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Build your first alert rule

Build your first alert rule

This Path walks you through building a complete alert rule from start to finish, including installing the QuickPizza demo app, writing a query for 5xx responses, setting the condition, organizing with a folder and labels, configuring evaluation and handling, choosing a contact point, and saving.

Learning path

First alert rule

Build a complete Grafana alert rule from scratch — write a query, set a condition, add labels, configure evaluation and notifications, and save.

12 min
Beginner
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Open in Grafana Cloud

Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack with an interactive learning experience.

Script

Now you put it all together. Everything you learned across this journey, including the query, the condition, labels, evaluation, handling, and notifications, comes together in one hands-on Path.

Work through each milestone in order. By the end, you’ll have a complete, active alert rule watching the QuickPizza demo app for server errors.