Kinds of monitor

Pick the kind that matches what you want to know. A type cannot be changed after you create the monitor, so choose the one that fits.

• Website: does the page load and answer with a good status code?
• Keyword: is a word on the page (or, better, not on it)? Catches an error page that still says "200 OK".
• Ping: does a server answer ping?
• Port: does a port, such as a database or mail server, accept connections?
• Heartbeat: your cron job or backup pings a secret address, and you are alerted when it goes quiet.
• DNS: does a DNS record still return what you expect?
• API: call an endpoint with your own method, headers and body, and check the answer.
• Incoming alerts: another tool raises the alarm and we open the incident, see Incoming alerts.