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api monitoring

How to monitor a JSON API endpoint (not just "is it 200?")

An API endpoint returning HTTP 200 doesn't mean the API is working. Maybe it's returning 200 with an error body. Maybe the response shape changed. Maybe it's slow but technically successful. Here's how to monitor APIs in a way that catches the failures HTTP status codes miss.

MyUptimeBot Team · July 7, 2026 · 7 min read · For developers

ssl

Monitoring HTTPS certificates with curl and openssl

If you want to know when your SSL certificates expire, you can either buy a monitoring service or write a small shell script. This guide is the shell script version — what to check, how to check it with standard tools, and what to do when the check fails.

MyUptimeBot Team · June 23, 2026 · 6 min read · For developers

status page

Building a status page: in-house vs. hosted

Every modern service has a status page. They look simple — green dots, a few recent incidents — but the decisions behind them shape how your team communicates during outages. Here's the honest comparison of in-house vs. hosted, with code examples for the build-your-own path.

MyUptimeBot Team · June 9, 2026 · 6 min read · For developers

monitoring

Multi-region health checks: implementing redundant uptime monitoring

A monitor that checks from one location can't tell the difference between a global outage and a local network glitch. Multi-region health checks fix that — but only if you implement them right. Here's the architecture, the pitfalls, and the math behind getting it to work.

MyUptimeBot Team · May 26, 2026 · 6 min read · For developers

on-call

Designing an alert escalation policy that doesn't burn out on-call

An escalation policy is the rulebook for who gets paged, when, and how loud. Done well, it gets the right person on the incident fast without waking up a team. Done badly, it burns out everyone and trains them to ignore the pager. Here's a framework that works for small teams.

MyUptimeBot Team · April 22, 2026 · 6 min read · For developers

monitoring

Avoiding false-alarm fatigue: how monitoring should re-check before paging

If your uptime monitor pages you every time a single check fails, you'll mute it within a week. Here's the simple second-region re-check pattern that filters out 95% of false alarms without slowing real-incident detection.

MyUptimeBot Team · December 20, 2025 · 5 min read · For developers

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