Domain Monitors

Domain monitors track when your domain registrations expire, ensuring you never accidentally lose a critical domain.

Why Monitor Domain Expiration?

Expired domains can be registered by others
Email and services stop working immediately
Recovery can be expensive and time-consuming
Registrar auto-renewal can fail

Creating a Domain Monitor

Dashboard
CLI
API

Go to Dashboard > Domains
Click Add Domain
Enter the domain to monitor
Set alert threshold

kodo domains add example.com --warn 60 --critical 14

# With service link
kodo domains add example.com --service SERVICE_ID

curl -X POST "https://kodostatus.com/api/v1/domain-monitors" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "example.com",
    "alert_threshold_warning": 60,
    "alert_threshold_critical": 14
  }'

What We Track

Data	Description
Expiration date	When the domain registration expires
Registrar	Domain registrar (GoDaddy, Cloudflare, etc.)
Nameservers	Current DNS nameservers
WHOIS data	Registration information

Alert Thresholds

Domain renewals often take longer to process than SSL certificates:

Days Before Expiry	Recommended Action
60 days	Start renewal process
30 days	Urgent reminder
14 days	Critical - renew immediately

Domain Information

{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "expires_at": "2025-01-15T00:00:00Z",
  "days_until_expiry": 365,
  "registrar": "Cloudflare",
  "nameservers": ["ns1.cloudflare.com", "ns2.cloudflare.com"]
}

Best Practices

Enable registrar auto-renewal

Use domain monitoring as a backup, not a replacement for auto-renewal.

Monitor all critical domains

Include main domain, subdomains purchased separately, and acquired domains.

Alert early

60+ days gives time for payment issues, registrar problems, or transfer delays.

Keep payment methods current

Expired credit cards are the #1 cause of domain expiration.

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Domain Monitors

Why Monitor Domain Expiration?

Creating a Domain Monitor

What We Track

Alert Thresholds

Domain Information

Best Practices

​Why Monitor Domain Expiration?

​Creating a Domain Monitor

​What We Track

​Alert Thresholds

​Domain Information

​Best Practices

Why Monitor Domain Expiration?

Creating a Domain Monitor

What We Track

Alert Thresholds

Domain Information

Best Practices