Getting started
What is GetPulseCheck?
Use GetPulseCheck to verify that your endpoints are available, responding on time, and protected by a valid SSL certificate before your customers report a problem.
Outside-in monitoring
A monitor checks your endpoint from outside your infrastructure. This gives you the same perspective as a customer or integration reaching your service over the internet.
GetPulseCheck runs probes from US East (Ashburn, Virginia), US West (San Jose), Europe (Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Each check records availability and response time. HTTP monitors can also track SSL certificate expiry.
What you can monitor
- HTTP and HTTPS
- Websites and API endpoints, including status-code, response-time, and SSL certificate checks.
- Ping
- Host availability, latency, and packet loss using ICMP.
- TCP port
- Connectivity to services that listen on a specific TCP port.
- SSL certificate health
- Certificate expiry windows for HTTP and HTTPS monitors.
Confirm failures across regions
A single failed check can be a transient network problem. Multi-region confirmation gives you evidence from more than one location before you act, reducing avoidable false positives during an incident.
Next steps
- Create your first monitor for a URL, host, or TCP service.
- Review the dashboard after the first checks arrive.