How to use Maintenance Windows

Maintenance windows give you the ability to schedule a downtime so you will not receive any alerts. Very useful during reboots and server maintenance. This way, you can work away without triggering any alerts. This feature is not available on the free plan. How do I schedule a maintenance window? Scheduling […]

How do I Bulk Update tests?

Bulk update allows you to update certain options on many of your tests at once. What can I filter on? Right now, you can filter on the following fields: Test name, tags, checkrate, alert delay rate, confirmation servers, timeout, type, locations and contact groups. You can use multiple filters at once. […]

Using the Final Location feature

The final location field can be found on uptime type tests, and allows you to be alerted if the final URL received by the test is different to what you have specified. This can be useful when testing a URL with redirects, and also in combination with our Content match […]

How do I update my billing details?

Paying with credit or debitcard? You can update your billing address, payment information and invoice email address(es) within the billing section of your account. VAT numbers can also be updated within this section. For EU countries eligible for reverse VAT charges, this will be updated automatically for subsequent invoices. Please […]

Send Custom Headers with a test

In order to send custom header information with a test we should include this in the “Custom Headers” field when creating/editing the test’s settings. All entries must be in JSON format and will be validated by the field before the submission, if you see a warning please check the entry. […]

Using Server Monitoring

Below you can find some FAQ and general tips for our Server Monitoring feature: What permissions are required: Our system resource scanner runs on its own separate user account (cakeagent) and does not require root beyond the installation. You can limit file access for this user agent however df must […]

Enabling Domain Expiration Monitoring

Domains expire, and if you’re not keeping track of that, you might lose them. While most domain providers have their own alerts, having a third party watching over it adds extra security to make sure you know when it expires. How does this work? Registrars provide public information on each […]

Adding and Removing Record Rules/Triggers

Record Rules are the beating heart of Record Monitoring. These rules will keep a watchful eye on your domain’s records and let you know when a rule triggers. Why should I set up rules? An online presence is valuable in this day and age. Domains, like websites are a constant target […]