\"Pong\"", string(result))
+}
diff --git a/src/adminserver/handlers/handler.go b/src/adminserver/handlers/handler.go
index 014893dff..b071f40f4 100644
--- a/src/adminserver/handlers/handler.go
+++ b/src/adminserver/handlers/handler.go
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ func NewHandler() http.Handler {
 		"uiSecret":         os.Getenv("UI_SECRET"),
 		"jobserviceSecret": os.Getenv("JOBSERVICE_SECRET"),
 	}
-	h = newAuthHandler(auth.NewSecretAuthenticator(secrets), h)
+	insecureAPIs := map[string]bool{
+		"/api/ping":true,
+	}
+	h = newAuthHandler(auth.NewSecretAuthenticator(secrets), h, insecureAPIs)
 	h = gorilla_handlers.LoggingHandler(os.Stdout, h)
 	return h
 }
@@ -39,12 +42,14 @@ func NewHandler() http.Handler {
 type authHandler struct {
 	authenticator auth.Authenticator
 	handler       http.Handler
+	insecureAPIs  map[string]bool
 }
 
-func newAuthHandler(authenticator auth.Authenticator, handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func newAuthHandler(authenticator auth.Authenticator, handler http.Handler, insecureAPIs map[string]bool) http.Handler {
 	return &authHandler{
 		authenticator: authenticator,
 		handler:       handler,
+		insecureAPIs:   insecureAPIs,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +61,12 @@ func (a *authHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if a.insecureAPIs !=nil && a.insecureAPIs[r.URL.Path] {
+		if a.handler != nil {
+			a.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		}
+		return
+	}
 	valid, err := a.authenticator.Authenticate(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("failed to authenticate request: %v", err)
diff --git a/src/adminserver/handlers/handlers_test.go b/src/adminserver/handlers/handlers_test.go
index 2ccd46d9e..af273bb88 100644
--- a/src/adminserver/handlers/handlers_test.go
+++ b/src/adminserver/handlers/handlers_test.go
@@ -45,28 +45,40 @@ func TestNewAuthHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		authenticator auth.Authenticator
 		handler       http.Handler
+		insecureAPIs  map[string]bool
 		responseCode  int
+		requestURL    string
 	}{
 
-		{nil, nil, http.StatusOK},
+		{nil, nil, nil, http.StatusOK,"http://localhost/good"},
 		{&fakeAuthenticator{
 			authenticated: false,
 			err:           nil,
-		}, nil, http.StatusUnauthorized},
+		}, nil, nil, http.StatusUnauthorized,"http://localhost/hello"},
 		{&fakeAuthenticator{
 			authenticated: false,
 			err:           errors.New("error"),
-		}, nil, http.StatusInternalServerError},
+		}, nil, nil, http.StatusInternalServerError,"http://localhost/hello"},
 		{&fakeAuthenticator{
 			authenticated: true,
 			err:           nil,
-		}, &fakeHandler{http.StatusNotFound}, http.StatusNotFound},
+		}, &fakeHandler{http.StatusNotFound}, nil, http.StatusNotFound,"http://localhost/notexsit"},
+		{&fakeAuthenticator{
+			authenticated: false,
+			err:           nil,
+		}, &fakeHandler{http.StatusOK},map[string]bool{"/api/ping":true,},http.StatusOK,"http://localhost/api/ping"},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		handler := newAuthHandler(c.authenticator, c.handler)
+		handler := newAuthHandler(c.authenticator, c.handler, c.insecureAPIs)
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		handler.ServeHTTP(w, nil)
+		r := httptest.NewRequest("GET",c.requestURL,nil)
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.responseCode, w.Code, "unexpected response code")
 	}
+	handler := NewHandler()
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("GET","http://localhost/api/ping",nil)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w,r)
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/adminserver/handlers/router.go b/src/adminserver/handlers/router.go
index 93c3bc5be..df11e8ac2 100644
--- a/src/adminserver/handlers/router.go
+++ b/src/adminserver/handlers/router.go
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ func newRouter() http.Handler {
 	r.HandleFunc("/api/configurations", api.UpdateCfgs).Methods("PUT")
 	r.HandleFunc("/api/configurations/reset", api.ResetCfgs).Methods("POST")
 	r.HandleFunc("/api/systeminfo/capacity", api.Capacity).Methods("GET")
+	r.HandleFunc("/api/ping", api.Ping).Methods("GET")
 	return r
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/api/harborapi_test.go b/src/ui/api/harborapi_test.go
index b63ce193f..b3beab4ce 100644
--- a/src/ui/api/harborapi_test.go
+++ b/src/ui/api/harborapi_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func init() {
 	beego.Router("/api/replications", &ReplicationAPI{})
 	beego.Router("/api/labels", &LabelAPI{}, "post:Post;get:List")
 	beego.Router("/api/labels/:id([0-9]+", &LabelAPI{}, "get:Get;put:Put;delete:Delete")
-
+    beego.Router("/api/ping", &SystemInfoAPI{}, "get:Ping")
 	_ = updateInitPassword(1, "Harbor12345")
 
 	if err := core.Init(); err != nil {
@@ -987,6 +987,11 @@ func (a testapi) GetGeneralInfo() (int, []byte, error) {
 	return request(_sling, jsonAcceptHeader)
 }
 
+func (a testapi) Ping() (int, []byte, error) {
+	_sling := sling.New().Get(a.basePath).Path("/api/ping")
+	return request(_sling, jsonAcceptHeader)
+}
+
 //Get system cert
 func (a testapi) CertGet(authInfo usrInfo) (int, []byte, error) {
 	_sling := sling.New().Get(a.basePath)
diff --git a/src/ui/api/systeminfo.go b/src/ui/api/systeminfo.go
index 18e37013b..4974ffdbd 100644
--- a/src/ui/api/systeminfo.go
+++ b/src/ui/api/systeminfo.go
@@ -247,3 +247,9 @@ func getClairVulnStatus() *models.ClairVulnerabilityStatus {
 	res.Details = details
 	return res
 }
+
+// Ping ping the harbor UI service.
+func (sia *SystemInfoAPI) Ping() {
+	sia.Data["json"] = "Pong"
+	sia.ServeJSON()
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/api/systeminfo_test.go b/src/ui/api/systeminfo_test.go
index 2f3bfce5a..edcc8c157 100644
--- a/src/ui/api/systeminfo_test.go
+++ b/src/ui/api/systeminfo_test.go
@@ -91,3 +91,10 @@ func TestGetCert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	CommonDelUser()
 }
+func TestPing(t *testing.T) {
+	apiTest := newHarborAPI()
+	code, _, err := apiTest.Ping()
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	assert.Nil(err, fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected Error: %v", err))
+	assert.Equal(200, code, fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected status code: %d", code))
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/router.go b/src/ui/router.go
index bcdc536ec..6a5e2fb5d 100644
--- a/src/ui/router.go
+++ b/src/ui/router.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func initRouters() {
 	}
 
 	// API
+	beego.Router("/api/ping", &api.SystemInfoAPI{}, "get:Ping")
 	beego.Router("/api/search", &api.SearchAPI{})
 	beego.Router("/api/projects/", &api.ProjectAPI{}, "get:List;post:Post")
 	beego.Router("/api/projects/:id([0-9]+)/logs", &api.ProjectAPI{}, "get:Logs")
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ func initRouters() {
 	beego.Router("/service/token", &token.Handler{})
 
 	beego.Router("/registryproxy/*", &controllers.RegistryProxy{}, "*:Handle")
+	
 	//Error pages
 	beego.ErrorController(&controllers.ErrorController{})