First monitor wizard

When you first log in, ePulz.io guides you through a short wizard (onboarding). The goal: in a few minutes you have website monitoring running and alerts set up. This guide walks you through the individual steps and explains what to fill in.

Before you start

The wizard opens automatically after your first login to the account. Have ready:

• The address (URL) of the website or service you want to monitor.
• Optionally a phone with Telegram, if you want to receive alerts there too.

No credit card is required. During the trial period (7 days) you have up to 3 monitors available.

Step 1 - Add your first website

In the first step you create your first monitor. You only fill in the basics:

• Name - any description, for example "Main page".
• Address (URL) - the full address including https://, for example https://www.mycompany.com.

The other settings (HTTP/HTTPS type, 5-minute interval, expected status code 200) are configured automatically with sensible default values. After saving, the first check runs within 1 minute and appears in the monitor history.

You can find a more detailed guide to all the fields in the article Creating your first monitor.

Step 2 - Alerts via Telegram (optional)

In the second step you can link your account with our bot @epulzio_alerts_bot so that alerts go straight into Telegram. How to do it:

1. Click the button that redirects you to the chat with the bot.
2. In Telegram press Start.
3. Thanks to a one-time link, the bot recognizes who you are and the chat is automatically linked to your account.

Details: Connecting Telegram to your ePulz.io account.

You can skip this step - email alerts work without any setup and are sent to your registration email. Other channels (Slack, Discord, MS Teams, custom webhook) can be set up later in the Settings → Notifications section.

Step 3 - Done

The last page summarizes what you have active and offers links to further steps:

• Adding more monitors (HTTP, SSL, DNS, TCP, Ping, Heartbeat and other types).
• Creating a public status page for your customers.
• Generating an API token for adding monitors programmatically.

After finishing the wizard you land on the main Overview, where you see all your monitors and their status.

Skipping and reopening

You can skip the wizard at any time with the Skip button. If you want to return to it, you can open it again via the address /onboarding/1. No setting is lost by skipping - you can always add monitors and alert channels manually in the overview later.

Tips to get started

• For an HTTPS website, also enable SSL certificate and domain checks on your first monitor - both are included and warn you in time about an approaching expiration.
• For critical services (e-shop checkout, payment gateway) consider a shorter check interval, if your plan allows it.
• Set up at least one alert channel that you actually watch - otherwise you may not learn about an outage in time.