How do I add my first monitor?
A monitor is one target (a hostname or URL) plus the checks you want to run against it. Setting one up takes under a minute.
Step by step
- From your dashboard, choose New monitor.
- Enter the target:
- a hostname like example.com for SSL, domain and DNS checks, or - a full URL like https://example.com/health for uptime.
- Tick the checks you want — SSL, domain, DNS, uptime, TCP, and (on Pro and Agency) Certificate Transparency.
- For uptime, pick the regions and the check interval.
- Optionally set an environment label (Production, Staging, or your own) to group monitors.
- Save. The first results usually land within a minute or two.
What happens next
- Certificate, domain and DNS checks run on a daily cadence; uptime and TCP run on the interval you choose.
- Certificate Transparency and DNS first record a silent baseline of what already exists, so setup never pages you about pre-existing certs or records.
- Alerts go to email by default — add Slack, Telegram, Discord or webhooks under Alerts.
A few tips
- Use a real health-check URL for uptime (one that exercises your app and dependencies) rather than a static page.
- Tighten what "up" means with an expected status range or a required keyword — see what counts as down.
- How many monitors you can run depends on your plan — see what's included in each plan.