[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":555},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-monitor-website-uptime":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":522,"date":523,"description":524,"extension":525,"faq":526,"howTo":527,"image":526,"lastUpdated":523,"meta":549,"navigation":390,"path":550,"readingTime":551,"seo":552,"stem":553,"__hash__":554},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-monitor-website-uptime.md","How to Monitor Website Uptime: Step-by-Step Setup",{"name":7},"Theo Cummings",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":503},"minimark",[11,15,20,23,26,42,45,49,52,63,66,90,93,97,100,144,147,151,154,163,166,170,173,176,184,187,191,194,215,218,222,225,228,240,243,247,250,253,264,267,271,274,277,288,291,295,298,301,318,321,325,328,331,345,348,352,355,358,372,375,379,453,457,470,473,477],[12,13,14],"p",{},"If you want to monitor website uptime without creating alert noise, follow this sequence. It covers setup, validation, and tuning.",[16,17,19],"h2",{"id":18},"step-1-list-critical-endpoints","Step 1: List critical endpoints",[12,21,22],{},"Write down the user paths that break trust or revenue if they fail.",[12,24,25],{},"Minimum list for most SaaS products:",[27,28,29,33,36,39],"ul",{},[30,31,32],"li",{},"Homepage or app entry",[30,34,35],{},"Login endpoint",[30,37,38],{},"Core API health endpoint",[30,40,41],{},"Billing or checkout endpoint",[12,43,44],{},"Do not start with every route. Start with business-critical routes.",[16,46,48],{"id":47},"step-2-create-http-monitors-for-each-endpoint","Step 2: Create HTTP monitors for each endpoint",[12,50,51],{},"For each endpoint, define expected behavior:",[27,53,54,57,60],{},[30,55,56],{},"Expected status code",[30,58,59],{},"Maximum response time",[30,61,62],{},"Optional response body match",[12,64,65],{},"Example checks:",[27,67,68,78,84],{},[30,69,70,74,75],{},[71,72,73],"code",{},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.example.com\u002Fhealth"," must return ",[71,76,77],{},"200",[30,79,80,81],{},"Response must include ",[71,82,83],{},"\"status\":\"ok\"",[30,85,86,87],{},"Response time must stay under ",[71,88,89],{},"2000 ms",[12,91,92],{},"This catches both hard outages and partial failures.",[16,94,96],{"id":95},"step-3-set-check-intervals","Step 3: Set check intervals",[12,98,99],{},"Use interval by impact tier.",[101,102,103,116],"table",{},[104,105,106],"thead",{},[107,108,109,113],"tr",{},[110,111,112],"th",{},"Endpoint type",[110,114,115],{},"Recommended interval",[117,118,119,128,136],"tbody",{},[107,120,121,125],{},[122,123,124],"td",{},"Revenue-critical user path",[122,126,127],{},"1 minute",[107,129,130,133],{},[122,131,132],{},"Important but non-critical route",[122,134,135],{},"5 minutes",[107,137,138,141],{},[122,139,140],{},"Low-priority internal endpoint",[122,142,143],{},"10 minutes",[12,145,146],{},"Short intervals lower detection delay. Critical endpoints should not wait 5 minutes between checks.",[16,148,150],{"id":149},"step-4-enable-multi-region-checks","Step 4: Enable multi-region checks",[12,152,153],{},"Run checks from at least three regions.",[12,155,156,157,162],{},"Set rule: alert only when 2 of 3 regions fail. This removes many network-path ",[158,159,161],"a",{"href":160},"\u002Fblog\u002Freduce-false-positive-alerts","false positive","s that appear in one region only.",[12,164,165],{},"If your tool supports region weighting, keep equal voting for simple setups.",[16,167,169],{"id":168},"step-5-add-confirmation-before-paging","Step 5: Add confirmation before paging",[12,171,172],{},"Configure one retry on the next check cycle before opening an incident.",[12,174,175],{},"Result:",[27,177,178,181],{},[30,179,180],{},"Transient blips resolve without paging",[30,182,183],{},"Real outages still trigger quickly",[12,185,186],{},"For critical payment or auth systems, use short confirmation windows to balance speed and accuracy.",[16,188,190],{"id":189},"step-6-define-alert-severity-and-routing","Step 6: Define alert severity and routing",[12,192,193],{},"Create clear policy per severity.",[27,195,196,203,209],{},[30,197,198,202],{},[199,200,201],"strong",{},"P1:"," User-facing