[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":540},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-monitor-website-uptime":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":507,"date":508,"description":509,"extension":510,"faq":511,"howTo":512,"image":511,"lastUpdated":508,"meta":534,"navigation":384,"path":535,"readingTime":536,"seo":537,"stem":538,"__hash__":539},"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":488},"minimark",[11,15,20,23,26,42,45,49,52,63,66,90,93,97,100,144,147,151,154,157,160,164,167,170,178,181,185,188,209,212,216,219,222,234,237,241,244,247,258,261,265,268,271,282,285,289,292,295,312,315,319,322,325,339,342,346,349,352,366,369,373,447,451,454,457,461],[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],{},"Set rule: alert only when 2 of 3 regions fail. This removes many network-path false positives that appear in one region only.",[12,158,159],{},"If your tool supports region weighting, keep equal voting for simple setups.",[16,161,163],{"id":162},"step-5-add-confirmation-before-paging","Step 5: Add confirmation before paging",[12,165,166],{},"Configure one retry on the next check cycle before opening an incident.",[12,168,169],{},"Result:",[27,171,172,175],{},[30,173,174],{},"Transient blips resolve without paging",[30,176,177],{},"Real outages still trigger quickly",[12,179,180],{},"For critical payment or auth systems, use short confirmation windows to balance speed and accuracy.",[16,182,184],{"id":183},"step-6-define-alert-severity-and-routing","Step 6: Define alert severity and routing",[12,186,187],{},"Create clear policy per severity.",[27,189,190,197,203],{},[30,191,192,196],{},[193,194,195],"strong",{},"P1:"," User-facing outage. Page on-call now.",[30,198,199,202],{},[193,200,201],{},"P2:"," Degradation. Send Slack alert and incident ticket.",[30,204,205,208],{},[193,206,207],{},"P3:"," Warning and maintenance events. Send email summary.",[12,210,211],{},"Map each monitor to one severity level. Avoid defaulting all checks to P1.",[16,213,215],{"id":214},"step-7-configure-escalation-timers","Step 7: Configure escalation timers",[12,217,218],{},"If no one acknowledges a P1 alert in 10 minutes, escalate automatically.",[12,220,221],{},"Typical escalation path:",[223,224,225,228,231],"ol",{},[30,226,227],{},"Primary on-call engineer",[30,229,230],{},"Secondary on-call engineer",[30,232,233],{},"Engineering lead",[12,235,236],{},"Escalation prevents stalled incidents when one person misses a page.",[16,238,240],{"id":239},"step-8-add-ssl-dns-and-domain-monitors","Step 8: Add SSL, DNS, and domain monitors",[12,242,243],{},"Website uptime is not only HTTP availability.",[12,245,246],{},"Add supporting monitors for:",[27,248,249,252,255],{},[30,250,251],{},"SSL certificate expiry",[30,253,254],{},"DNS record changes (A, CNAME, NS)",[30,256,257],{},"Domain expiry date",[12,259,260],{},"These catch outages caused by infrastructure configuration and lifecycle failures.",[16,262,264],{"id":263},"step-9-add-heartbeat-checks-for-jobs","Step 9: Add heartbeat checks for jobs",[12,266,267],{},"If your website depends on background jobs, add heartbeat monitors.",[12,269,270],{},"Examples:",[27,272,273,276,279],{},[30,274,275],{},"Billing sync job",[30,277,278],{},"Email queue worker",[30,280,281],{},"Daily report pipeline",[12,283,284],{},"Missed heartbeat alerts expose silent backend failures before customers notice missing data.",[16,286,288],{"id":287},"step-10-test-the-full-incident-path","Step 10: Test the full incident path",[12,290,291],{},"Run one controlled failure drill.",[12,293,294],{},"Checklist:",[27,296,297,300,303,306,309],{},[30,298,299],{},"Simulate endpoint failure",[30,301,302],{},"Confirm monitor detects failure",[30,304,305],{},"Confirm alert reaches right channels",[30,307,308],{},"Confirm escalation works on no acknowledgment",[30,310,311],{},"Confirm status-page update triggers",[12,313,314],{},"If any part fails, fix now. Do not wait for production incidents.",[16,316,318],{"id":317},"step-11-track-first-week-metrics","Step 11: Track first-week metrics",[12,320,321],{},"After launch, review one week of data.",[12,323,324],{},"Track:",[27,326,327,330,333,336],{},[30,328,329],{},"MTTD",[30,331,332],{},"MTTA",[30,334,335],{},"Signal-to-noise ratio",[30,337,338],{},"Duplicate-alert count",[12,340,341],{},"Use this data to tune thresholds and remove noisy checks.",[16,343,345],{"id":344},"step-12-schedule-monthly-maintenance","Step 12: Schedule monthly maintenance",[12,347,348],{},"Monitoring quality decays without review.",[12,350,351],{},"Monthly review tasks:",[27,353,354,357,360,363],{},[30,355,356],{},"Remove non-actionable alerts",[30,358,359],{},"Tune latency thresholds by current traffic patterns",[30,361,362],{},"Merge