Create uptime monitors

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Create uptime monitors

Overview

Use Uptime Checks to create checks for monitored endpoints. Use Maintenance Windows to pause checks during planned work so expected outages do not create noise.

Before you begin

  • Uptime module is licensed.
  • Know the endpoint, check type, interval, validation rule, and alerting behavior you want to use.
  • Know whether the maintenance window applies to All checks or only selected checks.
  • For a PowerShell check, have the script ready. Reusable managed scripts are maintained on Uptime Monitoring: Scripts.

Steps

Step 1

Open Uptime Checks. Review TOTAL CHECKS, HEALTHY, ISSUES, and ENABLED, then use Search, Environment, Service Type, Group, or Tag filters if you need to find an existing check before creating a new one. Create uptime monitors - step 1 Create uptime monitors - step 1 detail

Step 2

Click New Check. In New Uptime Check, select a type from Catalog or use Filter check types. Click Next and complete each wizard step: Basic for name and labels, Endpoint for the target, Auth for credentials, Validation for expected response, Alerting for notifications, Schedule for interval, Datasource for result storage, Dependencies if another check must pass first, and Summary to review and save. Auth is shown for every check type: leave Authentication Type at None when the check needs no login. An API Exposure check takes no credentials. When you edit a check later, the wizard opens on Basic.

On Schedule, the shortest interval is 30 seconds. A repository check runs at most every 15 minutes and an API Exposure check every 5 minutes. Create uptime monitors - step 2 Create uptime monitors - step 2 detail

Step 3

Open Maintenance Windows. Review the table columns Name, Checks, Start, End, Recurrence, Reason, and Actions, then click New Window to schedule planned downtime. Create uptime monitors - step 3 Create uptime monitors - step 3 detail

Step 4

In New Maintenance Window, enter Name and Reason, set Start and End, choose Recurrence, and leave All checks selected or choose affected checks. Click Create to add the window. Create uptime monitors - step 4 Create uptime monitors - step 4 detail

Verify the result

The new uptime check appears in Uptime Checks with the expected type, endpoint, interval, environment, and enabled state. The maintenance window appears in Maintenance Windows with the correct name, affected checks, start time, end time, recurrence, and reason.

Troubleshooting

  • If the Create button stays disabled in New Maintenance Window, check required fields. Create is available once the window has a Name and, for a Weekly or Monthly window, at least one day.
  • If the wrong checks are paused, edit the maintenance window and change Affected Checks from All checks to the intended checks.
  • If a check is created with the wrong behavior, open it from Uptime Checks and review the wizard steps for Endpoint, Auth, Validation, Alerting, Schedule, Datasource, and Dependencies.
  • If you cannot find a check, clear active filters or use the Search field with the check name or endpoint.
  • If a PowerShell check cannot be saved, provide a script by selecting an existing managed script or pasting/uploading a .ps1 script in the wizard before saving.
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