Plug-in monitors provide an easy way to:
- Expand up.timeExpand Uptime Infrastructure Monitor's standard capabilities: add new service monitors to report on servers, services or other devices.
- Implement special customized solutions: plug-in monitors can provide capabilities beyond those offered by script-based custom monitors and can be fully integrated into the up.time the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UI with defined options that will be used when creating an instance.
- Share resources with the uptime Uptime Infrastructure Monitor community: all plug-in monitors released by uptime Uptime Infrastructure Monitor or developed by uptime Uptime Infrastructure Monitor clients are available on the Grid.
Guidance for constructing your own plug-in monitor is available in the Creating Plug-in Plugin Service Monitors in up.time knowledge base Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Knowledge Base article.
Popular plug-in plugin monitors tested and bundled by uptime Uptime Infrastructure Monitor are available in the Extension Manager or for earlier version of Uptime Infrastructure Monitor on the Grid at http://support.uptimesoftware.com/the-grid/.