--- title: "Deploy an alert rule learning path | Grafana Labs" description: "Hands-on learning path to deploy an alert rule with Terraform" --- > For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). ## Learning path: Deploy an alert rule with Terraform The following table describes the steps you’ll work through in the learning path. | Step | What you’ll do | Outcome | |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | **1. Why Terraform?** | Understand why Terraform is a natural fit for deploying alerting resources | Context for choosing Terraform over manual workflows | | **2. Create a service account** | Set up API credentials in Grafana for Terraform | A service account token for authentication | | **3. Configure the provider** | Declare the Grafana Terraform provider and authenticate | Terraform connected to your Grafana instance | | **4. Define a folder and an alert rule group** | Create a folder to organize your alert rules, anda `grafana_rule_group` with a CPU usage alert | An organizational folder and alert rule ready to deploy in Grafana | | **5. Add a contact point** | Define a `grafana_contact_point` for Slack or email | A notification destination configured | | **6. Add a notification policy** | Route alerts to the contact point based on labels | A complete alerting pipeline | | **7. Run terraform plan** | Preview what Terraform will create in Grafana | Confidence in what will change before applying | | **8. Apply and verify** | Run `terraform apply` and confirm the resources appear in Grafana | A live alerting pipeline deployed from code | ## Before you start Have these ready before you open the path: - A Grafana Cloud account or self-managed Grafana instance (version 12 or higher) - [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/downloads) installed (version 1.0 or later) - A data source configured in Grafana (for example, Prometheus or Grafana TestData) - Admin or Editor permissions on your Grafana instance Learning path #### Deploy an alert rule with Terraform Deploy a complete Grafana alerting pipeline using the Terraform provider. 17 min Advanced Docs & blog posts #### Open in Grafana Cloud Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack, or in the Grafana Play stack, with an interactive learning experience. [Open in Grafana Cloud]() [Try in Grafana Play]() [View on website](/docs/learning-paths/deploy-alert-terraform/)