# Monitoring your websites and APIs with Uptime Kuma

Uptime Kuma is very straightforward. The UI is very self explanatory for adding monitoring targets and status pages.

## Installing and updating Uptime Kuma

Follow instructions: [https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/wiki/%F0%9F%94%A7-How-to-Install](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/wiki/%F0%9F%94%A7-How-to-Install)

Its a couple of commands and `pm2` to keep the service running.

The folloup installation occurs when you first visit your uptime kuma instance.