# Create Uptime monitor

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The Uptime feature has reached its end of life and is now deprecated. It will remain operational for existing setups to ensure continuity, but we will not support new Uptime configurations moving forward.
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## Create Uptime monitor

![](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-71adb448605f3cfc1e100446425898df7b755622%2Fuptime%201.png?alt=media)

Click Uptime in the bottom left corner of the sidebar in your Spike.sh account.

**Step 1: Add uptime monitor details**

![](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-02d3a60ae9cc52321aa53fc85ee0c15e435a8017%2Fuptime%202.png?alt=media)

Click the "New uptime" button.

![](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-86e374ca8ab28428cd2f364400bd5662e28016aa%2Fuptime%203.png?alt=media)

Add details for your uptime monitor like name, the full URL including http\:// or https\://

Select a service from the 'Add to service' dropdown and click 'Next' button.

**Step 2: Select escalation policy**

![](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-4a1e7a3f1d5092e89faeb3a8fb317aa06c2e7214%2Fuptime%204.png?alt=media\&token=92cc36e3-0bc7-480c-9ebd-2bea623ef4ff)

Select an escalation policy to specify who gets alerted when the website is down. For example, we selected a policy where a team member is alerted via phone call.

**Step 3: View the Uptime monitor**

![](https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f6c1f7fc88b292ba57581837f0f8d35dd7e26bc1%2Fuptime%205.png?alt=media\&token=c9929c79-e06f-4671-84aa-a0bbb2c0cc16)

You will now see your newly creating Uptime monitor.