You can publish a WebCheck status page on a subdomain you control, such as status.example.com. The setup uses a DNS CNAME record and does not require you to move your main website.
1. Choose a subdomain
Use a dedicated subdomain such as status.example.com, uptime.example.com or status.yourcompany.com. A subdomain is usually the simplest option because it leaves your main website and root domain untouched.
2. Add the CNAME record (Cloudflare users: read this)
Open the DNS management panel for your domain and add a CNAME record. Set the name or host to the subdomain part, such as status, and point it to webcheck.notabis.com. Leave the TTL at the provider default unless you have a reason to change it.
Cloudflare nameservers are supported, but the individual status hostname must be set to DNS only while WebCheck verifies and authenticates it. In Cloudflare, this is the grey-cloud setting. Do not use Proxied (orange cloud) for this hostname during setup: the proxy hides the CNAME behind Cloudflare IP addresses and WebCheck cannot verify or provision the hostname reliably.
- Type: CNAME
- Name/host: status (for status.example.com)
- Target/value: webcheck.notabis.com
- Cloudflare Proxy status: DNS only / grey cloud
- Do not add https:// to the target
3. Enter the domain in WebCheck
Open your site in WebCheck, expand Public status pages, enter the complete hostname in Custom domain and save the page. Use status.example.com, not the full https:// URL.
4. Verify and authenticate the website
Once verification succeeds, select Authenticate website. WebCheck then regenerates the hostname configuration, requests or renews its HTTPS certificate, validates Nginx and activates the route automatically. Allow a few minutes for certificate, proxy and routing changes to apply. During that short activation window, the hostname may temporarily show the NOTABIS website at https://notabis.com, or a browser may briefly show an SSL warning while the correct certificate is being selected. That is expected during setup; do not enter sensitive information if an SSL warning remains, and wait before testing again. Once the form reports that the website is authenticated and ready and the changes have settled, open https://status.example.com to view the status page.
Common mistakes
Do not create an A record pointing at an IP address supplied by someone else. Do not point the CNAME at a URL with a protocol or path. With Cloudflare, make sure the status hostname itself is DNS only / grey cloud; having the domain hosted on Cloudflare is fine, but an orange-cloud proxy is not the same as a directly visible CNAME. If you enable proxying after WebCheck has issued the certificate, the hostname may continue to work, but DNS-only is the supported and recommended configuration for the setup and provisioning process.