Getting started
Create your first LiveStatus page in under two minutes.
Welcome to LiveStatus. This guide walks you through every step from signing up to sharing a fully branded status page with your users.
1. Create your account
Head to livestatus.dev/signup and sign up with your email or GitHub account. You will land on the dashboard immediately after confirming your email. No credit card is required to get started on the free tier.
2. Create your first status page
From the dashboard, click New status page. Give it a name (for example "Acme Cloud Status") and a slug that will become your public URL at livestatus.dev/your-slug. You can keep the page private while you are setting it up and publish it when you are ready.
3. Add services to monitor
Inside your new status page, click Add service and enter the name, URL, and check interval for each service you want to track. LiveStatus will begin uptime checks immediately and display real-time status on your public page. Group related services together to keep the page organized for your users.
4. Customize your page
Open the page settings to upload your company logo, pick brand colors, and adjust the layout. You can also connect a custom domain like status.yourcompany.com so the page feels like a natural extension of your product. All visual changes take effect instantly on the public page.
5. Share with your users
Once you are happy with how the page looks, flip the visibility to Public. Share the URL directly, add a "System Status" link to your app's footer or help menu, or embed the status widget on your site. Subscribers can sign up for incident notifications right from the public page.
6. Set up the mobile app
Download the LiveStatus mobile app for iOS or Android to manage incidents and receive push notifications on the go. Sign in with the same account you created on the web, and you will see all of your status pages and services immediately.
7. Configure notifications
Go to the notification settings in your dashboard to choose how you want to be alerted when a service goes down. LiveStatus supports email, push notifications through the mobile app, and webhook integrations for tools like Slack, Discord, and PagerDuty. You can set per-service thresholds so you only get alerted when it matters.
Next steps
- Status pages -- learn about service groups, component statuses, and themes
- Incidents -- how to create, update, and resolve incidents
- Custom domain -- serve your page from your own domain
- API reference -- automate everything with the REST API