outage. Page on-call now.",[30,204,205,208],{},[199,206,207],{},"P2:"," Degradation. Send Slack alert and incident ticket.",[30,210,211,214],{},[199,212,213],{},"P3:"," Warning and maintenance events. Send email summary.",[12,216,217],{},"Map each monitor to one severity level. Avoid defaulting all checks to P1.",[16,219,221],{"id":220},"step-7-configure-escalation-timers","Step 7: Configure escalation timers",[12,223,224],{},"If no one acknowledges a P1 alert in 10 minutes, escalate automatically.",[12,226,227],{},"Typical escalation path:",[229,230,231,234,237],"ol",{},[30,232,233],{},"Primary on-call engineer",[30,235,236],{},"Secondary on-call engineer",[30,238,239],{},"Engineering lead",[12,241,242],{},"Escalation prevents stalled incidents when one person misses a page.",[16,244,246],{"id":245},"step-8-add-ssl-dns-and-domain-monitors","Step 8: Add SSL, DNS, and domain monitors",[12,248,249],{},"Website uptime is not only HTTP availability.",[12,251,252],{},"Add supporting monitors for:",[27,254,255,258,261],{},[30,256,257],{},"SSL certificate expiry",[30,259,260],{},"DNS record changes (A, CNAME, NS)",[30,262,263],{},"Domain expiry date",[12,265,266],{},"These catch outages caused by infrastructure configuration and lifecycle failures.",[16,268,270],{"id":269},"step-9-add-heartbeat-checks-for-jobs","Step 9: Add heartbeat checks for jobs",[12,272,273],{},"If your website depends on background jobs, add heartbeat monitors.",[12,275,276],{},"Examples:",[27,278,279,282,285],{},[30,280,281],{},"Billing sync job",[30,283,284],{},"Email queue worker",[30,286,287],{},"Daily report pipeline",[12,289,290],{},"Missed heartbeat alerts expose silent backend failures before customers notice missing data.",[16,292,294],{"id":293},"step-10-test-the-full-incident-path","Step 10: Test the full incident path",[12,296,297],{},"Run one controlled failure drill.",[12,299,300],{},"Checklist:",[27,302,303,306,309,312,315],{},[30,304,305],{},"Simulate endpoint failure",[30,307,308],{},"Confirm monitor detects failure",[30,310,311],{},"Confirm alert reaches right channels",[30,313,314],{},"Confirm escalation works on no acknowledgment",[30,316,317],{},"Confirm status-page update triggers",[12,319,320],{},"If any part fails, fix now. Do not wait for production incidents.",[16,322,324],{"id":323},"step-11-track-first-week-metrics","Step 11: Track first-week metrics",[12,326,327],{},"After launch, review one week of data.",[12,329,330],{},"Track:",[27,332,333,336,339,342],{},[30,334,335],{},"MTTD",[30,337,338],{},"MTTA",[30,340,341],{},"Signal-to-noise ratio",[30,343,344],{},"Duplicate-alert count",[12,346,347],{},"Use this data to tune thresholds and remove noisy checks.",[16,349,351],{"id":350},"step-12-schedule-monthly-maintenance","Step 12: Schedule monthly maintenance",[12,353,354],{},"Monitoring quality decays without review.",[12,356,357],{},"Monthly review tasks:",[27,359,360,363,366,369],{},[30,361,362],{},"Remove non-actionable alerts",[30,364,365],{},"Tune latency thresholds by current traffic patterns",[30,367,368],{},"Merge duplicate alert rules",[30,370,371],{},"Add checks for newly critical endpoints",[12,373,374],{},"This keeps your setup useful as your product evolves.",[16,376,378],{"id":377},"copy-paste-implementation-checklist","Copy-paste implementation checklist",[27,380,383,393,399,405,411,417,423,429,435,441,447],{"className":381},[382],"contains-task-list",[30,384,387,392],{"className":385},[386],"task-list-item",[388,389],"input",{"disabled":390,"type":391},true,"checkbox"," Critical endpoints selected by business impact",[30,394,396,398],{"className":395},[386],[388,397],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," HTTP monitors created with validation rules",[30,400,402,404],{"className":401},[386],[388,403],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Intervals set (1-minute for critical)",[30,406,408,410],{"className":407},[386],[388,409],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Multi-region quorum enabled",[30,412,414,416],{"className":413},[386],[388,415],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Confirmation check