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# Create Status page

A status page is a public-facing page that shows the current status of your system components: website, API, mobile app, or any service your customers depend on.

To create one, open the Status Pages dashboard and click **Create status page** from the dropdown in the top navigation.

<figure><img src="/files/MKIA0e4F5qToCgR6lifw" alt="Create status page dropdown in Spike"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Step 1: Add status page details

<figure><img src="/files/lMILWmTJvNvInlonEFAS" alt="Status page details form in Spike"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Fill in the name and description. The subdomain you set here becomes the URL where your status page is publicly accessible.

Upload a logo so customers can identify the page as yours.

Set the visibility to **Public** to make the page accessible to anyone with the link.

## Step 2: Add components

<figure><img src="/files/Kq42rXp4rj6JlgzkVF1o" alt="Add components to status page in Spike"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Components represent the parts of your system you want to display status for: website, API, mobile app, or individual microservices.

For each component, add a name, description, and start date. The start date determines how far back historical stats are shown.

Set the initial status for each component. The available states are:

* Operational
* Degraded performance
* Partial outage
* Critical outage
* Planned maintenance

<figure><img src="/files/wN0dQTnlQe2kJjOn9ysx" alt="New status page in the Spike dashboard"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Your new status page appears in the dashboard once created.

{% hint style="info" %}
Next, [style your status page](/status-pages/style-your-status-page.md) with your brand colors, or [add a custom domain](/status-pages/add-custom-domain-to-status-page.md).
{% endhint %}


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