Status Pages
Status pages let you share a public uptime page with your users or team. You pick which health checks to show, style it to match your brand, and optionally put it on a custom domain.
Creating a status page
Go to Admin → Status Pages and hit New Status Page. Give it a name and a slug (so my-service makes it available at /status/my-service). You can set it public or private, where private pages need a login to view.
Editing a status page
Click a status page from the list to open the edit view. From here you can tweak:
- Checks: search for health checks and add them to the page. Drag to reorder, and the order you set is the order visitors see.
- Logo: upload a logo (PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, or SVG) for the top of the page. Square images look best.
- Custom domain: point your own domain at the page. Enter the domain and Perch shows you the DNS record to add, then hit Verify to confirm it’s resolving. With a custom domain set, the page serves at the root (
/) of that domain. - Theme: color pickers for accent, background, and text, a font selector (pulled from Google Fonts), and a custom CSS field if you want to take it further.
- Preview: a live iframe preview updates as you change settings, so you can see exactly how it looks before saving.
Public view
The public page at /status/your-slug (or your custom domain) shows:
- Your logo, if you uploaded one
- Each assigned health check with its current status and heartbeat bars
- No Perch branding getting in the way of your content
Note
The page doesn’t auto-refresh yet, so visitors reload to see updates. Live updates are on the roadmap.
Custom domains
To serve a status page on your own domain (say status.yourcompany.com):
Add the domain
Drop it into the Custom Domain field on the edit page.
Point DNS at the hub
Add a CNAME record pointing to your Perch hub’s domain, or an A record pointing to its IP.
Verify it
Hit Verify DNS and Perch checks that the domain resolves and points to the hub.
Once it’s verified and saved, anyone hitting status.yourcompany.com gets your status page.
Tip
With a custom domain set, the slug field locks on the edit page. The slug still works at /status/your-slug, but the custom domain takes priority for public sharing.