Monitoring Documentation
Access to Monitoring
Monitoring checks are an optional feature with the DNS control panel. Each plan includes one Monitoring check.
Supported monitoring options
Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported for monitoring checks. Each check can be configured individually, making the monitoring check suitable for web services, mail services, DNS services, etc.
Monitoring types available with Downly
The following monitoring types are currently supported by our Monitoring checks system:
ICMP Ping - Our system sends 12 ICMP ping checks to the specified IP address, consisting of 4x 64 bytes, 4x 512 bytes, and 4x 1024 bytes.
Ping with 15% threshold - If 15% or more of the packets fail, the check is marked as down.
Ping with 25% threshold - If 25% or more of the packets fail, the check is marked as down.
Ping with 50% threshold - If 50% or more of the packets fail, the check is marked as down.
The Monitoring system supports various Web check types:
HTTP: a request is sent over HTTP. If the request times out or the response code is not 200, the check is marked as DOWN.
HTTPS: a request is sent over HTTPS. If the request times out or the response code is not 200, the check is marked as DOWN.
HTTP with custom string: a request is sent over HTTP. If the request times out, the response code is not 200, or the response text does not match the defined custom string, the check is marked as DOWN.
HTTPS with custom string: a request is sent over HTTPS. If the request times out, the response code is not 200, or the response text does not match the defined custom string, the check is marked as DOWN.
Supported countries
You can use the monitoring countries to configure your monitoring check to be monitored only from a specific country. Here are the options:
Austria - at
Bulgaria - bg
Brazil - br
Canada - ca
Germany - de
Spain - es
Finland - fi
Hong Kong - hk
Hungary - hu
Israel - il
India - in
Italy - it
Japan - jp
South Korea - kr
Mexico - mx
Netherlands - nl
Peru - pe
Poland - pl
Romania - ro
Russian Federation - ru
Singapore - sg
Turkey - tr
Taiwan - tw
United Kingdom - uk
United States - us
South Africa - za