duplicate alert rules",[30,364,365],{},"Add checks for newly critical endpoints",[12,367,368],{},"This keeps your setup useful as your product evolves.",[16,370,372],{"id":371},"copy-paste-implementation-checklist","Copy-paste implementation checklist",[27,374,377,387,393,399,405,411,417,423,429,435,441],{"className":375},[376],"contains-task-list",[30,378,381,386],{"className":379},[380],"task-list-item",[382,383],"input",{"disabled":384,"type":385},true,"checkbox"," Critical endpoints selected by business impact",[30,388,390,392],{"className":389},[380],[382,391],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," HTTP monitors created with validation rules",[30,394,396,398],{"className":395},[380],[382,397],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Intervals set (1-minute for critical)",[30,400,402,404],{"className":401},[380],[382,403],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Multi-region quorum enabled",[30,406,408,410],{"className":407},[380],[382,409],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Confirmation check enabled",[30,412,414,416],{"className":413},[380],[382,415],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Severity routing mapped (P1\u002FP2\u002FP3)",[30,418,420,422],{"className":419},[380],[382,421],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Escalation timer configured",[30,424,426,428],{"className":425},[380],[382,427],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," SSL, DNS, domain monitors enabled",[30,430,432,434],{"className":431},[380],[382,433],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Heartbeat monitors for jobs enabled",[30,436,438,440],{"className":437},[380],[382,439],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Failure drill completed",[30,442,444,446],{"className":443},[380],[382,445],{"disabled":384,"type":385}," Monthly review recurring event created",[16,448,450],{"id":449},"where-vantaj-helps","Where Vantaj helps",[12,452,453],{},"Vantaj provides these controls in one workflow: multi-region checks, confirmation logic, incident-based alerts, SSL and DNS monitoring, heartbeat monitoring, and hosted status pages.",[12,455,456],{},"If you follow the steps in this guide, the tool setup takes less than an hour for a typical SaaS stack.",[16,458,460],{"id":459},"related-guides","Related guides",[27,462,463,470,476,482],{},[30,464,465],{},[466,467,469],"a",{"href":468},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-is-uptime-monitoring","What Is Uptime Monitoring?",[30,471,472],{},[466,473,475],{"href":474},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-monitoring-best-practices","Uptime Monitoring Best Practices",[30,477,478],{},[466,479,481],{"href":480},"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-sla-monitoring","Uptime SLA Monitoring",[30,483,484],{},[466,485,487],{"href":486},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwhy-you-need-a-status-page","Why You Need a Status Page",{"title":489,"searchDepth":490,"depth":490,"links":491},"",2,[492,493,494,495,496,497,498,499,500,501,502,503,504,505,506],{"id":18,"depth":490,"text":19},{"id":47,"depth":490,"text":48},{"id":95,"depth":490,"text":96},{"id":149,"depth":490,"text":150},{"id":162,"depth":490,"text":163},{"id":183,"depth":490,"text":184},{"id":214,"depth":490,"text":215},{"id":239,"depth":490,"text":240},{"id":263,"depth":490,"text":264},{"id":287,"depth":490,"text":288},{"id":317,"depth":490,"text":318},{"id":344,"depth":490,"text":345},{"id":371,"depth":490,"text":372},{"id":449,"depth":490,"text":450},{"id":459,"depth":490,"text":460},"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":513,"description":514,"steps":515},"How to monitor website uptime","Configure reliable uptime monitoring with critical endpoints, multi-region checks, alert routing, and validation drills.",[516,519,522,525,528,531],{"name":517,"text":518},"List critical user paths","Identify endpoints tied to login, checkout, and core API actions, then rank them by business impact.",{"name":520,"text":521},"Create HTTP monitors","Add checks for each critical endpoint with status code and response-time validation rules.",{"name":523,"text":524},"Set check intervals","Run critical checks every 1 minute and lower-priority checks every 5 minutes.",{"name":526,"text":527},"Enable multi-region consensus","Use at least three probe regions and require quorum before opening incidents.",{"name":529,"text":530},"Configure alert routing","Send P1 incidents to on-call paging and P2 incidents to team channels with escalation timers.",{"name":532,"text":533},"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":509},"blog\u002Fhow-to-monitor-website-uptime","G9PDh6hcALz_VNVojkDdgLuS5-OKX-ogoopx-xq9Pig",1783025070504]