Monitors

Monitors are the core of Kener. They continuously check the health of your services and track their availability.

Monitor Types

Kener supports multiple monitor types for different use cases:

API Monitor

Check HTTP/HTTPS endpoints for availability and response codes.

{
    "type": "API",
    "url": "https://api.example.com/health",
    "method": "GET",
    "expectedStatusCode": 200,
    "timeout": 10000
}

Options:

• url - The endpoint to check
• method - HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, etc.)
• expectedStatusCode - Expected response code
• headers - Custom headers to send
• body - Request body for POST/PUT requests

Ping Monitor

Simple ICMP ping to verify server availability.

{
    "type": "PING",
    "host": "server.example.com"
}

TCP Monitor

Check if a specific port is open and responding.

{
    "type": "TCP",
    "host": "server.example.com",
    "port": 443
}

DNS Monitor

Verify DNS records are resolving correctly.

{
    "type": "DNS",
    "host": "example.com",
    "recordType": "A"
}

SSL Monitor

Track SSL certificate expiration and validity.

{
    "type": "SSL",
    "host": "example.com",
    "port": 443
}

Creating a Monitor

Via Admin Panel

1. Navigate to /manage/monitors
2. Click "Add Monitor"
3. Fill in the monitor details
4. Save and activate

Via API

curl -X POST https://your-kener.com/api/monitors \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "API Health Check",
    "type": "API",
    "url": "https://api.example.com/health",
    "interval": 60
  }'

Monitor Status

Monitors can have the following statuses:

Check Intervals

Configure how often monitors run:

• 1 minute - Critical services
• 5 minutes - Standard monitoring
• 15 minutes - Less critical services

Alerting

Set up alerts for monitor status changes:

1. Go to monitor settings
2. Configure alert thresholds
3. Add notification channels
4. Save settings

Best Practices

1. Start simple - Begin with basic health endpoints
2. Use appropriate intervals - Don't over-monitor
3. Set meaningful names - Make them descriptive
4. Group related monitors - Organize by service
5. Test your alerts - Verify notifications work