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Updown.io

Monitors your website and API uptime, triggers incident response workflows when services drop, and keeps your firewall allowlists updated with current monitoring node IPs.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Updown.io integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Updown.io calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Updown.io data, across all 5 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Updown.io access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Updown.io, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Updown.io is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Updown.io.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Updown.io action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Updown.io, and when to use it.

List Node IPs
Use this when configuring firewalls or ip allowlists to permit Updown.io monitoring traffic.
List node IPv4 addresses
Pull the current set of Updown.io node ipv4 addresses for network configuration.
List IPv6 nodes
Retrieve a list of all available ipv6 monitoring nodes for dual stack verification.
List Monitoring Nodes
Discover all available monitoring servers to map out where checks are originating.
Create Monitor
Set up a new uptime check for a specific URL or IP address with custom intervals.
Delete Monitor
Remove an existing monitor when a service is decommissioned or moved.
Update Monitor
Change the check interval or notification settings for an existing monitor.
Get Monitor Status
Pull the current up or down state of a specific monitoring target.
List All Monitors
Retrieve a full list of all active checks to audit coverage across your infrastructure.
Get Node Details
Pull specific metadata about a single monitoring node including location.
Pause Monitor
Temporarily stop checks during a planned maintenance window to avoid false alerts.
Resume Monitor
Restart monitoring after a maintenance window has concluded.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven connects to Updown.io via API and webhooks to listen for state changes. When a monitor changes from up to down, Ceven triggers the specific workflow you designed for that asset. This could include notifying a Slack channel, opening a ticket, or executing a script. Because Ceven has context of your entire stack, it does not just pass along the alert. It can cross reference the failure with other tools to determine if the issue is a global outage or a localized problem before paging a human engineer on call.
Yes. One of the most powerful uses of this integration is keeping your security groups in sync with Updown.io. The agent can periodically call the List Node IPs action to get the latest addresses used by the monitoring service. If Updown.io adds new nodes or changes an IP, Ceven detects the difference and pushes the update to your cloud firewall via your provider API. This ensures your monitoring never fails due to a blocked IP and removes the manual effort of tracking their network changes.
Ceven provides full access to the IPv6 node lists provided by Updown.io. You can use the List IPv6 nodes action to retrieve these addresses and incorporate them into your network configuration workflows. This is particularly useful for teams moving toward an IPv6 only or dual stack architecture who need to ensure their monitoring traffic is routed correctly and permitted through security layers without relying on legacy IPv4 tunnels or translation layers that might introduce latency or points of failure.
Updown.io enforces API rate limits to ensure platform stability. While these limits are generous for standard monitoring tasks, high frequency polling of the API by an agent can lead to temporary blocks. Ceven manages this by implementing intelligent caching for node IP lists and utilizing webhooks for status changes rather than constant polling. If you hit a rate limit, the agent will automatically enter a back off period and retry the request using an exponential delay to ensure your workflows eventually complete without permanently banning your API key.
Updown.io is a public monitoring service, meaning it checks your sites from the public internet. Ceven can create monitors for any endpoint that is reachable from the public web. If you have an internal API that is not exposed, Updown.io cannot check it directly. In those cases, you would need a public proxy or a different internal monitoring solution. Ceven can however manage the public facing endpoints that act as gateways to your internal services to ensure the front door is always open.
Ceven uses secure API key management to communicate with Updown.io. Your API key is encrypted at rest and is only ever used to sign requests sent directly to the Updown.io API endpoints. The key is never exposed in the clear to the model or within the workflow logs. You can rotate your API key in the Updown.io dashboard at any time and update it in the Ceven connection settings to maintain a strict security posture and limit the lifespan of any single credential.
Yes. You can build a workflow that uses the List All Monitors action to pull every active check. Ceven can then compare this list against your current service inventory in a tool like NetSuite or a custom database. If the agent finds a production service that does not have a corresponding Updown.io monitor, it can alert you or even create the monitor automatically. This ensures that no new production endpoint goes live without active uptime monitoring in place to catch failures.
If Updown.io experiences a service disruption, the API calls made by Ceven will return errors. Ceven handles this by marking the integration as degraded in your dashboard. Since the agent relies on the API for status updates, it cannot confirm the state of your sites during an Updown.io outage. We recommend setting up a secondary, simple heartbeat check through a different provider if your business requires absolute redundancy for monitoring. Ceven can manage multiple monitoring providers simultaneously to provide a consensus based uptime view.

Alternatives to Updown.io

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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