{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rs/references/alerts",
  "title": "Alerts",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/references/alerts/",
  "summary": "Documents the alerts that are tracked with Redis Software.",
  "content": "\nCluster alerts are triggered based on thresholds applied to these stored metrics.\n\n## Cluster alerts\n\nIn **Cluster \u003e Alert Settings**, you can enable alerts for node or cluster events, such as high memory usage or throughput.\n\nConfigured alerts are shown:\n\n- As a notification on the status icon (  ) for the node and cluster\n- In the **log**\n- In email notifications, if you configure [email alerts](#send-alerts-by-email)\n\n\u003e [!NOTE]\n\u003e If you enable alerts for \"Node joined\" or \"Node removed\" actions,\n\u003e you must also enable \"Receive email alerts\" so that the notifications are sent.\n\nTo enable alerts for a cluster:\n\n1. In **Cluster \u003e Alert Settings**, click **Edit**. \n1. Select the alerts that you want to show for the cluster and click **Save**.\n\n## Database alerts\n\nFor each database, you can enable alerts for database events, such as high memory usage or throughput.\n\nConfigured alerts are shown:\n\n- As a notification on the status icon (  ) for the database\n- In the **log**\n- In emails, if you configure [email alerts](#send-alerts-by-email)\n\nTo enable alerts for a database:\n\n1. In **Configuration** for the database, click **Edit**.\n1. Select the **Alerts** section to open it.\n1. Select the alerts that you want to show for the database and click **Save**.\n\n## Send alerts by email\n\nTo send cluster and database alerts by email:\n\n1. In **Cluster \u003e Alert Settings**, click **Edit**.\n1. Select **Set an email** to configure the [email server settings](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/clusters/configure/cluster-settings#configure-email-server-settings).\n1. In **Configuration** for the database, click **Edit**.\n1. Select the **Alerts** section to open it.\n1. Select **Receive email alerts** and click **Save**.\n1. In **Access Control**, select the [database and cluster alerts](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/security/access-control/create-users#add-users) that you want each user to receive.\n",
  "tags": ["docs","operate","rs","rc"],
  "last_updated": "2026-10-23T13:13:30-07:00",
  "children": [{"id":"operate/rs/references/alerts/alerts-v1-to-v2","summary":"Transition from internal cluster manager alerts to external monitoring alerts using Prometheus.","title":"Transition cluster manager alerts to Prometheus alerts","url":"https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/references/alerts/alerts-v1-to-v2/"}]
}