Daily incident report
Today we added new report which can be accessed by clicking “Reports” on left sidebar and then selecting “Incidents by date” tab:
Here you can see for each problematic website or service when did problem start and how long it took until problem was resolved.
Alternatively you can also access this report by clicking date on “Undefined”, “Error” or “Warning” section of “Statistics & Logs” (as shown below in green rectangle):
How do I whitelist AppBeat IP in CloudFlare?
If you receive false AppBeat alarms and your website is using CloudFlare, please ensure all IP addresses are whitelisted: IPv4, IPv6
Instructions on how to do this are displayed on CloudFlare Support: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200171266-How-do-I-block-blacklist-or-trust-whitelist-visitors-by-IP-
If you have problems please contact CloudFlare support, or contact us for more details by email: contact AT appbeat.io
How to create a status page for your app or website?
Today we turned on new feature in AppBeat web app, called “Public pages”. This feature is available for free (if you don’t have AppBeat account yet, you can create it here - yes, it is free :)
What are status pages? Do you have web site or online service and want to add page which displays live status of your service? Something like this?
There are some commercial providers which provide similar pages (usually for monthly fee), but you have to manually update statuses or bother with third party monitoring integration.
Tip: Azure SQL Database and transient errors
If you are using Azure SQL Database you may occasionally experience following exception (this is example throw by native SqlClient library):
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. This failure occurred while attempting to connect to the routing destination.
What is this? Azure system may occasionally quickly shift hardware resources to better load-balance various workloads. During this reconfiguration time span, you may have connectivity issues to Azure SQL Database.
FAQ: Do you offer free website monitoring?
Yes! If you are small web site owner and our Free plan suits you, you can use our service completely free of charge. Please check our Pricing / Free plan for more details.