How Monitoring Works
Blimey continuously checks your websites in the background to ensure they're online and performing well.
The Check Process
- At each interval, Blimey sends an HTTP(S) request to your site
- It records the status code, response time, and SSL certificate details
- If the status changes (up to down or down to up), an incident is created or resolved
- Alerts are sent through your configured notification channels
What Counts as "Down"
A monitor is considered down when:
- The HTTP request times out
- The server returns a non-success status code (e.g., 500, 502, 503)
- A DNS resolution failure occurs
- A connection is refused or reset
Data Stored
For each check, Blimey stores:
- Timestamp
- HTTP status code
- Response time (milliseconds)
- SSL certificate info (issuer, expiry date, validity)
- Any error message if the check failed