diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8d144165..0d62b72b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ node_js:
   - "10"
 
 services:
-    - docker
+  - docker
+
+before_install:
+  - COMMIT=`git rev-parse HEAD` && echo "export const gitCommit = \"${COMMIT}\";" >src/server/version.js
+  - VERSION=`git describe --always --tags` && echo "export const gitVersion =\"${VERSION}\";" >>src/server/version.js
 
 install:
-    - npm install
+  - npm install
 
 script:
-    - npm run eslint
-    - npm run test
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+  - npm run eslint
+  - npm run test
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d4bc0789..214d00b4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ubuntu:16.04
+FROM quay.io/cdis/ubuntu:16.04
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 COPY . /guppy/
 WORKDIR /guppy
 
-RUN COMMIT=`git rev-parse HEAD` && echo "export const guppyCommit = \"${COMMIT}\";" >versions.js
-RUN VERSION=`git describe --always --tags` && echo "export const guppyVersion =\"${VERSION}\";" >>versions.js
+RUN COMMIT=`git rev-parse HEAD` && echo "export const gitCommit = \"${COMMIT}\";" >src/server/version.js
+RUN VERSION=`git describe --always --tags` && echo "export const gitVersion =\"${VERSION}\";" >>src/server/version.js
 RUN /bin/rm -rf .git
 RUN /bin/rm -rf node_modules
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 177dce62..1d630bb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,5 +107,15 @@ npm start
 >
 > (E.g., `"tier_access_sensitive_record_exclusion_field": "sensitive"` in the Guppy config tells Guppy to look for a field in the ES index called `sensitive`, and to exclude records in the ES index which have `sensitive: "true"`)
 
-### Download Endpoint:
-Guppy has another special endpoint `/download` for just fetching raw data from elasticsearch. please see [here](https://github.com/uc-cdis/guppy/blob/master/doc/download.md) for more details.
+### Additional Guppy Endpoints:
+Guppy has a special endpoint `/download` for just fetching raw data from elasticsearch. This endpoint can be used to overcome Elastic Search's 10k record limit. Please see [here](https://github.com/uc-cdis/guppy/blob/master/doc/download.md) for details.
+
+Guppy's `/_status` endpoint yields health check and array field information. This endpoint is publicly accessible and returns output of the form
+```
+{"statusCode":200,"warnings":null,"indices":{"<index-name>":{"aliases":{"alias-name":{}},"arrayFields":["<name-of-array-field>"]}}}
+```
+
+The `/_version` endpoint yields version and commit information. This endpoint is publicly accessible and returns output of the form
+```
+{"version":"<version-string>","commit":"<commit-hash>"}
+```
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diff --git a/src/server/endpoints.js b/src/server/endpoints.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..994f01fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/endpoints.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import esInstance from './es/index';
+import { gitVersion, gitCommit } from './version';
+
+export const statusRouter = async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const data = await esInstance.getAllESIndices();
+    res.send(data);
+  } catch (err) {
+    next(err);
+  }
+  return 0;
+};
+
+export const versionRouter = async (req, res) => {
+  res.send({
+    version: gitVersion,
+    commit: gitCommit,
+  });
+  return 0;
+};
diff --git a/src/server/es/index.js b/src/server/es/index.js
index 62dff9fa..a10019d7 100644
--- a/src/server/es/index.js
+++ b/src/server/es/index.js
@@ -318,6 +318,42 @@ class ES {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get all es indices and their alias
+   */
+  getAllESIndices() {
+    const indicesArray = this.config.indices.map((e) => e.index);
+    if (this.config.configIndex) {
+      indicesArray.push(this.config.configIndex);
+    }
+    return this.client.indices.getAlias({
+      index: indicesArray,
+    }).then((resp) => {
+      try {
+        const indicesMetadata = resp.body;
+        const indicesWithArrayFields = Object.keys(this.arrayFields);
+        for (let i = 0; i < indicesWithArrayFields.length; i += 1) {
+          const indexName = indicesWithArrayFields[i];
+          if (!indicesMetadata[indexName]) {
+            indicesMetadata[indexName] = {};
+          }
+          indicesMetadata[indexName].arrayFields = this.arrayFields[indexName];
+        }
+        return {
+          statusCode: resp.statusCode,
+          warnings: resp.warnings,
+          indices: {
+            ...indicesMetadata,
+          },
+        };
+      } catch (err) {
+        throw new Error(err);
+      }
+    }, (err) => {
+      throw new Error(err);
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if the field is array
    */
diff --git a/src/server/server.js b/src/server/server.js
index 996883c3..0a708548 100644
--- a/src/server/server.js
+++ b/src/server/server.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import headerParser from './utils/headerParser';
 import getAuthHelperInstance from './auth/authHelper';
 import downloadRouter from './download';
 import CodedError from './utils/error';
+import { statusRouter, versionRouter } from './endpoints';
 
 const app = express();
 app.use(cors());
@@ -47,10 +48,18 @@ const startServer = () => {
   });
 
   // simple health check endpoint
-  app.get('/_status', (req, res) => {
-    res.send('hello guppy');
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  app.get('/_status', statusRouter, (req, res, err, next) => {
+    if (err instanceof CodedError) {
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.msg);
+    } else {
+      res.status(500).send(err);
+    }
   });
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  app.get('/_version', versionRouter);
+
   // download endpoint for fetching data directly from es
   app.post('/download',
     downloadRouter, (err, req, res, next) => { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
diff --git a/src/server/version.js b/src/server/version.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1505bcb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const gitCommit = 'N/A';
+export const gitVersion = 'N/A';