diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 08e868af..7bb6ef3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ jobs:
         cat /var/snap/microceph/current/conf/ceph.conf
         fgrep -q "[${MON_IP}]" /var/snap/microceph/current/conf/ceph.conf
 
+    - name: API Testing
+      run: |
+        ~/actionutils.sh install_hurl
+        ~/actionutils.sh hurl tests/hurl/services-mon.hurl
+
   multi-node-tests:
     name: Multi node testing
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/microceph/api/services.go b/microceph/api/services.go
index 2453e765..572eacc5 100644
--- a/microceph/api/services.go
+++ b/microceph/api/services.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func cmdServicesGet(s state.State, r *http.Request) response.Response {
 // Service endpoints.
 var monServiceCmd = rest.Endpoint{
 	Path:   "services/mon",
+	Get:    rest.EndpointAction{Handler: cmdMonGet, ProxyTarget: true},
 	Put:    rest.EndpointAction{Handler: cmdEnableServicePut, ProxyTarget: true},
 	Delete: rest.EndpointAction{Handler: cmdDeleteService, ProxyTarget: true},
 }
@@ -60,6 +61,21 @@ var rbdMirroServiceCmd = rest.Endpoint{
 	Delete: rest.EndpointAction{Handler: cmdDeleteService, ProxyTarget: true},
 }
 
+// cmdMonGet returns the mon service status.
+func cmdMonGet(s state.State, r *http.Request) response.Response {
+
+	// fetch monitor addresses
+	monitors, err := ceph.GetMonitorAddresses(r.Context(), interfaces.CephState{State: s})
+	if err != nil {
+		return response.InternalError(err)
+	}
+
+	monStatus := types.MonitorStatus{Addresses: monitors}
+
+	return response.SyncResponse(true, monStatus)
+
+}
+
 func cmdEnableServicePut(s state.State, r *http.Request) response.Response {
 	var payload types.EnableService
 
diff --git a/microceph/api/types/services.go b/microceph/api/types/services.go
index f45ce78b..e0ac0968 100644
--- a/microceph/api/types/services.go
+++ b/microceph/api/types/services.go
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ type RGWService struct {
 	Port    int  `json:"port" yaml:"port"`
 	Enabled bool `json:"enabled" yaml:"enabled"`
 }
+
+// MonitorStatus holds the status of all monitors
+// for now, this is just the addresses of the monitors
+type MonitorStatus struct {
+	Addresses []string `json:"addresses" yaml:"addresses"`
+}
diff --git a/microceph/ceph/config.go b/microceph/ceph/config.go
index 6b14092e..681b1e70 100644
--- a/microceph/ceph/config.go
+++ b/microceph/ceph/config.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func UpdateConfig(ctx context.Context, s interfaces.StateInterface) error {
 	// REF: https://docs.ceph.com/en/quincy/rados/configuration/network-config-ref/#ceph-daemons
 	// The mon host configuration option only needs to be sufficiently up to date such that a
 	// client can reach one monitor that is currently online.
-	monitorAddresses := getMonitorAddresses(config)
+	monitorAddresses := getMonitorsFromConfig(config)
 
 	// backward compat: if no mon hosts found, get them from the node addresses but don't
 	// insert into db, as the join logic will take care of that.
@@ -435,8 +435,29 @@ func GetConfigDb(ctx context.Context, s interfaces.StateInterface) (map[string]s
 	return config, nil
 }
 
-// getMonitorAddresses scans a provided config key/value map and returns a list of mon hosts found.
-func getMonitorAddresses(configs map[string]string) []string {
+// GetMonitorAddresses retrieves the monitor addresses from the database.
+func GetMonitorAddresses(ctx context.Context, s interfaces.StateInterface) ([]string, error) {
+	config, err := GetConfigDb(ctx, s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get config db: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	monitorAddresses := getMonitorsFromConfig(config)
+
+	if len(monitorAddresses) == 0 {
+		monitorAddresses, err = backwardCompatMonitors(ctx, s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get monitor addresses: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that IPv6 addresses have square brackets around them (if IPv6 is used).
+	monitorAddresses = formatIPv6(monitorAddresses)
+	return monitorAddresses, nil
+}
+
+// getMonitorsFromConfig scans a provided config key/value map and returns a list of mon hosts found.
+func getMonitorsFromConfig(configs map[string]string) []string {
 	monHosts := []string{}
 	for k, v := range configs {
 		if strings.Contains(k, "mon.host.") {
diff --git a/microceph/ceph/services_placement_rgw.go b/microceph/ceph/services_placement_rgw.go
index 627bbb7a..50cc3cfb 100644
--- a/microceph/ceph/services_placement_rgw.go
+++ b/microceph/ceph/services_placement_rgw.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (rgw *RgwServicePlacement) ServiceInit(ctx context.Context, s interfaces.St
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get config db: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return EnableRGW(s, rgw.Port, rgw.SSLPort, rgw.SSLCertificate, rgw.SSLPrivateKey, getMonitorAddresses(config))
+	return EnableRGW(s, rgw.Port, rgw.SSLPort, rgw.SSLCertificate, rgw.SSLPrivateKey, getMonitorsFromConfig(config))
 }
 
 func (rgw *RgwServicePlacement) PostPlacementCheck(s interfaces.StateInterface) error {
diff --git a/tests/hurl/services-mon.hurl b/tests/hurl/services-mon.hurl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..812e7d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hurl/services-mon.hurl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+GET http://localhost/1.0/services/mon 
+HTTP 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.metadata.addresses" count == 1
diff --git a/tests/scripts/actionutils.sh b/tests/scripts/actionutils.sh
index 57ad4680..f2a745be 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/actionutils.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/actionutils.sh
@@ -414,6 +414,18 @@ function install_store() {
     done
 }
 
+function install_hurl() {
+    VERSION=5.0.1
+    downloadurl="https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/download/$VERSION/hurl_${VERSION}_amd64.deb"
+    curl --location --remote-name $downloadurl
+    sudo dpkg -i ./hurl_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
+}
+
+function hurl() {
+    echo "Running hurl $@"
+    sudo hurl --unix-socket /var/snap/microceph/common/state/control.socket --test /var/snap/microceph/common/state/control.socket "$@"
+}
+
 function upgrade_multinode() {
     # Refresh to local version, checking health
     for container in node-wrk0 node-wrk1 node-wrk2 node-wrk3 ; do