Tutorial

Create an uptime monitor

Walk through creating your first HTTP/API monitor, tagging it for organization, and wiring alerts so incidents never go unnoticed.

1) Open the monitors workspace

  1. Log in and go to Dashboard → Monitors.
  2. Click New monitor. You will see the creation form with defaults prefilled.

2) Configure the check

  1. Choose the monitor type (HTTP/HTTPS or TCP) and enter the target URL or host.
  2. Set the interval and timeout that match your SLOs.
  3. Optional: add headers, request body, and status code expectations for APIs.
  4. Add tags (e.g., prod, api) for filtering and grouping.

Tip: keep intervals consistent across environments so charts remain comparable.

3) Add alerting

  1. Select one or more alert channels (email, Slack, Discord, webhook).
  2. Confirm escalation rules match your on-call rotation.
  3. Save the monitor. The dashboard shows it immediately with live status.

You can pause/resume monitors from the list or detail page without losing history.