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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-vnoN5ITexcXN34s9WRJQRJEvY1s=",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "has-flag": "2.0.0"
-          }
-        }
       }
     },
     "slash": {
@@ -17337,14 +17174,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
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-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "is-fullwidth-code-point": {
-          "version": "2.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-2.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-o7MKXE8ZkYMWeqq5O+764937ZU8=",
-          "dev": true
-        }
       }
     },
     "slide": {
@@ -17448,26 +17277,6 @@
       "requires": {
         "is-fullwidth-code-point": "2.0.0",
         "strip-ansi": "4.0.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-regex": {
-          "version": "3.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-3.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-7QMXwyIGT3lGbAKWa922Bas32Zg="
-        },
-        "is-fullwidth-code-point": {
-          "version": "2.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-2.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-o7MKXE8ZkYMWeqq5O+764937ZU8="
-        },
-        "strip-ansi": {
-          "version": "4.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-qEeQIusaw2iocTibY1JixQXuNo8=",
-          "requires": {
-            "ansi-regex": "3.0.0"
-          }
-        }
       }
     },
     "string_decoder": {
@@ -17480,11 +17289,11 @@
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     },
     "strip-ansi": {
-      "version": "3.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-3.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-ajhfuIU9lS1f8F0Oiq+UJ43GPc8=",
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-qEeQIusaw2iocTibY1JixQXuNo8=",
       "requires": {
-        "ansi-regex": "2.1.1"
+        "ansi-regex": "3.0.0"
       }
     },
     "strip-bom": {
@@ -17551,23 +17360,6 @@
         "js-yaml": "3.11.0",
         "serialize-error": "2.1.0",
         "strip-ansi": "4.0.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-regex": {
-          "version": "3.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-3.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-7QMXwyIGT3lGbAKWa922Bas32Zg=",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "strip-ansi": {
-          "version": "4.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-qEeQIusaw2iocTibY1JixQXuNo8=",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "ansi-regex": "3.0.0"
-          }
-        }
       }
     },
     "supertest": {
@@ -17634,52 +17426,6 @@
         "xtend": "4.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "time-require": {
-      "version": "0.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/time-require/-/time-require-0.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-+eEss3D8JgXhFARYK6VO9corLZg=",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "chalk": "0.4.0",
-        "date-time": "0.1.1",
-        "pretty-ms": "0.2.2",
-        "text-table": "0.2.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-styles": {
-          "version": "1.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-1.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-yxAt8cVvUSPquLZ817mAJ6AnkXg=",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "chalk": {
-          "version": "0.4.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-0.4.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-UZmj3c0MHv4jvAjBsCewYXbgxk8=",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "ansi-styles": "1.0.0",
-            "has-color": "0.1.7",
-            "strip-ansi": "0.1.1"
-          }
-        },
-        "pretty-ms": {
-          "version": "0.2.2",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pretty-ms/-/pretty-ms-0.2.2.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-2oeaaC/zOjcBEEbxPWJ/Z8c7hPY=",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "parse-ms": "0.1.2"
