Step-by-Step Configuration
Follow these three steps to activate your first uptime check and receive real-time alerts across your team.
1. Create Your Account & Workspace
Sign up at app.statuspool.io using your corporate email. Upon verification, you will automatically receive the "Main Operations" workspace. Navigate to Settings > API Keys and generate a read-write token for CLI integration.
2. Add Your First Monitor
Click "New Monitor" and enter your primary endpoint (e.g., api.yourcompany.com). Set the check interval to 60 seconds and enable TCP port 443 verification. Configure expected HTTP status codes to 200 and 301 to filter false positives.
3. Configure Alert Routing
Go to Channels > Add Integration. Select Telegram and paste your bot token (e.g., 728491039:AAHx7kQ...). Map the "Critical" severity level to your #incident-response channel. Test the webhook and confirm delivery within 15 seconds.
Best Practices & Optimization
Maximize reliability and reduce noise with these deployment guidelines.
Stagger Check Intervals
Avoid setting all endpoints to 30-second intervals. Distribute checks across 60s, 120s, and 300s windows to prevent rate limiting on third-party CDNs and reduce server load during peak traffic.
Enable Multi-Region Probes
Activate probes in Frankfurt, Virginia, and Tokyo to detect geo-specific outages. StatusPool automatically correlates regional failures and suppresses duplicate alerts when global latency exceeds 200ms.
Integrate with Incident Management
Connect your uptime data to PagerDuty or Opsgenie using the native webhook template. Include the monitor UUID and last successful timestamp in the payload for faster triage and automated runbook execution.