Uptime Monitoring
Uptime monitoring is a process of continuously checking the availability and performance of websites, servers, applications, or network services to ensure they are operational and responding correctly. It involves automated tools that send periodic requests (e.g., HTTP/HTTPS pings) to target endpoints and alert administrators when downtime, slow responses, or errors are detected. This helps organizations maintain service reliability, minimize disruptions, and meet uptime guarantees or SLAs.
Developers should learn and use uptime monitoring to proactively detect and resolve outages or performance issues before they impact users, especially for critical production systems, e-commerce sites, APIs, or cloud services. It is essential for DevOps and SRE roles to ensure high availability, reduce downtime costs, and comply with business requirements for reliability. Specific use cases include monitoring web applications, database servers, microservices, and third-party integrations to quickly identify failures and trigger automated recovery processes.