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How do I create a status page?

Set up your first status page with a custom URL, attach monitors, and share it with your users.

A status page takes about 3 minutes to set up. You’ll choose a name, pick a visibility setting, select a URL slug, attach your monitors as components, and share the link.

Step 1: Open Status Pages

From the UpCanary dashboard, click Status Pages in the left sidebar.

If this is your first status page, you’ll see an empty state with a Create Status Page button. Click it.

Step 2: Name and Configure Your Page

Fill in the basics:

  1. Name - the title displayed at the top of your status page, for example “Acme Status” or “API Health”.
  2. Slug - the URL path for your page, for example acme gives you https://status.upcanary.io/acme. Slugs must be lowercase, can include hyphens, and must be unique.
  3. Visibility - choose how visitors access your page:
    • Public - anyone with the URL can view it
    • Protected - requires an access key you distribute to authorized viewers
    • Private - only signed-in team members can view it

You can change visibility at any time from the page settings.

Step 3: Attach Monitors as Components

Components are the individual service entries visitors see on your status page. Each component maps to one of your monitors.

Under Components, click Add Component:

  1. Select a monitor from your monitor list.
  2. Give it a display name - use something your users understand, like “Website”, “API”, “Dashboard”, or “Payments”.
  3. Optionally assign it to a component group to organize related services together (for example, group “API”, “Webhooks”, and “SDK” under a “Developer Platform” group).
  4. Repeat for each monitor you want to display.

You can reorder components by dragging them. The order you set here is the order visitors see.

Step 4: Preview and Publish

Click Preview to see how your status page looks before making it live. Once you’re satisfied, click Publish.

Your status page is immediately accessible at its URL.

Step 5: Share Your Status Page

Copy the status page URL and share it wherever your users look for system status:

  • Website footer - link it as “System Status” or “Service Health”
  • Support portal - add it to your help center or knowledge base
  • Team channels - pin it in your Slack or Discord support channels
  • Error pages - link from your 5xx pages so affected users can check status immediately
  • Email signatures - include in support team email footers

Editing an Existing Page

To edit a published status page, click its name in the Status Pages list, then click Settings or Edit Layout. Changes save and publish immediately.

To temporarily unpublish a page, change its visibility to Private. To delete a page, open its settings and choose Delete Status Page.