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The Settings > General page controls how Upmetr monitors your infrastructure. These are organization-level settings — each organization has its own independent configuration. Navigate to Settings > General to access all options below.
You need Admin or Superadmin role to change settings.

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Discovery Settings

Controls automatic scanning of your connected cloud accounts for new or changed resources. When discovery is disabled, you can still trigger a manual scan from the Cloud Accounts page at any time.
For accounts with frequently changing resources (auto-scaling groups, spot instances), use a shorter interval like Every hour. For stable environments, Daily reduces API calls.

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Uptime Monitoring

Configures HTTP endpoint and website monitoring. Uptime monitoring is always active — it cannot be disabled. Each check performs up to 3 HTTP attempts (1 initial + 2 retries with 1-second delay) to avoid false positives from transient network issues. A monitor must pass a configurable recovery threshold (default: 2 consecutive successes) before auto-resolving an incident.

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CloudWatch Metrics

Controls polling of AWS CloudWatch for managed service metrics (RDS, ALB, CloudFront, etc.). CloudWatch polling has two layers of control:
  1. Global toggle — this setting page (applies to the entire organization)
  2. Per-account opt-in — each cloud account must also have CloudWatch enabled on the Cloud Accounts page
Both must be enabled for metrics to flow.
CloudWatch API calls incur AWS costs (~0.01per1,000metricdatapoints).Estimatedcost: 0.01 per 1,000 metric data points). Estimated cost: ~1–4/month per account depending on resource count. The IAM policy must include cloudwatch:GetMetricData and cloudwatch:ListMetrics.
GCP Monitoring and Azure Monitor polling can also be enabled per-account. These follow the same pattern as CloudWatch — a global toggle plus per-account opt-in.

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Session & Security

Authentication and access control policies for your organization.
Enabling MFA Enforcement is strongly recommended for production environments. Users will be prompted to set up TOTP on their next login.

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Data Retention

Data older than the retention period is automatically purged. Adjust this based on your compliance requirements and storage needs.

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Settings vs Organization

Upmetr separates monitoring behavior from organization identity:
  • Settings (this page) — controls how monitoring works: discovery intervals, polling, security policies, data retention.
  • Organization (separate page at Settings > Organization) — controls branding and identity: organization name, custom logo, accent colors, and whitelabeling options.
See the Organization guide for branding configuration.