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Getting started

Create your first monitor

What a monitor is, what to point it at, and how often it should run.

A monitor is a single recurring check against one target — usually a URL. When you create one you decide three things.

What to monitor

Start with a page whose failure costs you something: your home page, your sign-up flow, or an API health endpoint. One monitor per distinct thing you care about keeps results easy to read.

How often to check

Shorter intervals catch problems sooner but produce more data. A one to five minute interval suits most public pages.

What counts as healthy

Decide what a passing check looks like — typically a 2x status code and a response received inside a time budget you set.

Stop finding out from your customers.

Set up your first monitor in minutes and let SentinelWeb keep watch.