How to Install cState on Windows 10

Introduction

cState is a free real-time website monitoring tool that allows you to monitor website uptime, response time, SSL certificate expiry, and content changes. It is simple, easy to install, and configure.

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install cState on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before installing cState, you will need to have the following prerequisites:

  • Windows 10 operating system
  • Node.js installed on your system
  • Git installed on your system

Installation Steps

  1. Open the command prompt by pressing the Windows key + X and selecting Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell.

  2. Clone the cState repository from GitHub by running the following command in the command prompt:

    git clone https://github.com/louislam/cstate.git

  3. Navigate to the cloned repository by running the following command in the command prompt:

    cd cstate

  4. Install the required dependencies by running the following command in the command prompt:

    npm install

  5. Configure cState by creating a configuration file using the example configuration:

    cp config.example.json config.json

  6. Modify the configuration file config.json to suit your needs. You can edit the sites array to add or remove URLs to monitor, and adjust the checkInterval and displayInterval values to change the monitoring and display intervals, respectively.

  7. Start cState by running the following command in the command prompt:

    npm start

    cState will start monitoring the specified URLs and display the results on the console.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed cState on Windows 10!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install cState on Windows 10. You also learned how to configure and start the tool to monitor website uptime, response time, SSL certificate expiry, and content changes. Use cState to keep an eye on your website's health and respond to any issues that arise quickly.