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 […]
Domain Records
Domain records in short are the direction signs for domains. They contain vital information to make sure that your requests arrive to the correct destination. What is TTL? TTL, or Time To Live, is the time (in seconds) a record will be cached by caching servers. This is usually 86400 […]
Adding and Removing Subdomains
Domains can have multiple subdomains with their own records. Because of how DNS works, we’re unable to gather all the subdomains to obtain their data. To resolve that, we included the ability to define your own subdomains. Why should I add subdomains? Subdomains have their own records. To obtain these, […]
Enabling Blacklist Monitoring
The Blacklist monitor provides a simple and easy way to test your domain against several known blacklists. It provides this information at a glance on your Domain Overview page. How to enable Enabling takes just a few clicks. Click on the “Settings” link in the “Record Monitoring” infobox. In the “Alert […]
Integrating with Terraform
Terraform is a platform for building, combining and launching infrastructure. It’s a downloadable software that’s supported over most operating systems, and it’s possible to integrate this tool with Statuscake in order to create and configure tests. First off you should log in to your Statuscake Account , grab your username from the User […]
Integrating with Geckoboard
Geckoboard is a data dashboard service for Businesses, it’s possible to integrate this service with Statuscake in order to receive live information on uptime and response speed straight into your Geckoboard. First thing’s first, log in to your account, or if you don’t have one yet – this can be […]
Email Transaction Type
Our SMTP testing has two options, the option you pick depends on your setup. We’ve made this short guide below to help you pick the right option for you. Complete Transaction Complete transaction tests every part of your SMTP server and will send an outbound mail to one of our […]
Creating a Contact Group for alerting
In order to get alerts when a test goes down on Statuscake you will need to set up a Contact group. This will effectively contain a list of contact methods that alerts can be fired out to from various tests. There are a total of 4 different alert types we […]