Quickstart

1. Create a monitor

Sign up and create a new monitor. Give it a name (e.g. "Daily DB backup"), set the expected interval, and optionally set a grace period.

2. Copy your ping URL

CronDash generates a unique ping URL for each monitor. It looks like:

https://crondash.dev/ping/abc123xyz

3. Add one line to your cron job

Add a curl call at the end of your script. CronDash records the ping timestamp.

# At the end of your cron script:
curl -s https://crondash.dev/ping/YOUR_KEY > /dev/null

4. That's it

If CronDash doesn't receive a ping within your expected interval + grace period, it fires an alert to Slack or email. You don't need to do anything else.

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