commit ddffb065544d926437722b54a6cc64bbd9173a25
parent 18792c797fdf50e3bcda55d0f9dbb6fb2f5028e4
Author: Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:57:10 -0400
Updates to status page post
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1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pages/blog/setting-up-a-status-page.md b/pages/blog/setting-up-a-status-page.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
## Setting Up a Status Page
-[//]: # "META_TEXT"
+[//]: # "Setting up the UptimeRobot service to provide a public status page for my services."
[//]: # "main.min.css"
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
<div class="byline">
<b>Written By:</b> Jake Bauer |
<b>Posted:</b> 2020-06-09 |
- <b>Last Updated:</b> 2020-06-09
+ <b>Last Updated:</b> 2020-06-10
</div>
+_**Update**: Fix up some grammar errors and improve wording._
+
I've wanted to have a status page for my services for a while so that others and
I can get a quick look at which of them are experiencing downtime. Ideally, I
would also receive notifications when unexpected downtime is expected.
@@ -22,11 +24,12 @@ on a VPS so that I'd have a unique host from which to monitor all the rest. I
didn't particularly fancy spending that much just to ping my servers, so when I
found out about [UptimeRobot](https://uptimerobot.com/), I was very intrigued.
-They provide status monitoring for with notifications and a webpage with two
-plan options. There's a free plan which allows one to receive email alerts, set
-up 50 monitors, and monitor each as fast as once every 5 minutes. They appear to
-make their money off of providing a paid plan which allows monitoring an
-increased number of hosts as fast as once every minute among other things.
+They provide status monitoring with various notification options and a hosted
+webpage with either a free or paid plan. The free plan allows one to receive
+email alerts, set up 50 monitors, and update each monitor as fast as once every
+5 minutes. They appear to make their money off of providing the paid plan which
+allows monitoring an increased number of hosts as fast as once every minute
+among other things.
After having a read through their Privacy Policy and deciding it seemed quite
reasonable, I decided to make an account and try it out. I plan to stick with
@@ -50,13 +53,13 @@ fonts.googleapis.com
```
As much as I'd prefer if the site didn't make these third party requests, they
-are easy enough to blog using DNS filtering like PiHole or with uBlock origin's
+are easy enough to blog using DNS filtering like PiHole or with uBlock Origin's
custom filters.
-So far, my experience has been very good with it. I like that the service and
-configuration are simple and the web page it generates is not super heavy. I
-may, in future, roll my own status page but this seems like a sufficient
-solution for now.
+So far, my experience using the service has been very good. I like that both the
+service and configuration are simple and the web page it generates is not super
+heavy. I may, in future, roll my own status page but this seems like a
+sufficient solution for now.
_This is my fortieth post for the
[#100DaysToOffload](https://social.paritybit.ca/tags/100DaysToOffload)
