From 3b9ebc46f5f3328ecb6b1470b6b192a60222813d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Reynolds Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:01:15 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] [Update Stale] Pingdom Uptime Check --- src/source/content/pingdom-uptime-check.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/source/content/pingdom-uptime-check.md b/src/source/content/pingdom-uptime-check.md index 839559b785..76075fb2d3 100644 --- a/src/source/content/pingdom-uptime-check.md +++ b/src/source/content/pingdom-uptime-check.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ contributors: [scottmassey] Monitoring services, such as [Pingdom](https://www.pingdom.com/), allow those responsible for site performance and uptime to know when a website is having problems delivering content. Pingdom provides several different types of uptime and performance checks. -In this guide, we will create and configure the simplest check for a website, an [Uptime Check](https://www.pingdom.com/product/uptime-monitoring), which pings a page and verifies a response. Additional checks include a [Page Speed](https://www.pingdom.com/product/page-speed) check, which tracks page load time, and [Real User Monitoring](https://www.pingdom.com/product/performance-monitoring), which measures other important performance metrics. +In this guide, we will create and configure the simplest check for a website, an [Uptime Check](https://www.pingdom.com/product/uptime-monitoring/), which pings a page and verifies a response. Additional checks include a [Page Speed](https://www.pingdom.com/product/page-speed/) check, which tracks page load time, and [Real User Monitoring](https://www.pingdom.com/product/performance-monitoring/), which measures other important performance metrics. ## What You’ll Need @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ In this guide, we will create and configure the simplest check for a website, an - **Check Type:** You can monitor several different things with Pingdom: email services, network components such as DNS or specific ports, or a website. Choose **Web**. - - **URL/IP:** On the **Required** tab, enter the URL for the website. If your site is using HTTPS, select that dropdown option. From the **Optional** tab, you can add user credentials and expected response text. This is very useful if you are using Varnish to cache a site; you can create a simple PHP script which queries the database and returns a specific value to determine if the site is functioning as expected. + - **URL/IP:** On the **Required** tab, enter the URL for the website. If your site is using HTTPS, select that dropdown option. From the **Optional** tab, you can add user credentials and expected response text. This is very useful for verifying dynamic content; you can create a simple PHP script which queries the database and returns a specific value to determine if the site is functioning as expected. - **Test From:** Select the region. We suggest you select the region where the majority of the site's users are located.