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For monitoring, you need a service that will notice when something happens – when it happens – and notify you about it. More often than not, this means a paid service. But a good way to ease into it and check things out would be to find service providers that offer free trials or limited free plans. One of the most popular is OppetitidRobot . With them, you can sign up for their free service and monitor up to fifty assets in five minute intervals. plan will also be limited in other ways – you won't get any SMS notifications, you'll have one status page and only months of log retention. But you will get HTTP s , response time, ping and port monitoring. To get started with the service, you must go through the free registration process.
It lives up to their second call to action promise. After confirming your email address, you will be sent to your account overview where you can add new screens. You will notice the Add New Screen" button in the upper right corner. Click on it to get started. The first thing you have to choose is the screen type. You can choose between HTTP s , keyword, ping and port. Choosing the type will change the fields you need to fill in afterwards, but they usually involve naming Latest Mailing Database the monitor, providing the URL, IP, port or keyword, and choosing the monitoring interval – which can't be less than five minutes. You should choose how many contacts you want to notify - in the free version you choose whether you want to receive the email or just check in on the dashboard.

When you add a monitor, it will appear in the Quick Stats window. You will be able to see how many screens are up, how many are down and how many are paused. You will also get some statistics and the latest events for all monitors. You will see a list of screens on the left side of the panel, where you can click on the screen for more detailed information. In relation: How to create an email newsletter And that's as far as the free version will take you – pretty far for a free service. The Pro plan, which offers more features, costs $ , but is often on sale if you like the taste.
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