Setting Up Your First Monitor

Monitors check your websites and services regularly to make sure they’re working. When something goes down, you’ll get notified right away.

Step 1: Navigate to Add Monitor

From your dashboard, go to Monitors in the left menu, then click Add Monitor.

You can also click the Add Monitor shortcut button on your dashboard.

Step 2: Choose Monitor Type

Select what type of service you want to monitor:

For most users, HTTP/HTTPS is the right choice.

Step 3: Enter Your URL

Type in the full URL of your website or service:

https://www.example.com

Make sure to include https:// or http:// at the start.

Step 4: Set Check Interval

Choose how often we should check your service:

• 30 seconds - For critical services
• 1 minute - Standard monitoring
• 5 minutes - Less critical services
• 15 minutes - Low priority checks

More frequent checks use more of your plan’s quota, so balance speed with your needs.

Step 5: Choose Monitoring Locations

Select which geographic regions should check your service. Using multiple locations:

• Helps avoid false positives from network issues
• Shows you how your service performs globally
• Provides more reliable uptime data

See our monitor locations guide for details on available regions.

Step 6: Configure Alerts

Decide how you want to be notified when something goes wrong:

• Email - Get an email when the site goes down or recovers
• SMS - Receive text message alerts (if available on your plan)
• Webhook - Send alerts to Slack, Discord, or your own systems

You can set up notification channels in your notification settings.

Step 7: Save Your Monitor

Click Create Monitor and you’re done! Your monitor will start checking immediately.

Viewing Monitor Results

After saving, you’ll be taken to your monitor’s detail page where you can see:

• Current status (up or down)
• Response time history
• Uptime percentage
• Recent check results

What’s Next?

Now that you have a monitor running:

• Connect it to a status page so visitors can see uptime
• Set up more notification channels
• Learn about monitor types for advanced monitoring
• Understand uptime and SLA reports