-          }
-        },
-        "strip-ansi": {
-          "version": "0.1.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-0.1.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-OeipjQRNFQZgq+SmgIrPcLt7yZE=",
-          "dev": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "time-zone": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/time-zone/-/time-zone-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -17919,6 +17665,19 @@
         "strip-ansi": "3.0.1"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": {
+          "version": "2.1.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-2.1.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-w7M6te42DYbg5ijwRorn7yfWVN8="
+        },
+        "is-fullwidth-code-point": {
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-1.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-754xOG8DGn8NZDr4L95QxFfvAMs=",
+          "requires": {
+            "number-is-nan": "1.0.1"
+          }
+        },
         "string-width": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -17928,6 +17687,14 @@
             "is-fullwidth-code-point": "1.0.0",
             "strip-ansi": "3.0.1"
           }
+        },
+        "strip-ansi": {
+          "version": "3.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-3.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-ajhfuIU9lS1f8F0Oiq+UJ43GPc8=",
+          "requires": {
+            "ansi-regex": "2.1.1"
+          }
         }
       }
     },
@@ -18009,11 +17776,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-HBH5IY8HYImkfdUS+TxmmaaoHVI="
     },
     "yargs": {
-      "version": "10.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-10.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-DqBpQ8NAUX4GyPP/ijDGHsJya4tYqLQrjPr95HNsr1YwL3+daCfvBwg7+gIC6IdJhR2kATh3hb61vjzMWEtjdw==",
+      "version": "11.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-11.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NwW69J42EsCSanF8kyn5upxvjp5ds+t3+udGBeTbFnERA+lF541DDpMawzo4z6W/QrzNM18D+BPMiOBibnFV5A==",
       "requires": {
-        "cliui": "3.2.0",
+        "cliui": "4.0.0",
         "decamelize": "1.2.0",
         "find-up": "2.1.0",
         "get-caller-file": "1.0.2",
@@ -18024,13 +17791,13 @@
         "string-width": "2.1.1",
         "which-module": "2.0.0",
         "y18n": "3.2.1",
-        "yargs-parser": "8.1.0"
+        "yargs-parser": "9.0.2"
       }
     },
     "yargs-parser": {
-      "version": "8.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-8.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yP+6QqN8BmrgW2ggLtTbdrOyBNSI7zBa4IykmiV5R1wl1JWNxQvWhMfMdmzIYtKU7oP3OOInY/tl2ov3BDjnJQ==",
+      "version": "9.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-9.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-nM9qQ0YP5O1Aqbto9I1DuKaMwHc=",
       "requires": {
         "camelcase": "4.1.0"
       }
diff --git a/monitoring/snippets/package.json b/monitoring/snippets/package.json
index c6afe67e77..b4b4b6dbf5 100644
--- a/monitoring/snippets/package.json
+++ b/monitoring/snippets/package.json
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/monitoring": "0.4.1",
-    "yargs": "10.0.3"
+    "yargs": "11.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "2.2.3",
-    "ava": "0.23.0",
-    "proxyquire": "1.8.0",
-    "sinon": "4.0.2"
+    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "2.2.6",
+    "ava": "0.25.0",
+    "proxyquire": "2.0.1",
+    "sinon": "4.5.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/monitoring/snippets/system-test/uptime.test.js b/monitoring/snippets/system-test/uptime.test.js
index d41e1090f3..3b90023591 100644
--- a/monitoring/snippets/system-test/uptime.test.js
+++ b/monitoring/snippets/system-test/uptime.test.js
@@ -22,30 +22,27 @@ const tools = require(`@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools`);
 const cmd = `node uptime.js`;
 const cwd = path.join(__dirname, `..`);
 const projectId = process.env.GCLOUD_PROJECT;
-const instanceId = 'uptime-test-' + Date.now();
+const hostname = 'mydomain.com';
 
