How to Setup Domain Monitoring?

Updated at: 2025-12-19.

Domain Monitoring Setup Guide

How to Set Up Domain Monitoring

Domain monitoring helps you track your domain name expiration and avoid unexpected downtime. This guide explains how to set up domain monitoring in a simple and beginner-friendly way.

What Is Domain Monitoring?

Domain monitoring checks the expiration date of your domain and sends alerts before it expires. If a domain expires, your website, email, and APIs may stop working.

Before You Start

  • Make sure the domain name is active
  • Use the root domain without https
  • Choose how many days before expiry you want alerts

Step-by-Step Domain Monitoring Setup

Step 1: Monitor Name

Enter a name to easily identify this domain monitor.

Example: Main Website Domain

Step 2: Domain Name

Enter your domain name without protocol or paths.

example.com

Step 3: Monitoring Interval

Domain expiration does not change frequently. You can safely keep the interval at the default value.

  • 15 minutes or higher is fine
  • No frequent checks required

Step 4: Enable Domain Name Monitoring

Turn Domain Name Monitoring ON.

Step 5: Set Expiry Alert Days

Choose how many days before domain expiration you want to receive alerts.

  • 30 days – Recommended
  • 15 days – Minimum safe option
  • 60 days – For important business domains

Step 6: Alert Channels

Add at least one alert channel so you never miss a domain expiry notification.

  • Email alerts (recommended)
  • Webhook alerts (Slack, Discord, or other tools)

Step 7: Optional Website Availability Check

You can also keep URL becomes unavailable enabled if you want to monitor basic website uptime along with domain expiry.

Recommended Domain Monitoring Configuration

Name: Website Domain Monitor
Domain: example.com
Interval: 15 minutes
Domain monitoring: Enabled
Alert before expiry: 30 days
Alert channels: Email
SSL monitoring: Optional
Domain expiry alerts are sent well before expiration so you have enough time to renew the domain safely.

Why Domain Monitoring Is Important

  • Prevents website and email downtime
  • Avoids losing control of your domain
  • Protects your brand and SEO rankings

Next Steps

After setting up domain monitoring, you can also enable SSL certificate monitoring to get alerts before your SSL certificate expires.