Uptime-Kuma

• Source: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma
• License: MIT
• Alternatives: Prometheus + Grafana, UptimeRobot, StatusCake

Self-hosted monitoring tool for service availability.

Features

• Multi-Protocol Monitoring: HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, ping, and Docker container health checks
• Public Status Pages: Hosted status page to show uptime to users or teammates
• 90+ Notification Channels: Telegram, Slack, email, ntfy, PagerDuty, and more
• Response Time Graphs: Historical latency charts and incident timeline
• Maintenance Windows: Silence alerts during planned downtime
• Heartbeat Monitoring: Detect when a cron job or script stops phoning home

Setup Alerts

One option: Telegram bot

1. Create a bot with BotFather (built-in Telegram bot)
2. Save the API token
3. Add it as a notification option in Uptime-Kuma

Infrastructure as Code

Configure once, restore later if necessary:

• Export/import settings via Settings → Backup & Restore
• Place backup into ./uptime-kuma-data/kuma.db (mounted volume)