Depends on what you want to achieve. If you just want to let the LB know if the node is OK, check the status returned by /status:
kibana-b :: ~ » curl -I http://127.0.0.1:5601/status
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
kbn-name: kibana
kbn-version: 6.2.3
...
If you want detailed status, just omit the token:
kibana-b :: ~ » curl -s http://127.0.0.1:5601/api/status | json_pp
{
"version" : {
"number" : "6.2.3",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"build_number" : 16602,
"build_hash" : "2582ab6060209a9fc6a67275fc52ce08ae74c957"
},
"status" : {
"overall" : {
"since" : "2018-03-21T09:52:41.957Z",
"nickname" : "Looking good",
"state" : "green",
"title" : "Green",
"icon" : "success"
},
"statuses" : [
{
"message" : "Ready",
"since" : "2018-03-21T09:52:41.957Z",
"id" : "plugin:kibana@6.2.3",
"state" : "green",
"icon" : "success"
},
...