--- aliases: - unified-alerting/set-up/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/unified-alerting/set-up/ canonical: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/set-up/ description: Set up or upgrade your implementation of Grafana Alerting labels: products: - oss menuTitle: Set up title: Set up Alerting weight: 110 refs: terraform-provisioning: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/set-up/provision-alerting-resources/terraform-provisioning/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/set-up/provision-alerting-resources/terraform-provisioning/ configure-high-availability: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/set-up/configure-high-availability/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/set-up/configure-high-availability/ configure-alertmanager: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/set-up/configure-alertmanager/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/set-up/configure-alertmanager/ data-source-management: - pattern: /docs/ destination: /docs/grafana//administration/data-source-management/ data-source-alerting: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/#supported-data-sources - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/#supported-data-sources file-provisioning: - pattern: /docs/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/set-up/provision-alerting-resources/file-provisioning/ --- # Set up Alerting Set up or upgrade your implementation of Grafana Alerting. **Note:** These are set-up instructions for Grafana Alerting Open Source. ## Before you begin - Configure your [data sources](ref:data-source-management) - Check which data sources are compatible with and supported by [Grafana Alerting](ref:data-source-alerting) Watch this short video to get started, or follow the [written tutorial](http://grafana.com/tutorials/alerting-get-started/). {{< youtube id="6W8Nu4b_PXM" >}} ## Set up Alerting To set up Alerting, you need to: 1. Configure alert rules - Create Grafana-managed or Mimir/Loki-managed alert rules and recording rules 1. Configure contact points - Check the default contact point and update the email address - Optional: Add new contact points and integrations 1. Configure notification policies - Check the default notification policy - Optional: Add additional nested policies - Optional: Add labels and label matchers to control alert routing 1. Optional: Integrate with [Grafana OnCall](/docs/oncall/latest/integrations/grafana-alerting) ## Advanced set up options Grafana Alerting supports many additional configuration options, from configuring external Alertmanagers to routing Grafana-managed alerts outside of Grafana, to defining your alerting setup as code. The following topics provide you with advanced configuration options for Grafana Alerting. - [Provision alert rules using file provisioning](ref:file-provisioning) - [Provision alert rules using Terraform](ref:terraform-provisioning) - [Add an external Alertmanager](ref:configure-alertmanager) - [Configure high availability](ref:configure-high-availability)