def METHOD_NAME(self, port=None):
    """
    Check gpfdist by connecting after starting process
    @return: True or False
    @todo: Need the absolute path
    """
    if port is None:
        port = self.port
    url = "http://%s:%s" % (socket.gethostbyname(self.host), port)
    shell.run("curl %s 2>&1" % (url), oFile="gpfdist.process", mode="w")
    content = ''.join(open("gpfdist.process").readlines())
    if content.find("couldn't")>=0:
        return False
    return True