Start monitoring for virtual servers

Manually trigger a monitoring check for specific virtual servers (VMs). This is useful if you suspect issues or need an immediate status update. The endpoint returns a jobId to track the monitoring job's status.

Domain Services Domains

Context

Used in the dashboard

/notifications

Workflow links

Produces

jobId → data.jobId

GET /api/domain-check/{jobId}
GET /api/jobs/{jobId}

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Headers

Accept Example

Content-Type Example

Body

required

application/json

action string required · Example: trigger

vmIds array required · Example: ["11211"]

Responses

200

data object required

data.jobId string required · Example: 41193

data.message string required · Example: Monitoring job queued for 1 VMs

Human-readable message.

data.success boolean required · Example: true

True for successful responses.

requestId string required · Example: 2121ae20-bd9d-41e9-aeeb-5dd1dd1a24ba

Unique request identifier (UUID).

success boolean required · Example: true

True for successful responses.

timestamp string required · Example: 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

ISO 8601 timestamp (UTC).

POST https://cloud.hostup.se/api/monitoring/status

For AI assistants

cURL

curl -X POST "https://cloud.hostup.se/api/monitoring/status" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action": "trigger",
    "vmIds": [
      "11211"
    ]
  }'

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "timestamp": "2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "requestId": "2121ae20-bd9d-41e9-aeeb-5dd1dd1a24ba",
  "data": {
    "success": true,
    "jobId": "41193",
    "message": "Monitoring job queued for 1 VMs"
  }
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "jobId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "message": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Human-readable message."
        },
        "success": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "True for successful responses."
        }
      }
    },
    "requestId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique request identifier (UUID)."
    },
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True for successful responses."
    },
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp (UTC)."
    }
  }
}

Request Body trigger

{
  "action": "trigger",
  "vmIds": [
    "11211"
  ]
}