Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Monitoring & Status Pages

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool that tracks uptime, response time, and SSL certificate expiry for your services. It’s a zero-cost, data-sovereign alternative to commercial solutions like UptimeRobot, Pingdom, or StatusPage.io.

Key Takeaways

• Self-hosted with full data ownership — no cloud dependency
• Supports HTTP, TCP, DNS, Docker, and push (heartbeat) monitors
• Built-in status pages with custom domains, incident management, and subscription
• 90+ notification providers (Telegram, Slack, email, webhooks, PagerDuty)
• Lightweight — single Docker container or Kubernetes Deployment with SQLite backend

Quick Start (Docker)

version: "3.8"
services:
  uptime-kuma:
    image: louislam/uptime-kuma:1
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3001:3001"
    volumes:
      - uptime-kuma-data:/app/data

Access the dashboard at http://localhost:3001, complete the setup wizard, and start adding monitors. For production, place behind an HTTPS reverse proxy and restrict dashboard access to internal networks.

When to Use Uptime Kuma

Scenario	Why
Homelab / small team	Zero cost, simple setup
Compliance requirements	Data stays on-premise
Multi-cloud monitoring	Monitors endpoints across any provider
Customer-facing status page	Built-in, branded status pages

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Read the full guide: Uptime Kuma — Self-Hosted Monitoring → — includes Docker Compose setup, Kubernetes deployment (Deployment + PVC + probes), monitor type reference, notification configuration, status page setup, and production best practices.