Checkmate Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Checkmate hosting on xCloud runs a self-hosted uptime and server monitoring tool for your sites and services, with incident history and public status pages. Deploy Checkmate v3.12.0 and xCloud runs the pinned image beside a private MongoDB 8.0, generates the session secret, mounts a persistent volume and publishes it over HTTPS on your own domain in minutes. The first person to register becomes the superadmin.

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What is Checkmate?

Self-hosted Checkmate is an open-source monitoring tool for tracking server hardware, uptime, response times and incidents in real time. Upstream's README lists HTTP with SSL certificate expiry, ping, port, DNS, Docker, gRPC, WebSocket and game server checks, page speed and JSON query monitoring, status pages and notifications to channels such as email, Slack and Discord. It is a self-hosted alternative to services such as UptimeRobot and Pingdom, licensed AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud the template follows the official two-container layout: the all-in-one ghcr.io/bluewave-labs/checkmate v3.12.0 image and MongoDB 8.0, both pinned by digest. MongoDB stays on the private network and keeps its data in one mongo_data volume. There is no seeded administrator, and the optional Capture agent for server metrics is not included.

From Sign-Up to a Live Monitor In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Checkmate stack normally means an API container, a MongoDB database, a session secret, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first check runs. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Checkmate from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Checkmate image and a private MongoDB 8.0 container with no published ports, both pinned by immutable digest, mount the mongo_data volume, generate the session secret (JWT_SECRET) and publish the app over HTTPS. First boot takes about a minute.
Step 03
Register And Add A Monitor
Open your HTTPS Checkmate URL and register straight away — the first account becomes the superadmin and later sign-ups need an invite from it. Then create your first monitor with the short wizard.

Everything Checkmate Does, On Your Own Server

Checkmate runs in full here: monitors, incidents and status pages on your own domain, backed by a MongoDB database you own.

Many Kinds Of Monitor
Upstream supports HTTP checks with SSL expiry, ping, port, DNS, Docker, gRPC, WebSocket and game-server monitors, plus page-speed monitoring.
Incident Tracking
Incidents open and resolve as monitors go down and recover, with a history kept for each monitor.
Public Status Pages
Publish a status page for your users; upstream ships five themes. Pages are served on the same host as the app.
Alerts In Your Channels
Send notifications through email, webhooks, Discord, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams and Telegram, configured inside Checkmate after you sign in.
First Account Is The Superadmin
There is no preset password. The first account registered becomes the superadmin, and later sign-ups need an invite from it.
Private MongoDB Included
MongoDB 8.0 holds users, monitors and check history on the mongo_data volume, reachable only inside the install's private network.

Everything You Need To Run Your Uptime Monitor 24/7

Managed hosting for Checkmate, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Checkmate v3.12.0 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
Session secret generated for you
Private MongoDB, no published ports
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Checkmate

An infrastructure monitoring dashboard
A small team watches its websites, ports and servers from one dashboard, with response times and incident history, hosted on a server it controls instead of a hosted monitoring service.
Publish a status page
A company shares a public status page at a path on its own host so customers can see whether services are up, with incidents opened and resolved as monitor states change.
Monitor Docker containers
An operator adds Docker checks for remote hosts, setting an encryption key for TLS client certificates when needed, though host Docker socket access is not part of this install.
Alert the channels you already use
An on-call engineer routes notifications to email, Slack, Discord, Telegram or other channels configured after sign-in, with scheduled maintenance to silence planned work.

Checkmate Screenshots

The Checkmate Uptime monitors list showing one HTTP monitor with status Up and 100 percent uptime

A Checkmate monitor details page with response time, uptime and certificate expiry

The Checkmate create monitor form listing HTTP, ping, port, game, gRPC, WebSocket and DNS check types

Checkmate vs Alternatives

UptimeRobot: Choose Checkmate as an UptimeRobot alternative when you want monitors, incidents and status pages on your own Cloud VPS. It is a category comparison; this page makes no claim about UptimeRobot's features or pricing.
Pingdom: Checkmate is a Pingdom alternative you host yourself, with data in MongoDB on a volume you control. Upstream lists page speed and JSON query monitoring as well as uptime, ping and port checks.
Uptime Kuma: In a Checkmate vs Uptime Kuma comparison, Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted uptime monitor with its own OneClick page. Checkmate offers an optional Capture agent for server metrics and Docker checks, and needs MongoDB.
Zabbix: Zabbix is another self-hosted monitoring platform with its own OneClick page. Checkmate here is aimed at uptime, incidents and status pages in two containers.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Checkmate hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Checkmate sits alongside other monitoring and ops tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Checkmate itself is licensed by Bluewave Labs under AGPL-3.0.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Uptime Monitor?

Checkmate on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Checkmate free and open source?

Yes. Checkmate is licensed AGPL-3.0, so the monitoring software carries no licence charge. xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS that hosts it. If you modify Checkmate, the AGPL's source-sharing terms apply to your changes.

Can I run Checkmate with Docker?

Yes, and this template follows upstream's reference layout: the all-in-one ghcr.io/bluewave-labs/checkmate v3.12.0 image and a separate MongoDB 8.0 container, pinned by digest, behind HTTPS. It is Checkmate Docker hosting without writing the compose file or generating the session secret yourself.

Docker hosting on xCloud

How much RAM does a Checkmate cloud server need?

Count on 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 4 GB of disk as the floor, with the 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here for a Checkmate cloud install. MongoDB grows with monitor count and check history, so busy setups need more.

Does Checkmate need MongoDB?

Yes. The Checkmate application is packaged in one image, but MongoDB is not embedded and remains required. The template starts it for you as a private container, with data in the mongo_data volume and no host port, so it is not reachable from the internet.

Who becomes the Checkmate administrator?

Whoever registers first. There is no seeded administrator: while no superadmin exists, the first registration creates a team and the superadmin role, and later registrations need an invite from that account. Open your URL and register right away.

Does Checkmate have public status pages?

Yes. Upstream lists status pages with several themes, and the template serves public pages on your host at the status path with the page URL. Extra custom domains for status pages are not part of this baseline.

How do I back up Checkmate?

Take a backup of the mongo_data volume. Checkmate itself is stateless, so recreating containers while keeping that volume preserves users, monitors and history. Keep the JWT secret from the environment with it, and test a restore before you rely on the copy.

Backups in xCloud

How do I update Checkmate?

Upgrades are manual. Checkmate v3.12.0 and MongoDB 8.0 are pinned by digest, and catalogue changes affect only new installs. Copy mongo_data, read upstream's release notes, then move to a newer template version once one is published and confirm monitors and history load.

Can Checkmate monitor Docker containers?

Upstream lists Docker among its monitor types. Remote Docker monitors that need TLS client certificates can use an ENCRYPTION_KEY set in the Environment editor, while HTTP and ICMP checks work without it. Host Docker socket access is not included in this template, so it cannot watch its own host.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.