Create a managed service

post

https://api.linode.com/{apiVersion}/managed/services

Creates a service monitor. Linode Managed monitors this service and alerts Akamai Support when issues are detected.

This operation can only be accessed by the unrestricted users of an account.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.
- Scopes: account:read_write

CLI

linode-cli managed service-create \
  --service_type url \
  --label prod-1 \
  --address "https://example.org" \
  --timeout 30 \
  --body "it worked" \
  --consultation_group on-call \
  --notes "The service name is \
    my-cool-application" \
  --credentials 9991

Learn more

Path Params

apiVersion

string

enum

required

Enum Call either the v4 URL, or v4beta for operations still in Beta.

Allowed:

Body Params

Information about the service to monitor.

address

url

required

length between 3 and 100

The URL at which this Service is monitored. URL parameters such as ?no-cache=1 are preserved. URL fragments/anchors such as #monitor are not preserved.

body

string | null

What to expect to find in the response body for the Service to be considered up.

consultation_group

string

length between 0 and 50

The group of ManagedContacts who should be notified or consulted with when an Issue is detected.

credentials

array of integers

An array of ManagedCredential IDs that should be used when attempting to resolve issues with this Service.

credentials

label

string

required

length between 3 and 64

The label for this Service. This is for display purposes only.

notes

string | null

Any information relevant to the Service that Linode special forces should know when attempting to resolve Issues.

region

string | null

The Region in which this Service is located. This is required if address is a private IP, and may not be set otherwise.

service_type

string

enum

required

How this Service is monitored.

Allowed:

timeout

integer

required

1 to 255

How long to wait, in seconds, for a response before considering the Service to be down.

Responses

200Service created.

defaultSee Errors for the range of possible error response codes.