Heartbeat Integration

Setting Up Heartbeat Monitoring

Heartbeat monitoring watches over processes that cannot be checked from the outside. Your process sends a regular signal to live24h. If the signal does not arrive, you get notified.

Create a Heartbeat

In the dashboard, create a new check of type Heartbeat
Define the expected interval (e.g. “every 60 minutes”)
Optionally set a grace period (tolerance time)
You will receive a unique heartbeat URL

https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123def456

Integration with Different Systems

Linux Crontab

# Backup script with heartbeat
0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/backup.sh && curl -fsS --retry 3 https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123

Windows Task Scheduler

# At the end of your PowerShell script
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123" -Method GET -UseBasicParsing

Docker / Kubernetes

# Health check with heartbeat
HEALTHCHECK CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/health && curl -fsS https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123

.NET / C#

// At the end of your background job
using var client = new HttpClient();
await client.GetAsync("https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123");

Python

# At the end of your script
import requests
requests.get("https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123")

Node.js

// At the end of your job
const https = require('https');
https.get('https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123');

Error Handling

Only send the heartbeat on success. This way, live24h automatically detects when a job fails:

#!/bin/bash
if /usr/local/bin/backup.sh; then
    curl -fsS https://hb.live24h.eu/abc123
else
    echo "Backup failed" >&2
    exit 1
fi

Best Practices

Send the heartbeat at the end of the process, not at the beginning
Use curl --retry 3 for reliable delivery
Set the grace period to at least twice the runtime of your job
Monitor critical jobs with shorter intervals

Availability

Heartbeat monitoring is available from the Pro plan.