Free HTTPs monitoring service StatusCake

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Tue, May 28, 2019

I’ll introduce StatusCake, a free website monitoring and HTTPs monitoring service.

StatusCake

Background: Wanting to Use HTTPs Monitoring Service for Free

I was using the free plan of HTTP(s) monitoring service Pingdom for uptime monitoring, but since the free plan was discontinued, I was looking for an alternative service.

When I searched with the keywords “pingdom alternative free”, StatusCake seemed promising, so I decided to register as a new member and try it out.

How to Use StatusCake

Uptime Monitoring for Health Checks

I registered this site https://codenote.net/ using the New Basic HTTP/S Test from Uptime Monitoring.

Create Your First HTTPs Test | StatusCake

When you click the Send Test Alert button, a test email with the subject “StatusCake Test Email” is delivered.

StatusCake Test Email

Finally, click the Save Now button to complete the monitoring registration.

StatusCake + Slack Integration

You can choose from over 10 notification destinations besides email, including Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and more.

In my case, I created a #alert channel in Slack and set up an Incoming WebHook Slack App to send notifications there, so I can receive notifications in Slack as well.

That’s all from the Gemba, where we want to use HTTPs monitoring services for free.