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Create a Status Page

What you’ll learn

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In this tutorial, you’ll create a public status page to communicate your service’s health to users. A status page is a transparent way to show real-time uptime information and keep your users informed during incidents.

Prerequisites

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What you’ll build

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By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have:

  • A public status page showing your service health
  • Monitors displayed on your status page
  • Understanding of privacy and security options

This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating a status page in openstatus. A status page is a web page that displays the status of your services, building trust with your users through transparency.

Get started

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1. Create the status page

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Navigate to the Status Pages page from the sidebar and click the Create Status Page button. This will open a new configuration screen.

Create your status page

2. Configure the status page

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After creating the status page, you can configure it

Configure your status page

Monitors

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You need to add monitors to your status page. Monitors are used to check the status of your services.

Custom domain

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You can add a Custom Domain to your status page. Custom domains allow you to use your own domain name instead of the default domain name provided by openstatus.

Password Protection

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You can add password protection to your status page. Password protection allows you to restrict access to your status page to only authorized users.

What you’ve accomplished

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Great work! You’ve successfully:

  • ✅ Created your first status page
  • ✅ Added monitors to display service health
  • ✅ Learned about custom domains and password protection

What’s next?

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Now that you have a basic status page, you can:

Learn more

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