Uptime Robot

  |  By Laura Clayton
The ability to peer deeply into the inner workings of software and systems isn’t just advantageous – it’s essential. Observability, a term that’s gaining traction among tech professionals, stands at the forefront of this shift, empowering software engineers and DevOps teams with the clarity and insight needed to steer complex systems toward optimal performance.
  |  By Diana Bocco
Your website is your digital storefront, and keeping it running smoothly is key to your success. This applies to your online reputation too. With the right tools, you can keep your audience in the loop about your site’s health and performance. To help you get started, we have put together a list of the top 9 free status page tools and services. These are essential not just for businesses, but for anyone looking to offer clear, consistent updates about their website’s uptime.
  |  By Kristian Kusenda
In the volatile world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, even a downtime of just a few minutes can mean a significant loss of earnings for you as a chain validator. In this article, we aim to examine the best practices for monitoring your nodes and demon apps. A reliable uptime monitoring service helps to improve the stability of the whole blockchain and minimizes losses that can occur during unexpected downtimes.
  |  By Kristian Kusenda
On Tuesday, March 5th, Facebook, Instagram and Google Ads experienced widespread outages that lasted for nearly two hours, affecting thousands of users worldwide. More than 550,000 reports poured in from Facebook users, and Instagram received 92,000 similar complaints, as reported by Reuters. As Meta stated on their newest platform, Threads: ”Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services.
  |  By Diana Bocco
Status pages are one of the best additions to your monitoring that can significantly reduce the number of support tickets or improve the efficiency of your teams and processes. There are multiple benefits hidden in creating a custom status page, so let’s take a look at all of them and how you can implement them immediately.
  |  By Diana Bocco
SSL certificates create an encrypted connection between a web server and a user’s browser. This encryption ensures that any data transmitted remains private and secure, making it essential for protecting sensitive information like passwords, credit card numbers, and personal details. However, when there’s an issue with the SSL certificate, users can encounter errors that not only disrupt this secure connection but can also hint at potential security risks.
  |  By Diana Bocco
Ping monitoring is an essential technique in network management used to assess the health and performance of a network by verifying the availability of servers and other network devices. It employs the ‘ping’ command, a basic Internet tool that tests connectivity between two networked devices.
  |  By Laura Clayton
When it comes to system administration, the need for automation and precise scheduling has never been greater. That’s where cron comes in, the time-based job scheduler that has been a steadfast companion of Unix-like operating systems for decades. If you’re a seasoned sysadmin or just a curious enthusiast, understanding the ins and outs of Cron is a valuable skill.
  |  By Tomas Koprusak
Hi everyone. As we stand at the threshold of 2024, on behalf of our CEO, Michal Aftanas, and the entire UptimeRobot team, I’d like to thank you for your never-ending support. Thank you for being part of our journey over the last 12 months! It was an amazing ride full of great news (and more to come), so I’d like to take this opportunity to summarize our year together and give a peek at our plans for 2024.
  |  By Kristian Kusenda
The lifeblood of any online business lies in its accessibility. When your site or application is accessible, your customers are happy, your brand reputation remains intact, and revenues keep flowing. Because of this, understanding and calculating uptime becomes crucial. Let’s face it: any downtime translates to lost revenue.
  |  By WPBuilders
Learn how to monitor the uptime and downtime of your website for FREE! This is a great tool!
  |  By WPBuilders
This is a video tutorial gives a step by step process to configure Uptime Robot to monitor your website and alert you if your website goes down.

Downtime Happens. Get Notified! 50 Monitors, Checked Every 5 Minutes, Totally Free!

UptimeRobot is an uptime monitoring service that helps users to get acknowledged of the downtimes of their websites/servers and also track their performance.

Simple-yet-powerful features:

  • Multiple types: Check HTTP(s), ping, port and keywords.
  • Get alerted: Via e-mail, SMS, voice calls, Telegram, Slack, Microsoft Teams, push, web-hooks...
  • Reach the stats: View uptime, downtime and the response times.
  • Maintenance windows: Define time periods in order to not get monitored.
  • Public status pages: Share the stats with your teammates and/or visitors (demo).

It is actively used by 600,000+ users with a much greater number of monitors being checked regularly.

The Pro Plan offers additional features including 1-min monitoring, SSL certificate checks, maintenance windows and more customization.