Creating a Monitor

Setting up a new monitor is straightforward from within your StatusCloud console, and takes only a few moments.

In this example, we will create a Simple Uptime monitor that checks the status of example.com every 5 minutes and sends us an email alert if the site goes offline.

This guide assumes that you are already a StatusCloud user - if not, you should complete these steps before continuing.

Guide

1. First, log in to your StatusCloud console.
2. Go to the Monitors page, then click on New Monitor.
3. Select which type of monitor you wish to create (in our example this is Simple Uptime), then click Next.
4. In the Basics section, complete the first box to give you monitor a name.
5. Next, type in the URL of the site you want to monitor (in our example this is https‍://example.com).
6. If you want to adjust the check frequency you change this in the following box, otherwise leave the default of 5 minutes.
7. Click Next to continue to the Alerts page.
8. Select which alerts to send (in our example this is the default of Just me (by email)) - for more information see Configuring Alerts.
9. Finally, click on Finish and wait for your monitor to be created.

Next Steps

• Add your monitor to a Status Page
• Create an HTTP Monitor with custom rules
• Add a Heartbeat Monitor to check on a background task