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Monitors and checks
5 articlesAdd monitors, choose checks and read the monitor page.
- Monitors and checks A monitor watches one website, API or host. Each monitor has one or more checks, for example an HTTP check and an SSL certificate check. 7 min read · Updated Nov 14, 2026
- The monitor page explained Open Monitors and click a monitor. The page shows the state of the monitor, its uptime and its checks. 3 min read · Updated Oct 31, 2026
- Heartbeats (cron and job monitoring) A heartbeat watches a scheduled job, for example a backup or a cron job. The job calls a URL each time it runs. When the calls stop, we alert you. 3 min read · Updated Oct 31, 2026
- Laravel application health checks UptimeVanguard can read the health report of your application: disk space, queues, database, cache, scheduler and any other check your application runs. It reads the JSON format of... 2 min read · Updated Oct 31, 2026
- Check locations and IP addresses We check your monitors from locations in several regions. If a firewall, CDN or web application firewall blocks these locations, your checks fail. 1 min read · Updated Oct 31, 2026