[December 22, 2015] In version 0.9.13 we’re introducing a much requested feature: the ability to Ping a host or IP address in your Uptime Monitors. Please read this to avoid PING false positives: http://docs.hetrixtools.com/avoid-ping-false-positives/ You can also convert any Service Uptime Monitor into a Ping Uptime Monitor by editing it and removing the Port Number. (this […]
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v0.9.12 Beta – Redesigned Monitors Interface & Filter Blacklist Monitors By RBLs
[December 6, 2015] In version 0.9.12 we’ve redesigned a bit the blacklist & uptime monitors interface to have less clutter and be simpler and easier to understand for our new users. We’re also introducing a new requested feature that allows you to filter your blacklist monitors based on one or more RBLs, meaning you can […]
v0.9.8r1 Beta
[November 1, 2015] Revision 1 on patch 0.9.8 fixes an issue where sometime when adding an uptime monitor the tracking would start with 1-2 minutes of downtime. This issue had a very low occurrence rate and should now be completely fixed.
v0.9.6 Beta – Uptime Monitoring
[September 3, 2015] We’re pleased to introduce Uptime Monitoring in version 0.9.6 Beta! You can see the product presentation page here: https://hetrixtools.com/uptime-monitor.html It’s now extremely easy to monitor your website or service uptime and know exactly when it goes offline, so you can take immediate action in order to minimize the downtime duration. Like always, be […]
Advanced Metrics For Website Uptime Monitors
This feature is included for free in our Uptime Monitor service. The advanced metrics can be found on your Uptime Reports for your Website Uptime Monitors. They are collected every minute from each of the locations that you are monitoring your website from. You can view the overall metrics, pooled together from all of the […]
How to enable SSL Verification for your Uptime Monitor
Start by going to your Uptime Monitors dashboard from your client area top side menu: Locate the Uptime Monitor you wish to edit the setting for, and click on the ‘Edit’ button: In the Uptime Monitor’s settings, locate the ‘show advanced settings’ button towards the bottom, and click on it to expand the advanced settings: […]
v1 Get AgentID
API Call Name: v1 Get AgentID API Call URL: https://api.hetrixtools.com/v1/<API_TOKEN>/get/agentid/<UPTIME_MONITOR_ID>/ API Call Info: This API Call is used to get (or generate) the unique Server Agent ID attached to an Uptime Monitor. If there is no Server Agent ID attached to the Uptime Monitor that you are requesting it for, a new one will be […]
Why isn’t a HeartBeat monitor as reliable as other types of Uptime Monitors?
Short Answer: Because a HeartBeat Uptime Monitor has only one point of failure, which is your server’s ability to send data to our platform, unlike all of the other Uptime Monitor types where your monitored target is checked from different geo-locations around the world. So, with a HeartBeat Uptime Monitor, if at any time for […]
Attach a Server Monitor to any of your Uptime Monitors
If you wish to monitor your server’s resource usage, using our Server Monitor Agent, you don’t necessarily have to add a ‘Server Agent Monitor‘ to your account as a separate Uptime Monitor, you can just attach the Server Monitor Agent to any of your existing Uptime Monitors, as explained below. Start by going to your […]
Filter Uptime Monitors Based on Current Warning Status
Using this filter feature you can easily see only the Uptime Monitors that require your attention. To get started, head to your Uptime Monitors dashboard from the top side menu in your client area: On this page, locate the ‘Filter’ drop-down menu on the top right side of the panel, and select ‘Based on Warnings’, […]