 test.before(tools.checkCredentials);
 
-test(`should get an uptime check`, async t => {
+test(`should list uptime-check ips`, async t => {
   t.regex(await tools.runAsync(`${cmd} list-ips`, cwd), /USA/);
 });
 
 let id;
 
 test.serial(`should create an uptime check`, async t => {
-  const results = await tools.runAsyncWithIO(
-    `${cmd} create ${instanceId}`,
-    cwd
-  );
+  const results = await tools.runAsyncWithIO(`${cmd} create ${hostname}`, cwd);
   const output = results.stdout + results.stderr;
   const matches = output.match(
     new RegExp(`ID: projects/${projectId}/uptimeCheckConfigs/(.+)`)
   );
   id = matches[1];
   t.regex(output, /Uptime check created:/);
-  t.regex(output, /"type":"gce_instance"/);
-  t.regex(output, new RegExp(`"labels":{"instance_id":"${instanceId}"}`));
-  t.regex(output, /Display Name: My GCE Instance Uptime Check/);
+  t.regex(output, /"type":"uptime_url"/);
+  t.regex(output, new RegExp(`"labels":{"host":"${hostname}"}`));
+  t.regex(output, /Display Name: My Uptime Check/);
 });
 
 test.serial(`should get an uptime check`, async t => {
@@ -55,8 +52,8 @@ test.serial(`should get an uptime check`, async t => {
     output,
     new RegExp(`Retrieving projects/${projectId}/uptimeCheckConfigs/${id}`)
   );
-  t.regex(output, /"type":"gce_instance"/);
-  t.regex(output, new RegExp(`"labels":{"instance_id":"${instanceId}"}`));
+  t.regex(output, /"type":"uptime_url"/);
+  t.regex(output, new RegExp(`"labels":{"host":"${hostname}"}`));
 });
 
 test.serial(`should list uptime checks`, async t => {
@@ -65,11 +62,9 @@ test.serial(`should list uptime checks`, async t => {
     .tryTest(async assert => {
       const results = await tools.runAsyncWithIO(`${cmd} list`, cwd);
       const output = results.stdout + results.stderr;
-      assert(/"type":"gce_instance"/.test(output));
-      assert(
-        new RegExp(`"labels":{"instance_id":"${instanceId}"}`).test(output)
-      );
-      assert(/Display Name: My GCE Instance Uptime Check/.test(output));
+      assert(/"type":"uptime_url"/.test(output));
+      assert(new RegExp(`"labels":{"host":"${hostname}"}`).test(output));
+      assert(/Display Name: My Uptime Check/.test(output));
     })
     .start();
 });
diff --git a/monitoring/snippets/uptime.js b/monitoring/snippets/uptime.js
index 0b51f2ffa0..17115058b2 100644
--- a/monitoring/snippets/uptime.js
+++ b/monitoring/snippets/uptime.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-function createUptimeCheckConfig(projectId, gceInstanceId) {
+function createUptimeCheckConfig(projectId, hostname) {
   // [START monitoring_uptime_check_create]
   // Imports the Google Cloud client library
   const monitoring = require('@google-cloud/monitoring');
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ function createUptimeCheckConfig(projectId, gceInstanceId) {
    * TODO(developer): Uncomment and edit the following lines of code.
    */
   // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
-  // const gceInstanceId = 'my-instance';
+  // const hostname = 'mydomain.com';
 
   const request = {
     // i.e. parent: 'projects/my-project-id'
     parent: client.projectPath(projectId),
     uptimeCheckConfig: {
-      displayName: 'My GCE Instance Uptime Check',
+      displayName: 'My Uptime Check',
       monitoredResource: {
         // See the Uptime Check docs for supported MonitoredResource types
-        type: 'gce_instance',
-        labels: {instance_id: gceInstanceId},
+        type: 'uptime_url',
+        labels: {host: hostname},
       },
       httpCheck: {path: '/', port: 80},
       timeout: {seconds: 10},
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ function deleteUptimeCheckConfig(projectId, uptimeCheckConfigId) {
 require(`yargs`)
   .demand(1)
   .command(
-    `create <gceInstanceId> [projectId]`,
+    `create <hostname> [projectId]`,
     `Creates an uptime check config.`,
     {},
-    opts => createUptimeCheckConfig(opts.projectId, '' + opts.gceInstanceId)
+    opts => createUptimeCheckConfig(opts.projectId, '' + opts.hostname)
   )
   .command(`list [projectId]`, `Lists uptime check configs.`, {}, opts =>
     listUptimeCheckConfigs(opts.projectId)
@@ -278,10 +278,7 @@ require(`yargs`)
       type: 'string',
     },
   })
-  .example(
-    `node $0 create my-instance`,
-    'Create an uptime check for a "my-instance" GCE instance.'
-  )
+  .example(`node $0 create mydomain.com`, 'Create an uptime check.')
   .example(`node $0 list`, 'List all uptime check configs.')
   .example(
     `node $0 list "resource.type = gce_instance AND resource.label.instance_id = mongodb"`,