Most devs monitor one thing:

Is my app up?

And while that’s a good start — it’s just the tip of the stack.

If you’re not monitoring the services around your app, you’re flying blind.

Here’s what I mean — and how to fix it 👇

💥 What You're Probably Not Monitoring (Yet)

  • DNS outages (users can't resolve your domain = you're offline)
  • Email delivery failures (SMTP down = no password resets)
  • Third-party APIs (Stripe, OpenAI, Auth0, etc.)
  • Database connectivity
  • Port availability (especially for self-hosted services)
  • Keyword responses (check for specific phrases in API/HTML)
  • SSL certificate expiration

Each of these can cause downtime even if your app is 100% up.

⚙️ How I Monitor All of This (Without 5 Tools)

I use Garmingo Status — it lets me monitor way more than just “is my website up?”

Here’s what I’ve set up:

  • ✅ HTTP/HTTPS checks for frontend & backend
  • ✅ Ping & Port checks for internal services
  • ✅ DNS monitoring (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX…)
  • ✅ Keyword checks (e.g. “OK”, “200 OK”, login form present)
  • ✅ Certificate monitoring
  • ✅ Uptime + incident logs
  • ✅ Public status page for transparency

It takes minutes to configure, and it’s all in one place.

🧠 Why It Matters

You can’t fix what you’re not watching.

The worst kind of outage is the one where:

  • Everything looks fine on your end…
  • …but users are still getting 404s or no emails.

Don’t let silent failures wreck your reliability.

🎁 Want to See It in Action?

Garmingo Status has a forever free plan

(no credit card, no vendor lock-in).

It lets you monitor everything around your app — not just the app itself.

👉 https://garmingo.com/status#free-demo

Curious: What’s the weirdest thing you monitor?

Let me know in the comments 👇