Guides

Monitoring your Render app with Heii On-Call

In this guide we cover step by step how to set up Outbound Probes to monitor a website hosted on Render.

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Prometheus and Grafana Integration with Heii On-Call

In this step-by-step guide I cover how to integrate Heii On-Call with a Prometheus Alertmanager instance. Integration takes a matter of minutes, and you can start leveraging Prometheus's extensive set of features in your website monitoring and on-call rotations.

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How To: Datadog Monitor Integration with Heii On-Call

In this guide I cover how to integrate Heii On-Call with your existing Datadog setup. Integration takes a matter of minutes and you can start alerting your Heii On-Call rotations immediately.

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The Art of Metric Relabeling in Prometheus

In this guide I help demystify the often misunderstood relabel_configs and metric_relabel_configs in Prometheus to better monitor your website and APIs. We do a thorough break down of these powerful configuration blocks with practical, real world examples.

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HTTP to HTTPS and WWW to Root: A Practical Guide to Monitoring Website Redirects

Ensure your website's redirects are working as expected by learning how to effectively monitor HTTP to HTTPS and WWW to root domain transitions.

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Minimalistic Monitoring and Alerting for your Kubernetes Cluster with Prometheus and Alertmanager

Prometheus and Grafana are incredibly powerful tools for website and application monitoring. Unfortunately with great power comes great complexity, and, if not properly controlled, ballooning costs. In this article I am going to cover setting up a minimal instance of Prometheus and Alertmanager to monitor a web application and do basic alerting on one metric.

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Uptime Monitoring for a Brand New App or Website

Uptime monitoring is an important part of operating a website or app. When you are just getting started though, it is important to not get lost in the weeds and remember to keep working on your product. In this guide I'll walk you through the bare necessities of uptime monitoring for a new website.

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