Managed Service for Grafana:Configure Grafana native alert rules

Step 1: Log on to Grafana

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Grafana console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspace Management.

2. On the Workspace Management page, find the workspace that you want to manage and click the URL in the URL column to go to Grafana.

   Note

   You can log on to Grafana with the administrator account of Grafana and the password that you configured when you created the workspace. You can also click Sign in with Alibaba Cloud to log on to Grafana with the current Alibaba Cloud account.

Step 2: Create a notification channel

In the left-side navigation pane, click the icon and choose Notification channels. Then, click New channel. On the Notification channels page, configure the parameters for the new channel.

Step 3: Create an alert rule

1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose > Dashboard, and then click Add an empty panel.

2. On the Query tab, select a data source and configure a query. Then, on the Alert tab, click Create Alert.

   Parameter	Description
   Rule	Name: The name of the alert rule. Evaluate every: How often to evaluate the alert rule. For example, 1m, 2m, or 5m specifies that the alert is evaluated every one, two, or five minutes, respectively. For: The duration a condition must persist before an alert is sent.
   Conditions	The conditions that trigger the alert. For example, an alert is triggered when the average value (avg()) of query A exceeds 600.
   No data and error handling	Specifies whether to send an alert when no data is returned or a query times out.
   Notifications	Send to: The destination notification channel. In this example, it is the DingTalk channel created in Step 2: Create a notification channel. Message: The content of the alert notification. For information about supported template variables, see Message templating. Tags: Custom tags.

(Optional) Step 4: View alert rules

In the left-side navigation pane, choose > Alert Rules. The Alert Rules page lists your alert rules.

Step 1: Disable integrated ARMS alert plug-in

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Grafana console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspace Management.

2. On the Workspace Management page, click the ID of the workspace that you want to manage.

3. In the left-side navigation pane, click Alert Management, disable the integrated ARMS alert plug-in, and then enable Grafana native alerting.

Step 2: Create an alert rule

1. On the Workspace Management page, find the workspace that you want to manage and click the URL in the URL column to go to Grafana.

   Note

   You can log on to Grafana with the administrator account of Grafana and the password that you configured when you created the workspace. You can also click Sign in with Alibaba Cloud to log on to Grafana with the current Alibaba Cloud account.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose > Alert rules, and then click New alert rule or Create alert rule.

3. On the Create alert rule page, configure the rule parameters and then click Save. The page includes sections for query and alert conditions, and rule name and group configurations. The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Set a query and alert condition	Set the query and the alert expression. Query patterns: The query statements to evaluate. Operation: The type of alert expression. Classic condition is a legacy expression type that is compatible with alert rules created in Grafana 8.2.x and earlier. Conditions: The conditions that trigger the alert. For example, an alert is triggered when the average value (avg()) of query A exceeds 600.
   Alert evaluation behavior	Configure the alert evaluation interval and behavior. Evaluate every: How often to evaluate the alert rule. For example, 1m, 2m, or 5m specifies that the alert is evaluated every one, two, or five minutes, respectively. For: The duration a condition must be met before an alert is fired. Configure no data and error handling: Specifies whether to send an alert when no data is returned or a query times out.
   Add details for your alert	Set the alert details. Rule name: The name of the alert rule. Folder: The folder where the alert rule is stored. Group: The group that contains the alert rule. Alerts in the same group are evaluated at the same interval. Summary and annotations: Defines the alert content and lets you add links to related dashboards, folders, and other information.
   Notifications	Set Custom labels. These labels link the alert rule to a notification policy.

4. The new alert appears on the Alert rules page.

Step 3: Create a contact point

1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose > Contact points.

2. On the Contact points tab, click New contact point or Add contact point.

3. On the New contact point page, configure the following parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Name	The name of the contact point.
   Contact point type	The notification type, such as DingTalk, Webhook, or Email.
   Addresses	The destination address for notifications. In this example, use the webhook URL of a DingTalk chatbot. For information about how to obtain the webhook URL, see Obtain the webhook URL of a DingTalk chatbot.

Step 4: Create a notification policy

A notification policy links an alert rule to a contact point.

1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose > Notification policies.

2. On the Notification policies tab, click New nested policy or New specific policy. After configuring the parameters, you will receive alert notifications from Grafana native alerting.

   For example, in the Matching labels section, set Label to app, Operator to =, and Value to test. For Contact point, select ARMS_GRAFANA. Then, click Save policy.

   Parameter	Description
   Matching labels	The labels that match an alert rule to this notification policy.
   Contact point	The contact point to which this policy routes alert events.

   Other parameters control alert grouping and silences.