Guides
Step by step guides for monitoring client sites, cron jobs and status pages with OctoPing.
- GuideMonitor cron jobs with heartbeatsGet an alert when a backup or scheduled job stops running, whether it runs from cron, a systemd timer, GitHub Actions or Kubernetes.
- GuideReceive signed webhooks from OctoPingSend OctoPing alerts to your own server and check each request's signature before you act on it.
- GuideShow live status on your own siteShow a client's live status inside your own website, portal or dashboard by reading their status page as JSON.
- GuideSend uptime alerts to a Discord channelGet down and recovery alerts for your sites in a Discord channel your team already watches.
- GuideSet up a white-label status page for each clientGive each client a status page with their own logo and colors that lists only their sites, and publish it on your address or theirs.
- GuideAdd a client as a status page contactSend a client every alert for their sites and a monthly summary by email, without giving them a login or using a seat.
- GuideAdd an uptime badge to a README, report or footerShow a site's live uptime or current status as a small image in a README, a client report or a website footer.
- GuideMonitor a staging site behind a password or firewallCheck a staging or preview site that asks for a login or sits behind a firewall rule, using Basic Authentication or a secret header.
- GuideGet alerts before a client's domain expiresWatch a client's domain registration from its public record, with no registrar login, and get a warning in time to renew.
- GuideSend SSL certificate expiry alerts to SlackConnect Slack, choose how many days ahead to warn, and get a message in your team's channel when a client's certificate is close to expiring.
- GuideCatch a site-wide robots.txt block before it hurts search trafficGet an alert when a client's robots.txt changes, with a plain warning if search engines went from allowed to blocked, and learn what the check does not read.
- GuideGet an alert when a client's site moves to a different hostTurn on hosting checks to hear when a site changes hosting provider or CDN, and see which address changes stay quiet.
- GuideTell a regional outage from a real outage before you call the clientRead each location's result, the Partial status and the down alert to decide whether a site is down for everyone, for one region, or only for OctoPing's checker.