Integrations

Terraform

Version-control your monitoring configuration alongside your infrastructure using Terraform's null_resource with local-exec.

DeadPing monitors can be managed as infrastructure-as-code using the REST API with Terraform. Define monitors alongside your infrastructure, version them in git, and apply changes through your existing Terraform workflow instead of clicking through a dashboard.

Creating Monitors

deadping.tf

variable "deadping_api_key" {
  type      = string
  sensitive = true
}

resource "null_resource" "deadping_backup_monitor" {
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = <<-EOT
      curl -sf -X POST https://deadping.io/api/monitors \
        -H "X-API-Key: $DEADPING_API_KEY" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d '{
          "name": "prod-db-backup",
          "expected_interval_seconds": 86400,
          "grace_period_seconds": 600,
          "cron_expression": "0 2 * * *"
        }'
    EOT

    environment = {
      DEADPING_API_KEY = var.deadping_api_key
    }
  }
}

resource "null_resource" "deadping_billing_monitor" {
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = <<-EOT
      curl -sf -X POST https://deadping.io/api/monitors \
        -H "X-API-Key: $DEADPING_API_KEY" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d '{
          "name": "billing-sync",
          "expected_interval_seconds": 3600,
          "grace_period_seconds": 120
        }'
    EOT

    environment = {
      DEADPING_API_KEY = var.deadping_api_key
    }
  }
}

Terraform Cloud / Workspaces

In Terraform Cloud, set deadping_api_key as a sensitive variable in your workspace settings. Never commit .tfvars files containing secrets.

Lifecycle Management

For full create/destroy lifecycle, add a destroy-time provisioner to clean up monitors when infrastructure is torn down:

deadping-lifecycle.tf

resource "null_resource" "deadping_etl_monitor" {
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = <<-EOT
      curl -sf -X POST https://deadping.io/api/monitors \
        -H "X-API-Key: $DEADPING_API_KEY" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d '{"name":"prod-etl-pipeline","expected_interval_seconds":3600,"grace_period_seconds":300}'
    EOT

    environment = {
      DEADPING_API_KEY = var.deadping_api_key
    }
  }

  provisioner "local-exec" {
    when    = destroy
    command = <<-EOT
      MONITOR_ID=$(curl -sf https://deadping.io/api/monitors \
        -H "X-API-Key: $DEADPING_API_KEY" | \
        jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "prod-etl-pipeline") | .id')
      if [ -n "$MONITOR_ID" ]; then
        curl -sf -X DELETE "https://deadping.io/api/monitors/$MONITOR_ID" \
          -H "X-API-Key: $DEADPING_API_KEY"
      fi
    EOT

    environment = {
      DEADPING_API_KEY = var.deadping_api_key
    }
  }
}