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The creator demonstrates Uptime Kuma, a free, self-hosted monitoring tool he uses to watch websites, DNS, game servers, Raspberry Pis and other home-lab and cloud services, with alerts via Slack, Discord, Telegram and more. He covers two placements: in the cloud (he uses sponsor Linode’s marketplace image — the smallest shared-CPU plan is described as $5 a month, with a $100 credit for 60 days for new users) or on-premises on any Linux host. The on-prem install uses Docker and Docker Compose: install both, create a directory, write a docker-compose.yml that pulls the official image from creator Louis Lam, maps a volume so data persists, and exposes the port, then run docker compose up -d and browse to the host on port 3001 to create the admin account. He then adds monitors: a plain HTTP check on his website (with heartbeat interval, retries, accepted status codes — 200-range means up — HTTP method options, and certificate-expiry notification), an HTTP keyword monitor that confirms a page actually loaded by searching for a phrase, a DNS monitor against his AdGuard resolver, a ping (ICMP) monitor, and a TCP port monitor for Plex on port 32400, showing the dashboard flagging Plex down and back up as he stops and restarts the service. Finally he configures a Slack notification via an incoming webhook app, applies it to all monitors, and shows the down alert arriving, plus built-in status pages you can share publicly, dark mode and two-factor authentication under security settings.

Key takeaways

Uptime Kuma is free and self-hosted, in the cloud or on a home-lab Linux box
Install is one Docker Compose file; the UI runs on port 3001
Monitor types include HTTP, keyword, DNS, ping and specific TCP ports
A volume mapping keeps monitoring data persistent across container rebuilds
Slack/Discord-style webhook alerts and public status pages are built in

Episode details: published December 7, 2022 · 13:49 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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