NGINXwatch

Hosted edition

Getting Started

NginxWatch is a hosted monitoring platform for Nginx servers. This guide gets you from signup to your first monitored server.

1. Create your account

Go to the signup page and fill in your details. Signing up creates:

  • Your organization (called a "tenant" internally) — the private workspace you and your teammates share
  • Your admin user account — the first user is always an admin, able to invite teammates and manage billing later

2. Choose a plan

Plan Monitored servers Includes
Free Up to 1 Live metrics, logs, lifecycle commands
Starter Up to 3 + team users & roles, 7-day metric & uptime history
Professional Up to 10 + support tickets, 30-day history
Enterprise Up to 20 included, then $8/month each + LDAP / SAML / OIDC single sign-on, 90-day history

See Billing and Plans for the full comparison and how to change plans later.

3. Your free trial

New accounts start with a free trial (14 days by default). No charge happens until the trial ends or you upgrade — you'll be prompted to add payment details before the trial expires.

4. Log in

Use the username and password you signed up with — just those two fields, no organization/company name needed. NginxWatch is a single-page application — after you log in, the whole dashboard loads once and stays open.

5. Enroll your first agent

NginxWatch monitors your Nginx servers through a small agent program you install on each server. The agent connects outbound to NginxWatch — you don't need to open any inbound firewall ports.

See Agents and Enrollment for the full walkthrough. In short:

  1. In the dashboard, go to Agents → Enroll New Agent to generate a one-time enrollment token
  2. Install the agent on your Nginx server and configure it with the token
  3. The agent registers itself and its server(s) appear in your dashboard automatically

Next steps