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How alerting works

How alerting works

The following diagram shows the five-step alerting flow.

Diagram showing the five-step Grafana Alerting flow

Grafana Alerting monitors your data and notifies you when something needs attention. Here is the five-step flow:

StepWhat happens
1You create a rule that defines what data to watch and when to alert
2Grafana checks the rule at regular intervals
3If the problem persists long enough, the alert fires
4A notification is sent to a destination you configure (email, Slack, etc.)
5When the problem clears, a “resolved” notification follows

What you’ll build in this journey

By the end of this journey, you’ll have a working alert rule and a deeper understanding of how the alerting process functions in Grafana.

Script

Before diving into configuration, here’s the big picture of how Grafana Alerting works.

First, you create a rule that defines what data to watch and when to alert. Grafana checks that rule on a schedule. If the problem persists long enough, the alert fires and a notification goes out. When the problem clears, a resolved notification follows.

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