docs/alerts-and-notifications/creating-alerts-with-netdata-alerts-configuration-manager.md
The Netdata Alerts Configuration Manager lets you create and fine-tune alerts directly from the Netdata Cloud Dashboard using a visual UI wizard.
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Want AI to handle the configuration for you? Alerts Automation uses AI to suggest alerts, generate the configuration, and test it against historical data — so you can validate thresholds before deployment without writing any configuration manually.
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To use this feature, you'll need an active Netdata subscription. View subscription plans
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A("Navigate to Metrics") -->|"Find Chart"| B("Click Alert Icon")
B -->|"Select Add Alert"| C("Set Thresholds")
C -->|"Configure Options"| D("Submit to Nodes")
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You can choose from different ways to trigger alerts based on your monitoring needs:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Standard | Fires when a metric crosses a set value |
| Metric Variance | Fires based on variation in values over time |
| Anomaly Rate | Fires when the anomaly rate exceeds a certain threshold |
Choose the type that best suits the behavior you want to monitor.
Click Show advanced in the Alert Configuration Manager to access these options.
You can define how Netdata should query the data before triggering an alert:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
method | How values are aggregated (avg, min, max, etc.) |
duration | Time window used for the check |
dimensions | Which metric dimensions to include |
options | Modify how values are interpreted (e.g., percentage, absolute) |
You can limit your alert to specific infrastructure components:
You can use a custom formula to manipulate values before comparing against thresholds.
Example:
(metric1 - metric2) / 100
You control how and when alerts are triggered, escalated, or resolved:
| Setting | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Thresholds | Define values for warning and critical states |
| Recovery thresholds | Set when the alert should downgrade or clear |
| Check interval | How often the alert check runs (e.g., every 10 seconds) |
| Notification delay | Delay before sending notifications for state changes |
| Repeat notifications | How often to resend an alert if the issue persists (Agent only) |
| Notification recipients | Define who gets alerted (Agent only) |
| Custom exec script | Run a custom shell script when an alert triggers |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Alert Name | A unique name for the alert |
| Description | What the alert does, in one or two sentences |
| Summary | Optional: a short summary for display in dashboards |