Quick Start

Get UptimeGuard Running in 2 Minutes

Availability monitoring for Russian IT teams. Register, add your first endpoint, and configure Telegram alerts — no credit card required.

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Step 1

Create Your Account

Sign up with your work email and verify it in under 30 seconds. UptimeGuard gives every new team 5 free monitors and 3 alert channels for the first 30 days — no payment method needed.

1. Open the Registration Page

Navigate to signup.uptimeguard.ru and enter your full name, work email, and a password of at least 12 characters. We support SSO via Yandex 360 and Google Workspace if your organisation uses either.

2. Verify Your Email

Check your inbox for a message from no-reply@uptimeguard.ru titled "Verify your UptimeGuard account." Click the verification link — it expires after 15 minutes. If you don't see it, check the spam folder or request a resend.

3. Set Your Workspace Name

On first login you'll be prompted to name your workspace (e.g., "SberCloud Ops" or "VK Platform Team"). This name appears in all alert messages and dashboard URLs. You can change it later under Settings → Workspace.

Step 2

Add Your First Monitor

UptimeGuard checks your endpoint every 60 seconds from three Russian data centres — Moscow (Yandex Cloud), St. Petersburg (Selectel), and Novosibirsk (Timeweb). Add a monitor in four clicks.

1. Click "Add Monitor"

From the dashboard home, press the + Add Monitor button in the top-right corner. You'll see a form with fields for Name, URL, and Check Type.

2. Enter Endpoint Details

Give your monitor a descriptive name like "api.myshop.ru — Production". Paste the full URL (e.g., https://api.myshop.ru/v2/health). Choose HTTP GET as the check type, or select TCP/HTTPS Certificate for non-HTTP services.

3. Configure Expected Response

Set the expected HTTP status code to 200 (or 204, 301 as needed). Optionally add a response body assertion — for example, require the string "status":"ok" to appear in the JSON payload. This catches silent failures where the server responds 200 but is actually degraded.

4. Save and Activate

Click Create Monitor. UptimeGuard begins checking immediately. Within 60 seconds you'll see your first result in the timeline — a green dot means your endpoint is reachable from all three probes.

Step 3

Configure Telegram Alerts

Get instant notifications when a monitor goes down. UptimeGuard integrates with Telegram via its official Bot API — no webhook server or external relay needed. Setup takes about 90 seconds.

1. Create a Telegram Bot

Open Telegram and search for @BotFather. Send the command /newbot, choose a display name (e.g., "UptimeGuard Alerts"), and a username ending in bot (e.g., mycompany_uptime_bot). BotFather will return your Bot Token — copy it; you'll need it in the next step.

2. Get Your Chat ID

In Telegram, open @getmyid_bot and send /my_id. Your chat ID will be a number like 584729103. If you want alerts in a group channel, forward a message from that channel to @getmyid_bot and use the returned negative ID instead.


      
        3. Register the Alert Channel
        In UptimeGuard, go to Settings → Alert Channels → Add Channel. Select "Telegram" from the dropdown. Paste your Bot Token and Chat ID. Click Send Test Message — you should receive a message in Telegram within 5 seconds confirming the connection.
      
      
        4. Link Channel to Your Monitor
        Open your monitor's settings and scroll to Alerts. Check the box next to your Telegram channel. Set the notification rule to "Notify on first failure" and "Notify on recovery". Optionally enable a 3-minute confirmation window to avoid false alarms from brief network blips.


    You're done. Your endpoint is now monitored 24/7 from three Russian data centres, and your team will receive a Telegram message the moment something goes wrong. Add more monitors, invite teammates, or explore Slack and email alert channels from the same settings page.
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