# Uptime monitoring of IP using heart beat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitoring-of-ip-using-heart-beat/211225>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, heartbeat\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitoring-of-ip-using-heart-beat/211225 "2019-12-10T06:10:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sagar\_Mandal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_mandal/32/57073_2.png) [@Sagar\_Mandal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_Mandal)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitoring-of-ip-using-heart-beat/211225/1 "2019-12-10T06:10:35Z")

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Hi Team,

I want to use heartbeat to do uptime monitoring of my servers in my network.  
I just need to know where in heartbeat.yml I need to make changes.  
for example, replacing type: http to type: IP  
and what else do I need to change.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Cholakian1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrew_cholakian1/32/3612_2.png) [@Andrew\_Cholakian1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrew_Cholakian1)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitoring-of-ip-using-heart-beat/211225/2 "2019-12-12T21:33:32Z")

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You probably want the `icmp` type, for IP pings. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/heartbeat/current/configuration-heartbeat-options.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/heartbeat/current/configuration-heartbeat-options.html) for examples and more details.

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**Author:** ![Sagar\_Mandal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_mandal/32/57073_2.png) [@Sagar\_Mandal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_Mandal)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitoring-of-ip-using-heart-beat/211225/3 "2019-12-13T04:29:50Z")

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thanks man.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitoring-of-ip-using-heart-beat/211225/4 "2020-01-10T04:29:50Z")

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