A Keyword Monitoring Check is a monitoring type in the ClouDNS Monitoring service that verifies whether a specific keyword or phrase is present on a given web page. This check ensures that important content is always properly loaded, and it alerts you immediately if the keyword is missing or if unexpected content appears.
The check sends an HTTP/HTTPS request to the specified URL and scans the returned content (HTML or plain text) for the configured keyword, phrase, or regular expression.
If the keyword is not found (or appears unexpectedly, depending on your setup), the status of the check becomes DOWN. If the keyword is present as expected, the status remains UP.
Each Monitoring check provides a debugging option, which you can use to find out where the problem comes from using Traceroute information. The traceroute command is used to determine the path between two connections. Often, a connection to another device will have to go through multiple routers. The option can be found in the Monitoring check settings page on the right side of the "Uptime changes section".
Question: Can I monitor for multiple keywords at once?
Answer: Each keyword check monitors one phrase. If you want to monitor multiple keywords, you need to create separate checks for each. In our Monitoring service plans S, M, and L, you can benefit from more than 1 monitoring check, allowing you to monitor multiple streams simultaneously.
Question: How often is the keyword check performed?
Answer: The frequency depends on how critical email is for your organization. For most setups, a check every 5–10 minutes is sufficient. For critical business systems, we recommend running checks every 1–2 minutes. ClouDNS provides intervals of 30 seconds, 1m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 30m, 1h, 3h, 6h, 12h, and 24h
Question: Which protocols are supported?
Answer: Keyword checks work over both HTTP and HTTPS.