enabled",[30,418,420,422],{"className":419},[386],[388,421],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Severity routing mapped (P1\u002FP2\u002FP3)",[30,424,426,428],{"className":425},[386],[388,427],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Escalation timer configured",[30,430,432,434],{"className":431},[386],[388,433],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," SSL, DNS, domain monitors enabled",[30,436,438,440],{"className":437},[386],[388,439],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Heartbeat monitors for jobs enabled",[30,442,444,446],{"className":443},[386],[388,445],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Failure drill completed",[30,448,450,452],{"className":449},[386],[388,451],{"disabled":390,"type":391}," Monthly review recurring event created",[16,454,456],{"id":455},"where-vantaj-helps","Where Vantaj helps",[12,458,459,460,464,465,469],{},"Vantaj provides these controls in one workflow: multi-region checks, confirmation logic, incident-based alerts, SSL and ",[158,461,463],{"href":462},"\u002Fblog\u002Fdns-monitoring-guide","DNS monitoring",", ",[158,466,468],{"href":467},"\u002Fblog\u002Fheartbeat-monitoring-cron-jobs","heartbeat monitoring",", and hosted status pages.",[12,471,472],{},"If you follow the steps in this guide, the tool setup takes less than an hour for a typical SaaS stack.",[16,474,476],{"id":475},"related-guides","Related guides",[27,478,479,485,491,497],{},[30,480,481],{},[158,482,484],{"href":483},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-is-uptime-monitoring","What Is Uptime Monitoring?",[30,486,487],{},[158,488,490],{"href":489},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-monitoring-best-practices","Uptime Monitoring Best Practices",[30,492,493],{},[158,494,496],{"href":495},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-sla-monitoring","Uptime SLA Monitoring",[30,498,499],{},[158,500,502],{"href":501},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwhy-you-need-a-status-page","Why You Need a Status Page",{"title":504,"searchDepth":505,"depth":505,"links":506},"",2,[507,508,509,510,511,512,513,514,515,516,517,518,519,520,521],{"id":18,"depth":505,"text":19},{"id":47,"depth":505,"text":48},{"id":95,"depth":505,"text":96},{"id":149,"depth":505,"text":150},{"id":168,"depth":505,"text":169},{"id":189,"depth":505,"text":190},{"id":220,"depth":505,"text":221},{"id":245,"depth":505,"text":246},{"id":269,"depth":505,"text":270},{"id":293,"depth":505,"text":294},{"id":323,"depth":505,"text":324},{"id":350,"depth":505,"text":351},{"id":377,"depth":505,"text":378},{"id":455,"depth":505,"text":456},{"id":475,"depth":505,"text":476},"tutorials","2026-07-03","Learn how to monitor website uptime in a practical step-by-step workflow. Set check intervals, reduce false alerts, route incidents, and validate your setup in under an hour.","md",null,{"name":528,"description":529,"steps":530},"How to monitor website uptime","Configure reliable uptime monitoring with critical endpoints, multi-region checks, alert routing, and validation drills.",[531,534,537,540,543,546],{"name":532,"text":533},"List critical user paths","Identify endpoints tied to login, checkout, and core API actions, then rank them by business impact.",{"name":535,"text":536},"Create HTTP monitors","Add checks for each critical endpoint with status code and response-time validation rules.",{"name":538,"text":539},"Set check intervals","Run critical checks every 1 minute and lower-priority checks every 5 minutes.",{"name":541,"text":542},"Enable multi-region consensus","Use at least three probe regions and require quorum before opening incidents.",{"name":544,"text":545},"Configure alert routing","Send P1 incidents to on-call paging and P2 incidents to team channels with escalation timers.",{"name":547,"text":548},"Test and tune","Run synthetic failures, verify alert delivery, and adjust noisy thresholds based on first-week data.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-monitor-website-uptime",9,{"title":5,"description":524},"blog\u002Fhow-to-monitor-website-uptime","H463ATAllZPbK-JsmleQulygh20a3BwzZX7wC5lE-l8",1783438372925]