Infrastructure Monitoring for DevOps and SRE Teams
External uptime monitoring that your internal dashboards can't see. Multi-protocol infrastructure checks from 25+ global locations with incident automation and webhook alerts.
Why DevOps Teams Need External Monitoring
Internal monitoring sees only what happens inside your infrastructure. External monitoring sees what users actually experience.
DNS & Network Failures
Users can't reach your service even though internal health checks pass. Network routing issues, DNS propagation problems, or ISP failures go invisible to internal monitoring.
CDN & Edge Issues
Cloudflare is down in one region. AWS CloudFront fails in EU. Your origin health checks show green because edge layer is broken. Only external monitoring from user locations detects this.
Performance Degradation
Slow API responses from Singapore even though latency is normal from your US datacenter. Regional performance issues require testing from customer locations.
Faster MTTR
30-second detection of user-visible outages. Your customers tell you before you know something is wrong. External monitoring with instant alerts reduces response time dramatically.
Third-Party Dependency Visibility
Stripe, Auth0, or other integrations go down. Internal monitoring doesn't catch external API failures. You need to monitor third-party endpoints.
Comprehensive Infrastructure Checks
Monitor every layer of your infrastructure with specialized check types.
HTTP/HTTPS Monitoring
Monitor web services, REST APIs, and web applications. Validate status codes, response times, content, and headers.
GET https://api.example.com/health → 200 OK in < 500msTCP Port Monitoring
Monitor database connections, message queues, cache servers, and custom TCP services.
TCP port 5432 (PostgreSQL) responsive within 2sDNS Resolution Monitoring
Verify DNS resolves correctly from multiple locations. Catch DNS propagation issues and DNSSEC failures.
example.com resolves to 93.184.216.34 from all regionsICMP Ping Monitoring
Basic connectivity testing. Verify hosts are reachable and responsive.
Ping 93.184.216.34 responsive < 100ms latencyTLS/SSL Certificate Monitoring
Verify certificate validity, expiration dates, and chain completeness. Alert before certs expire.
Certificate valid, expires in 87 days, chain completeHeartbeat Monitoring
Verify scheduled tasks execute and complete on time. Catch hanging or failed background jobs.
Daily backup job must send heartbeat by 2 AMIncident Management & Alert Policies
Faster incident response with automated detection, alert policies, and integration with your existing notification channels.
Automatic Incident Creation
Incidents automatically detected and created with full context. Timeline of check failures, recovery time, and impact analysis.
Instant Multi-Channel Alerts
Alert your team immediately via Slack, Telegram, Discord, email, or webhooks. Configurable alert policies for critical incidents.
Webhook Automation
Trigger automated responses - restart services, scale infrastructure, trigger runbooks, or notify external systems automatically.
Alert Policies & Thresholds
Configure soft/hard incident thresholds. Require N regions failing for M consecutive cycles before incident declared.
SLA Tracking
Generate SLA compliance reports. Track uptime, MTTR, and incident frequency. Prove 99.9% availability to stakeholders.
Incident History & Analysis
Full incident timeline, duration, impact, recovery steps. Identify patterns to prevent recurring issues.
Alert Channels & Integrations
Integrate with your existing notification and incident management systems.
Native Integrations
- Slack instant notifications
- Discord channels and mentions
- Telegram private messages
- Email notifications
- WhatsApp Business API
- Mattermost webhooks
- Custom webhooks
Webhook-Based Integrations
- Automatic incident creation
- PagerDuty via webhooks
- OpsGenie via webhooks
- Custom incident systems
- Automated remediation triggers
Example Alert Workflow
Heartbeat & Scheduled Task Monitoring
Catch hanging or failed background jobs that silently fail while everything else looks healthy.
How Heartbeat Monitoring Works
Setup
Create a heartbeat monitor in AtomPing. Get a unique heartbeat URL. Add one line to your cron job script:
# At end of cron job: curl -f https://api.atomping.com/api/v1/heartbeat/{target_id}Monitoring
Job executes, completes successfully, sends heartbeat. AtomPing logs the heartbeat. If heartbeat doesn't arrive by expected time, alert triggered.
Alerts Triggered When:
- Job doesn't execute (cron daemon down)
- Job fails and doesn't reach completion
- Job hangs or runs too long
- Heartbeat arrives late (job started late)
Use Cases
- Daily backup jobs (database, files, logs)
- Data sync jobs (third-party API sync)
- Cache regeneration tasks
- Email notification jobs
- Report generation jobs
- Database maintenance tasks
How AtomPing Helps DevOps Teams
Purpose-built for infrastructure monitoring and incident response.
External Visibility
See what users see, not what your internal tools see. Detect network, CDN, and DNS issues your internal monitoring can't catch.
Faster MTTR
30-second detection and instant multi-channel alerts. Reduce mean time to recovery from hours to minutes.
Multi-Protocol Support
HTTP, TCP, DNS, ICMP, TLS. Monitor every layer of your infrastructure from a single dashboard.
Heartbeat Monitoring
Catch silent failures in background jobs that don't alert otherwise. Essential for data integrity.
Incident Management
Automatic incident creation, timelines, impact analysis, and recovery tracking. Understand your reliability patterns.
Low False Alert Rate
Multi-region quorum confirmation prevents alert fatigue. Only verified incidents trigger alerts.
Webhook Automation
Trigger automated remediation scripts. Auto-scale, restart services, or notify external systems automatically.
SLA Reporting
Generate uptime reports proving 99.9% SLA compliance to customers and stakeholders.
Monitor Different Infrastructure Layers
DevOps Monitoring FAQ
Why do DevOps teams need external monitoring?+
Internal monitoring can't see external failures - DNS resolution, network routing, CDN issues. External monitoring from 25+ locations catches problems users experience before internal dashboards show issues.
What monitoring types does AtomPing support?+
HTTP/HTTPS, TCP ports, DNS lookups, ICMP ping, TLS certificates, heartbeats, and custom endpoints. Multi-protocol coverage for comprehensive infrastructure health.
How does AtomPing help reduce MTTR?+
30-second detection, instant Slack alerts, incident timelines, and integration with automation tools. Get teams responding faster with better visibility.
Can I automate responses to incidents?+
Yes. Use webhook integrations to trigger automated remediation - restart services, scale infrastructure, trigger runbooks, or notify external systems.
How does heartbeat monitoring work?+
Your scheduled jobs or services send a heartbeat to AtomPing after completing. Missing heartbeats or late submissions trigger alerts. Catch silent failures where background jobs don't execute or hang.
Does AtomPing integrate with incident management tools?+
Yes. Integrate with PagerDuty, OpsGenie, and custom incident systems via webhooks. Automated incident creation with full context passed to your team.
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