1) Start the server 2) Execute two successive requests curl -v -u user:user http://localhost:11222/rest/v2/server --next -u user:user http://localhost:11222/rest/v2/server 3) Check the headers The first response contains the keep-alive header, which prompts cURL to reuse the connection < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Content-Type: application/json < content-length: 46 < connection: keep-alive But when attempting the reuse, it fails because the connection was closed: * Connection died, retrying a fresh connect * Closing connection 0 * Issue another request to this URL: 'http://localhost:11222/rest/v2/server