Grafana Alerting
Grafana Alerting is the first of three major components of Grafana’s Incident Response and Management (IRM) toolset. Grafana Alerting itself comes with no additional licensing costs, and it is an ideal solution for smaller organizations while forming the foundation of the IRM tools in larger organizations.
The IRM features can be accessed from the main Grafana menu under the Alerts & IRM tab:
Figure 9.1 – The Grafana Alerts & IRM main screen
Grafana Alerting continuously evaluates user-created alert rules for alert-worthy states, following predefined steps to send messages to the chosen notification channel.
Next, we will see how to set up alert rules, get your contact points and notification policies right, silence alerts when needed, and set up teams and team members.
Alert rules
The main configuration screen for Grafana Alerting is the Alert Rules screen. This allows you to set up new rules and see...
