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Quick Start

Get your first monitor running in under 5 minutes.

Step 1 — Create an Account​

  1. Go to app.pingsla.com/register
  2. Enter your email and password
  3. Verify your email address
  4. You will land on the dashboard

Step 2 — Add Your First Monitor​

  1. Click Monitors in the left sidebar
  2. Click New Monitor
  3. Select HTTP(S) monitor type
  4. Fill in the form:
FieldExample Value
NameProduction API Health
URLhttps://api.yourapp.com/health
Check Interval60 seconds
Probe LocationsAll available
Expected Status200
Timeout10 seconds
  1. Click Create Monitor

PingSLA will begin checking your endpoint within 60 seconds.

Step 3 — Configure an Alert Policy​

Without an alert policy, monitors will not send notifications.

  1. Go to Incidents → Alert Policies
  2. Click New Policy
  3. Configure escalation:
Trigger after: 2 consecutive failures
Notify via:   Email (your address)
Resolve after: 1 success
  1. Attach the policy to your monitor (edit the monitor, select the policy)

Step 4 — Invite Your Team​

  1. Go to Settings → Team
  2. Click Invite Member
  3. Enter email and select role (Admin, Editor, Viewer)
  4. Member receives an invite email

Step 5 — Publish a Status Page​

  1. Go to Status Pages
  2. Click New Status Page
  3. Name it (e.g., "Acme API Status")
  4. Add your monitors to the page
  5. Toggle Public to make it accessible
  6. Share the URL: https://status.pingsla.com/your-page-slug
Custom Domain

You can point your own domain (e.g., status.yourapp.com) to your PingSLA status page. See Custom Domains →

What's Next​