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Create Monitors from CI with the Upmonora REST API
Use the Upmonora REST API and a bearer token to create, pause and resume monitors automatically from GitHub Actions or any CI pipeline.
Blog · Sep 15, 2026SSL Certificate Expiry: The Outage You Can Schedule Away
Expired certificates take sites offline for every visitor at once. Why auto-renewal still fails, and how to get warned 30, 14, 7 and 1 day ahead.
Guide · Sep 12, 2026Status Page Best Practices That Build Customer Trust
What to show on a public status page, how to name components, what to write during incidents and why honesty beats a permanent green light.
Tutorial · Sep 10, 2026Verify Upmonora Webhook Signatures in PHP and Node.js
Verify the X-Upmonora-Signature HMAC-SHA256 header on incoming webhooks in PHP and Node.js, with constant-time comparison.
Blog · Sep 8, 2026Why One Failed Check Should Never Wake You Up
Alert fatigue kills on-call teams. How failure thresholds, recovery detection and maintenance windows cut false positives without hiding real outages.
Guide · Sep 5, 2026How to Set Up Alerts People Actually Read
Designing monitoring alerts that are actionable: who gets what, severity, recovery messages, webhooks and avoiding alert fatigue.
Tutorial · Sep 3, 2026Monitor a WordPress Site in 5 Minutes
Step-by-step: add uptime, SSL and response-time monitoring to a WordPress site with Upmonora, including wp-login and WooCommerce checkout.
Blog · Sep 1, 2026How Uptime Is Calculated (and Why Most Dashboards Get It Wrong)
Check-based vs. duration-based uptime, what 99.9% really allows, and why your uptime report should show both numbers.
Guide · Aug 25, 2026The Complete Guide to Website Uptime Monitoring
What to monitor, how often, which status codes to accept, how to alert, and how to report uptime honestly - a practical guide for teams of any size.
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