Set up StatusCheck in about fifteen minutes

There is nothing to install. StatusCheck talks to your vendors’ cloud APIs, so the only thing you need to start is an API key from one of them.

The four steps

1. 1Connect an integration. Open Integrations, pick your vendor, paste an API key. See the walkthrough for Meraki, Ubiquiti or Domotz.
2. 2Wait about a minute. StatusCheck polls your vendors every minute, so the first devices normally appear on the Dashboard before you have finished reading this page.
3. 3Group your devices. Open Organize Devices and build the client / site / floor structure you actually work in. See organizing devices.
4. 4Turn on alerting. Open Alerts, add a notification channel, then add a rule. See setting up alerting.

What happens automatically

• Discovery — every device the API can see is imported, with its name, model, IP, MAC and serial where the vendor provides them.
• Classification — devices are typed (switch, access point, gateway, camera and so on) so filters and icons work without you tagging anything.
• Status polling — every minute, for every connected integration.
• Uptime history — recorded from the moment a device first appears, then rolled up nightly so long-range reports stay fast.

What does not happen automatically

• Nothing is deleted. Removing a device from your vendor does not remove it here — you decide, on the device, whether to deactivate it.
• No alert channel is created for you, because we will not guess an address to email.
• No grouping is invented. Vendor sites are recorded on each device, but your client and site structure is yours to define.

If something looks wrong at any point, what to do when an integration fails is the page to open first — it starts with the checks that resolve most cases in under a minute.