What is NightPanel?
NightPanel is a monitoring system that watches your websites, servers, and services around the clock and shows their status right in your browser — like a traffic light:
- Green — everything is working fine
- Yellow — there are warnings (slow response, certificate expiring soon)
- Red — something is broken and needs attention
How It Works
- You create monitors — tell the system what to watch (a website URL, an SSL certificate, a database)
- The system checks automatically — every few minutes, NightPanel sends a request to your service and records the result
- You see the status — the Chrome extension icon shows the overall status at a glance. Click it to see details
What Can You Monitor?
| Type | What it checks | Example |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP | Is your website/API responding? How fast? | https://mysite.com returns status 200 in under 3 seconds |
| SSL | When does the SSL certificate expire? | Certificate for mysite.com expires in 45 days — green |
| Database | Is your PostgreSQL database alive? | SELECT 1 completes in under 1 second — green |
| Integration | Do two data sources match? | Employee count in System A = User count in System B |
What You Need
- A NightPanel account (sign up on the website)
- The Chrome extension (install from the extension page or load manually)
- At least one monitor to watch
That's it! Once set up, NightPanel works in the background. You'll see the colored icon in your browser toolbar — green means everything is fine, other colors mean something needs your attention.