Bringing your checks over from another tool
Export a CSV where you are now, drop it into Import on the monitors list, and read the preview before anything is created. Nothing is overwritten and nothing alerts until you say so.
Where the export lives
| Tool | Where | What comes out |
|---|---|---|
| UptimeRobot | Dashboard, then the three dots at the top right of the monitor list, then Export monitors as CSV. | The file holds a friendly name and a URL per row. We read the URL column and ignore the rest. |
| Pingdom | Experience Monitoring, then Uptime, then the Export button over the list. | Uptime checks come out with their hostname or full address. A TCP or ping check is not an HTTP address and is left out of the preview. |
| Better Stack | Monitors, then the three dots beside New monitor, then Export to CSV. | The URL column comes across as it is. Heartbeats are not in this file; add those from Cron job or service. |
| Checkly | The CLI: checkly checks list, or the checks in your repository. | Paste the addresses the checks call. Anything that is not an HTTP address is shown as skipped. |
What we read
A CSV needs one column of addresses; every other column is ignored. We look for a column called url , address , target , host , and failing that we take the first field in each row that reads as an address. A JSON export works the same way: we walk it for addresses. You can also paste a list, one address per line.
What the preview tells you
- will be created
- A new monitor on your plan's schedule and locations.
- already here
- You watch that address already, and it is left exactly as it is.
- not an address
- The line is not an http or https address.
- not now
- Your plan is full; the line stays on screen so you can see what was left.
- we cannot check this address
- It points inside a private network, which we never call.
Imported monitors are created paused unless you turn the tick off, and the toast after an import offers Undo for ten minutes. Undo removes only the rows nobody has touched since.
Heartbeat guides
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