Getting Started with UpReport

Welcome to UpReport! This guide will help you set up your status monitoring platform in just a few steps.

1 Account Setup

Create Your UpReport Account

Start by signing up for a free UpReport account. You can begin with our Launch plan which includes:

  • 3 Components to monitor
  • 6 Uptime checks
  • 100 Emails per month
  • 2 Team members

💡 Pro Tip

Choose a subdomain that represents your company well - this will be part of your public status page URL (e.g., yourcompany.up.report).

2 Adding Your First Components

What are Components?

Components represent the services, systems, or applications you want to monitor. Examples include:

🌐 Web Services

  • • Website
  • • API
  • • CDN
  • • Web Application

🔧 Infrastructure

  • • Database
  • • Email Service
  • • Payment Gateway
  • • File Storage

Component Status Types

  • Operational: Service is working normally
  • Degraded Performance: Service is slow or having issues
  • Partial Outage: Some features are unavailable
  • Major Outage: Service is completely down

3 Setting Up Monitoring

Monitoring Options

UpReport supports multiple monitoring methods to track your service health:

External Monitoring

  • • Pingdom integration
  • • StatusCake integration
  • • Uptrends integration
  • • Webhook support

Manual Monitoring

  • • Manual status updates
  • • Team member control
  • • Custom notifications
  • • Internal visibility

🚀 Recommended Approach

Start with manual monitoring to get familiar with the platform, then gradually add external monitoring tools as your needs grow.

Next Steps

[**Customize Your Status Page**
Learn how to customize your public status page with branding and custom domains.

Read guide →](/content/help/status-pages/index.html) [**Advanced Monitoring**
Set up external monitoring tools and automated health checks.

Learn more →](/content/help/monitoring/index.html) [**Incident Management**
Learn how to handle incidents and communicate with your users effectively.

Discover →](/content/help/incidents/index.html) [**Set Up Notifications**
Configure alerts and notifications to keep your team informed.

Configure →](/content/help/notifications/index.html)