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HTTP monitoring

HTTP uptime monitoring is a crucial feature that allows you to keep track of the availability and performance of your websites and services. It helps you ensure that your applications are running smoothly and alerts you when they are down or experiencing issues, which is essential for maintaining a reliable user experience.

Uptime dashboard

How does it work?

Kuvasz monitors your websites and services by periodically sending requests to them. It checks the response status codes, response times, and other metrics to determine if the service is up and running. If a service is down or not responding as expected, Kuvasz will notify you through your configured notification channels.

What can be configured?

  • interval for uptime checks
  • HTTP method (GET or HEAD as of now)
  • URL to monitor
  • whether to follow redirects
  • whether to send a no-cache header
  • response time threshold in milliseconds (maximum 30 seconds)
  • accepted status codes (default is 2xx)
  • keyword matching in the response body, with the option to ignore case and also to reverse the match (i.e. to alert if the desired keyword is present in the response body)

Kuvasz evaluation settings

What is planned to be configurable in the future?

  • custom request headers (currently no custom headers are sent), which makes it possible for example, to use common authentication methods against your monitored endpoints, or a custom user agent
  • custom request payload (e.g. to send a POST request with a specific payload)

Notable features

  • HTTP(S) monitoring: Monitor the availability and performance of your websites and services by sending HTTP(S) requests.
  • Response time tracking: Track the latency of your services by measuring the time it takes to receive a response from them.
  • Notifications on a per-monitor basis: Configure different notification channels for each monitor, allowing you to tailor alerts to your specific needs.
  • More to come: Kuvasz is under active development, and more features are planned for the future, such as POST requests with arbitrary payload, and more.

Configuration

Please refer to the Managing monitors section of the documentation for more information on how to configure uptime monitoring.