# Uptime monitor

An HTTP status code monitor checks your URLs for an HTTP success status code (2XX) with a [selected frequency](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/check-frequency/). If the URL doesn't return this code, the monitor creates an Incident and alerts the current on-call person.

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If this is your first time setting up uptime monitoring, we recommend starting with our [Introduction to uptime monitoring](https://betterstack.com/community/guides/monitoring/what-is-uptime-monitoring/ ";_blank").
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### Creating an HTTP status code based monitor

- Go to **[Monitors](https://uptime.betterstack.com/team/docs/monitors ";_blank")** → **Create monitor**.
- Enter your URL or IP address in the **URL to monitor** text field.
- Click **Create monitor**.