Quick Start
Get up and running with PulsAPI in under 2 minutes.
Quick Start
This guide walks you through the three steps to start monitoring your cloud stack with PulsAPI.
1. Create your account
Head to pulsapi.com/register and sign up using one of the available methods:
- Email and password — traditional sign-up with email verification.
- Magic link — passwordless sign-in via a one-time email link.
- Google OAuth — sign in with your Google account.
- GitHub OAuth — sign in with your GitHub account.
Already received a team invitation? Click the link in the invitation email — it will create your account and add you to the team in one step.
For full details on each method, see Creating Your Account.
2. Connect your stack
After signing in for the first time, the onboarding wizard walks you through selecting the services your team depends on:
- Pick a preset — Choose a predefined stack like "AWS + Datadog + GitHub" or start from scratch.
- Review components — Fine-tune which specific components (e.g., AWS EC2, GitHub Actions) you want to track.
- Confirm and subscribe — Hit confirm, and those services appear on your personal board.
See Connecting Your Stack for the full walkthrough.
3. Explore your dashboard
Once subscribed, your My Board view shows real-time status for every service and component you selected. From here you can:
- Search for any monitored service using the header search bar.
- Create groups to organize services logically (e.g., "Production", "CI/CD").
- Set up alerts so you get notified in Slack, Discord, email, or via webhooks when something goes down.
- Invite teammates to share a unified view across your organization.
See Navigating the App for a full UI tour.
You can always modify your subscribed services later from the All Services directory.