Your website might be monitored — but are you actually being notified when something goes wrong?
It’s one thing to track uptime, load, and performance…
It’s another to get immediate alerts when things go sideways.
That’s where smart alerting in 360Monitoring comes in.
And the best part? You can set it up in just a few clicks — directly from your PLiKhost account.
Here’s how to do it, and which alerts you should set up first.
🚨 Why Smart Alerts Matter
Every second counts when your site is:
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Offline or unreachable
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Throwing errors (e.g. HTTP 500, 403)
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Experiencing high CPU or RAM usage
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About to run out of disk space
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Suffering from slow response times
Without alerts, you may not notice until a customer — or worse, Google — does.
🧭 Step-by-Step: Setting Up Alerts in 360Monitoring
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Log in to 360Monitoring (via PLiKhost)
Go to your PLiKhost client area, and open the 360Monitoring dashboard. -
Select the site or server you want to monitor
You can create separate alert profiles for each asset. -
Go to the “Alert Rules” section
Here you can define what should trigger an alert. -
Choose conditions to monitor
Examples:-
Website is down for more than 1 minute
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Response time exceeds 1,000 ms
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SSL certificate will expire in less than 7 days
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CPU usage > 90% for 5 minutes
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Load average > 3.0 on a 2-core server
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Set notification channels
Choose how you want to be alerted:-
Email
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SMS
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Webhook (for Slack, Discord, or automation tools)
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Multiple recipients (dev team, clients, etc.)
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Save and test the alert
It’s always a good idea to trigger a test alert so you know it works.
🎯 Recommended Alert Types to Set First
| Alert Type | Suggested Threshold | Why It Matters |
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| Uptime / HTTP failures | Down for more than 60s | Fastest way to detect outages |
| Response time | Above 800ms | Catch slowdowns before they escalate |
| CPU usage | Above 85% for 5+ minutes | Warns of overload |
| Disk usage | Above 90% | Prevent service crashes or data loss |
| SSL certificate expiry | Less than 7 days left | Avoid “Not Secure” browser warnings |
| DNS resolution failed | Any failure detected | Catch DNS misconfiguration |
🧠 Bonus: Use Tags & Alert Groups
If you manage multiple websites or clients:
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Use tags to group sites (e.g. “WordPress Clients,” “Indonesia Servers”)
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Create alert groups to send different alerts to different teams (e.g. tech team, client email, admin)
This helps avoid confusion and lets the right people get the right alerts.
✅ Final Thoughts
Monitoring without alerting is like having a smoke detector that doesn’t beep.
With smart alerts in 360Monitoring, you’ll know the moment something starts to go wrong — and can fix it before your users even notice.
🛠️ Activate 360Monitoring through your PLiKhost account, set your alerts, and stay in full control of your site’s health 24/7.
