Small Business Server

Get alerted when your server or website goes down

Set up free monitoring with Uptime Kuma, so that you hear about a problem before your customers do.

Beginner6 min read5 steps

What you need

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Start Uptime Kuma
This runs it in Docker and keeps its data in a named volume. Then open http://SERVER_IP:3001 and create the admin account.
```
sudo docker run -d --restart=always \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  -v uptime-kuma:/app/data \
  --name uptime-kuma \
  louislam/uptime-kuma:1
```
Add what you want to watch
Click Add New Monitor. Use an HTTP monitor for websites, a TCP Port monitor for services such as a database, and Ping for servers and network equipment.
Set up notifications
In Settings, add a notification channel such as email or Telegram, send the test message, and attach it to each monitor. A monitor that alerts nobody is only a history log.
Prove the alert works
Stop a test service, or add a monitor for an address that does not exist, and check the alert arrives. Then restore it and confirm you also get the recovery message.
Monitor from outside as well
A monitor on the same server cannot warn you if that server fails, or if the office internet goes down. For important services, also run a check from a second location.

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