At StatusCake we have a wide range of monitoring features! This article serves as a appendix and summary of our primary features, and a place where you can quickly find more information on what’s offered by each tool! Alerts and Notifications Alerting – All of our alerts are configured through […]
What Check Rates does StatusCake Offer?
At StatusCake we have a wide range of check rates on offer to ensure that your sites are always being scanned at an interval which suits you, the available check rates in-app are: 24 hours – The URL will be scanned once per 86400 seconds 1 hour – The URL will […]
How to Use Tags
Within StatusCake you can add tags to tests in order for usage in other parts of the app. Adding a tag to a test will allow for easy grouping and filtering in the dashboard, addition of tests in groups the the public reports, easy group setup for maintenance windows, and […]
How to use the Virus Scan feature
This feature has now been deprecated ——————————————————– Our new Virus Scanning feature is available on our Superior plan upwards and enables you to detect trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats on your website. We check against known threats, and this database is updated hourly You can set up a new Virus Scan using […]
Virus Scan – FAQ
This feature has now been deprecated ——————————————————– Here you can find frequently asked questions on our Virus Scan Feature: Q. What does Virus Scan search for? A. Virus Scan will search for trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats on your website. We check against known threats, and this database is […]
Using the OpsGenie integration
OpsGenie can be fully integrated with the StatusCake service for uptime alerts and other reporting types, this integration supports alert escalation, and also has phone call as an alerting method! Note – you must have verified your OpsGenie email address before using the service In OpsGenie: 1. Sign up to […]
How do I select my private server
Private servers allow your tests to run without having interference from other tests. This is especially handy for critical services. If access to a private server was provided to you, this is how you configure your tests to use them. Step 1 – Create or edit a test If you haven’t […]
How to Manage and Optimise Alerts
With so many alerting methods included in StatusCake, it’s sometimes hard to find the balance in terms of alerting method and frequency, in this article we will look at alerting in more detail and delve into some of the ways that we can make monitoring alerts more efficient and constructive. […]
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. […]