Free online web monitoring service - UptimeRobot
From registration to setup step-by-step
Preface
This article is a continuation of the previous one Private environment website monitoring system construction - Uptime-kuma The following content
The difference between the two is that if the service that needs to be monitored can already be connected through the browser and you do not plan to set up a local monitoring system yourself, UptimeRobot will come in handy!!
Free version restrictions
The picture below is taken from the cover of the official website. Under free usage conditions, 50 monitoring targets can be set and a check will be performed every 5 minutes.
Registration steps
Official website registration link
Enter registration information
Go to your mailbox to activate your account
Add monitoring target
The mailbox jumps to the homepage of UptimeRobot. You can see that there is a mobile version available for download () Then click +Add New Monitor
No need to carry a computer with you anytime and anywhere 😂
Select monitoring type
Let’s take the blog’s survival status as an example for setting up (please expand the info block for detailed setting instructions)
Tests and results
After the setting is completed, you can check whether the setting is correct through testing.
Go back to the mailbox to check. The service is normal, but the time zone is abnormal.
Change the time zone setting (after testing, the email time zone is normal and the dashboard is still UTC+0)
in conclusion
Compared with the self-built service version, it lacks some common functions, such as the following
- No SSL certificate expiry detection
- The default email of the notification system requires additional settings and cannot be supported by Line commonly used in Taiwan.
But since it is free, some missing features are within reasonable limits. To use it, you need to choose whether to use this tool according to the scene area! In addition, the difference in benefits before and after the upgrade is attached for readers’ reference. UptimeRobot-Pricing
Additional screening on the same scene, mobile APP screen browsing
After downloading the mobile APP, you can check the status of the website through the time and time on your mobile phone, and there will be an additional mobile notification option (needs to be opened in Alert)
Let me end this article by showing you the mobile version.