Healthchecks.io – Cron Job Monitoring

A quick peek of what's inside:

My Checks page

Live-updating Dashboard

A list of your checks, one for each Cron job, daemon or scheduled task you want to monitor.

Give names and assign tags to your checks to easily recognize them later.

Tap on the integration icons to toggle them on and off.

Adjust Period and Grace time to match the periodicity and duration of your tasks.

Period/Grace Time dialog

Simple Configuration

Each check has configurable Period and Grace Time parameters. Depending on these parameters and time since the last ping, the check is in one of the following states:

	New. A check that has been created, but has not received any pings yet.
	Up. The time since the last ping has not exceeded Period.
	Late. The time since the last ping has exceeded Period, but has not yet exceeded Period + Grace.
	Down. The time since the last ping has exceeded Period + Grace. When a check goes from "Late" to "Down", Healthchecks.io sends you a notification.

Cron dialog

Cron Expression Support

Alternatively, you can define the expected ping dates and times using a cron expression. See Cron Syntax Cheatsheet for the supported syntax features.

Grace Time specifies how "late" a ping can be before you are alerted. You should set it to be a little above the expected duration of your cron job.

Details Page

Details and Event Log

You can add a longer, free-form description to each check. Leave notes and pointers for yourself and your team.

You can also see the log of received pings and sent "Down" notifications.

Details Page

Public Status Badges

Healthchecks.io provides status badges for each of the tags you have used. Additionally, the "Healthchecks.io" badge shows the overall status of all checks in your account.

The badges have public but hard-to-guess URLs. You can use them in your READMEs, dashboards, or status pages.