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Open your pod URL and create the first account with a username and password. Choose Add New Monitor, select HTTP(s) for a public website, enter its URL and save. Add and test a notification channel.

The PikaPods setup guide also covers public status pages. For occasional DNS lookup failures, the PikaPods troubleshooting guide recommends setting retries before an alert is triggered.

No. PikaPods sets up and runs Uptime Kuma for you, including OS and app updates and HTTPS. You won't touch Docker or a server. Your data stays available over SFTP if you ever want to move it elsewhere.

A check runs from the pod, so its target must be reachable from there. A private LAN address or a service reachable only through your own VPN is not automatically accessible to the pod. Use a public endpoint where appropriate, or a Push monitor with a script on your own device that reports to its generated URL; configuring that script is separate from deploying the pod.

Depending on the channel, you may need a bot token, webhook URL, SMTP account or a paid notification service. Those accounts and any delivery charges are separate. The PikaPods guide explains where to configure and test notifications.

Set up incremental backups to S3 in your pod settings for automatic nightly snapshots, or copy your files over SFTP. We keep whole-server backups for server failures, but they aren't a per-pod restore service, so your own backup is what protects your data.

Uptime Kuma is an open source alternative to Pingdom. Its source code is public, so anyone can inspect or improve it, and you aren't tied to one vendor.

No. You add prepaid credit and your pods are billed by the hour from that balance, rounded up to full hours. There are no contracts or minimum terms: delete a pod anytime and billing stops. Optional automatic top-ups keep your pods running without manual payments.

You do. And you're in full control. If you ever want to download, migrate, edit or delete your data, just enable SFTP access to your pod and it will be right there.