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title: "Configure alert rules and notification policies | Grafana Labs"
description: "Set up alerting rules, contact points, and notification routing using Terraform."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Configure alert rules and notification policies

Configuring alerts as code ensures consistent alerting policies across your organization. You can define alert rules, contact points, mute timings, and notification routing all in version-controlled Terraform files.

To configure alert rules and notification policies, complete the following steps:

1. Create a file named `alerts_finance.tf` for Finance team alerts:
   
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   ```hcl
   resource "grafana_rule_group" "finance_alerts" {
     name             = "Finance Alerts"
     folder_uid       = grafana_folder.finance.uid
     interval_seconds = 60
   
     rule {
       name      = "High Error Rate"
       condition = "A"
   
       data {
         ref_id = "A"
   
         relative_time_range {
           from = 600
           to   = 0
         }
   
         datasource_uid = grafana_data_source.testdata.uid
         model          = jsonencode({
           expr = "rate(errors[5m]) > 0.05"
         })
       }
     }
   }
   ```
2. Create a file named `notif.tf` for notification configuration:
   
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   ```hcl
   resource "grafana_contact_point" "email" {
     name = "Email Notifications"
   
     email {
       addresses = ["alerts@example.com"]
     }
   }
   
   resource "grafana_mute_timing" "monday_maintenance" {
     name = "Monday Maintenance Window"
   
     intervals {
       weekdays = ["monday"]
       times {
         start = "00:00"
         end   = "06:00"
       }
     }
   }
   
   resource "grafana_notification_policy" "root" {
     contact_point   = grafana_contact_point.email.name
     group_wait      = "30s"
     group_interval  = "5m"
     repeat_interval = "4h"
   
     mute_timings = [
       grafana_mute_timing.monday_maintenance.name
     ]
   }
   ```
3. Create a file named `alerts_billing.tf` with paused alerts:
   
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   ```hcl
   resource "grafana_rule_group" "billing_alerts" {
     name             = "Billing Alerts"
     folder_uid       = grafana_folder.it.uid
     interval_seconds = 300
   
     rule {
       name      = "High Cost Alert"
       condition = "A"
       is_paused = true
   
       // Keep the rest of the rule block from the previous step
     }
   }
   ```
4. Apply the configuration:
   
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   ```sh
   terraform apply
   ```

Alert rules, contact points, and notification policies are configured and active (except for paused billing alerts).

In the next milestone, you’ll learn how to verify your setup.