Creating Your First Monitor

Setting up your first monitor takes just a few steps:

Step 1: Navigate to Monitors

Click Monitors in the sidebar, then click the New Monitor button.

Step 2: Choose Monitor Type

Select the type of check you want to perform:

• HTTP/HTTPS: Check if a website or API endpoint is responding
• TCP: Verify a port is open and accepting connections
• DNS: Ensure DNS records resolve correctly
• WebSocket: Monitor WebSocket connections

Step 3: Configure Settings

Enter the URL or endpoint you want to monitor, and configure:

• Check Interval: How often to check (1-60 minutes)
• Timeout: How long to wait for a response
• Expected Status: The HTTP status code you expect (for HTTP monitors)

Step 4: Set Up Alerts

Choose how you want to be notified when issues occur:

• Email notifications
• Slack messages
• Discord webhooks
• PagerDuty incidents

Step 5: Save and Activate

Click Create Monitor to save and start monitoring immediately.

Your monitor will begin checking within one minute and you'll see results in your dashboard.