Assign checks

1. To create and assign a check to your agent, go to the Dashboard tab and click Add check.

2. Fill out the fields:

• Name your check.
• Select the agent from the drop-down list.
• Enter the check interval in seconds.
• Specify the time in seconds to receive a response before the check fails.
• Set a status code that indicates the check was successful.
• Check the “Enable” box if you want to run the check immediately after creating it.
• Select the services to receive notifications.
• Group the check by entering a group name.
• Add a description.
• Select the checking type: DNS, Ping, TCP/UDP, or HTTP(s).

For DNS checks:

• Enter the hostname of the service you want to check.
• Specify the IP address of the resolver server.
• Enter the port that will be used for the check.
• Select the resource record type that you want to check.

For Ping checks:

• Enter the hostname of the service you want to check.
• Specify the packet size that will be sent to perform a check.

For TCP/UDP checks:

• Enter the hostname of the service you want to check.
• Enter the port that will be used for the check.

For HTTP(s) checks:

• Enter the URL of the service you want to check.
• Specify the response body that the agent should receive for the check to be considered successful.
• Select the HTTP method that will be used to run the checks.
• Specify the request body that the agent will send to perform the checks.
• Specify the headers that the agent will send to perform the checks.

3. Click Add. The check will appear on the Dashboard page. If you haven’t specified a group, the check will be located in the “Without group” section.

There are four buttons to the right of the agent’s name: 🖉 — edit the check, 🗐 — clone the check, 🗑 — delete the check, ↺ — view the check's alert history.

Each check shows its status: UP — the checks are running, DOWN — the checks are failing, or the check parameters are incorrect, DISABLED — the checks are disabled, or UNKNOWN — the check parameters are processing.

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