WHOIS Monitor - Documentation
Monitoring expiration dates of domains
Check out how to monitor a domain for expiration.
What is Domain Expiry Monitor?
Domain expiry monitor is a primary monitor in Pinger Man that allows you to monitor an internet domain and get notifications via email, Slack, and SMS before they expire.
Adding a WHOIS Monitor
- Goto the Monitors Area by selecting it from the left sidebar
- Click on the Add Monitor button to get to the Add Monitor screen
- Select WHOIS as the Monitor Type
- Specify the monitor parameters such as Domain and Alert Days
- Let the Interval be 24 hours
- Give the monitor a Name
- Click on Add
We support Bulk importing of WHOIS monitors.
Parameters
A WHOIS Monitor takes the following parameters:-
- Domain: The name of the domain to monitor
- Alert Days: How many days before the expiry of the domain the alert is to be sent
- Name: The unique name for the monitor to identify it
WHOIS monitors are one of our cheaper low frequency monitors and run at a fixed rate of once every 24 hours.
Other Pinger Man monitors can have a configurable interval starting from a frequency of 10 seconds for the Business plan.
Download WHOIS
You can download the raw WHOIS data by clicking on the Download WHOIS menu from the monitor details page.
This feature is only supported on the Pro (legacy) or Team (new) plans or higher.