Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In my quest to test many different open-source monitoring solutions in the home lab this year, I want to take you guys through a new solution I am working with - Uptime Kuma. It is a self-described fancy uptime monitor with beautiful dashboards to display reachability and uptime of critical services. You can create easy status pages for groups of services and style these as you need. With Uptime Kuma you can monitor services, applications, hosts, databases, and many other types of connections.
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Introduction - 0:00
Monitoring solutions and the introduction to Uptime Kuma - 0:50
Looking at Uptime Kuma cloning it down and installing the Docker container - 1:16
Discussing the install process using a Docker container - 2:04
Deploying Uptime Kuma using Docker - 2:34
Detailing the different components of the Docker run command - 3:04
Executing Docker run command for Uptime Kuma - 3:40
Browwsing out to Uptime Kuma - 4:00
Creating a default username for Uptime Kuma - 4:10
Describing the process to configure monitoring and alerting - 4:35
Looking at the simple and intutive Uptime Kuma interface - 5:10
Looking at the easy way to create a new monitor with Uptime Kuma - 5:35
Looking at the monitor types with Uptime Kuma - 6:00
Best Use case for Uptime Kuma - 6:42
Date service monitoring with Uptime Kuma - 7:04
Looking at monitoring options with a new monitor - 7:50
Changing the view of the monitoring informatio - 8:52
Looking at the notifications for monitoring - 9:10
The available notifications with Uptime Kuma, over 90+ notifications - 9:43
Notification testing - 10:50
Monitoring Docker containers - 10:57
Making a couple of changes for remote Docker container monitoring - 11:52
Creating a folder for the override.conf file
Adding a Docker container host and setting up a monitor to a specific container - 13:08
Successful connection - 13:55
Simulating a failure with the Docker container - 14:29
Starting the Docker container and Uptime Kuma notes the container is up and running - 14:52
Talking about status dashboards for monitoring groups of services - 15:19
Status pages and configuring a new status page - 16:05
Adding monitors we want to add to the status page - 16:42
Creating an incident to post to the status page - 17:10
Wrapping up thoughts on Uptime Kuma - 17:38
Written blog post covering Uptime Kuma:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/02/uptime-kuma-self-hosted-application-and-server-monitoring
Web monitoring software for small business environments:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/02/web-monitoring-software-for-small-business-environments
Monitor Docker containers with 6 free tools:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/monitor-docker-containers-with-6-free-tools
In my quest to test many different open-source monitoring solutions in the home lab this year, I want to take you guys through a new solution I am working with - Uptime Kuma. It is a self-described fancy uptime monitor with beautiful dashboards to display reachability and uptime of critical services. You can create easy status pages for groups of services and style these as you need. With Uptime Kuma you can monitor services, applications, hosts, databases, and many other types of connections.
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction - 0:00
Monitoring solutions and the introduction to Uptime Kuma - 0:50
Looking at Uptime Kuma cloning it down and installing the Docker container - 1:16
Discussing the install process using a Docker container - 2:04
Deploying Uptime Kuma using Docker - 2:34
Detailing the different components of the Docker run command - 3:04
Executing Docker run command for Uptime Kuma - 3:40
Browwsing out to Uptime Kuma - 4:00
Creating a default username for Uptime Kuma - 4:10
Describing the process to configure monitoring and alerting - 4:35
Looking at the simple and intutive Uptime Kuma interface - 5:10
Looking at the easy way to create a new monitor with Uptime Kuma - 5:35
Looking at the monitor types with Uptime Kuma - 6:00
Best Use case for Uptime Kuma - 6:42
Date service monitoring with Uptime Kuma - 7:04
Looking at monitoring options with a new monitor - 7:50
Changing the view of the monitoring informatio - 8:52
Looking at the notifications for monitoring - 9:10
The available notifications with Uptime Kuma, over 90+ notifications - 9:43
Notification testing - 10:50
Monitoring Docker containers - 10:57
Making a couple of changes for remote Docker container monitoring - 11:52
Creating a folder for the override.conf file
Adding a Docker container host and setting up a monitor to a specific container - 13:08
Successful connection - 13:55
Simulating a failure with the Docker container - 14:29
Starting the Docker container and Uptime Kuma notes the container is up and running - 14:52
Talking about status dashboards for monitoring groups of services - 15:19
Status pages and configuring a new status page - 16:05
Adding monitors we want to add to the status page - 16:42
Creating an incident to post to the status page - 17:10
Wrapping up thoughts on Uptime Kuma - 17:38
Written blog post covering Uptime Kuma:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/02/uptime-kuma-self-hosted-application-and-server-monitoring
Web monitoring software for small business environments:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/02/web-monitoring-software-for-small-business-environments
Monitor Docker containers with 6 free tools:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/monitor-docker-containers-with-6-free-tools
