Templates

Overview

Templates are pre-configured sensor blueprints built by the Onagre team. They let you create fully configured sensors in one click, without having to set up every parameter from scratch.

Each template targets a specific monitoring use case — checking a public API health endpoint, monitoring a PostgreSQL database, verifying a TLS certificate — and comes with recommended settings, schedules, and validation rules ready to go.

You can browse templates from Templates in the Onagre dashboard.

Why use templates?

Setting up a sensor from scratch requires choosing the right sensor type, configuring parameters, defining validation conditions, and setting a schedule. Templates remove this overhead by packaging all of these choices into a single, reusable starting point.

• Faster setup — Go from zero to monitoring in seconds.
• Best practices built in — Templates use recommended intervals, timeouts, and validation rules.
• Discoverable — Browse by category, sensor type, or search to find the right template for your use case.
• Customizable — A template is a starting point. You can adjust any parameter before creating the sensor.

Browsing templates

The templates page provides a rich browsing experience:

Search and filter

• Full-text search — Search across template names, descriptions, and categories.
• Sensor type filter — Filter by HTTP, JSON, SQL, Ping, Certificate, and all other sensor types.
• "New only" toggle — Show only templates added in the last month.
• Sort — Newest first, oldest first, or alphabetical.

View modes

• Grid view — Card-based layout showing the template icon, name, category, and a short description.
• List view — Compact horizontal layout for quick scanning.

Template detail page

Click on a template to see its full documentation:

• Description — A detailed explanation of what the template monitors and how it works.
• Metadata — Sensor type, category, version number, creation and update dates.
• Badges — Indicates if the template is new, requires a private agent, or is deprecated.
• Similar templates — Up to 3 related templates from the same category.

Creating a sensor from a template

1. Open a template detail page.
2. Click Create Sensor.
3. The sensor creation form opens pre-filled with the template's configuration.
4. Review and adjust any settings — name, schedule, target URL, validation rules, etc.
5. Select the service, environment, and agent.
6. Save to create the sensor.

The sensor starts monitoring immediately. You can edit it at any time like any other sensor.

💡 Templates are a starting point

Every field pre-filled by the template can be changed before or after creating the sensor. Templates save time but never lock you in.

Covered sensor types

Templates are available for all configurable sensor types:

⚠️ Private agent required

Some templates (SQL, KVDB, DLQ, File checksum) require a private agent deployed on your infrastructure, as they monitor internal resources. This is indicated with a badge on the template card.

Categories

Templates are organized into categories to help you find the right one quickly. Categories group templates by use case or technology — for example, all database-related templates in one category, all web monitoring templates in another.

Filter by category in the sidebar or click a category badge on any template to browse related templates.

Summary