{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rs/references/alerts",
  "title": "Alerts",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/alerts/",
  "summary": "Documents the alerts that are tracked with Redis Software.",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "operate",
    "rs",
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  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-24T10:14:21+01:00",
  "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/references/alerts/alerts-v1-to-v2/"
    }
  ],
  "page_type": "content",
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  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Cluster alerts are triggered based on thresholds applied to these stored metrics."
    },
    {
      "id": "cluster-alerts",
      "title": "Cluster alerts",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "In **Cluster > 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> [!NOTE]\n> If you enable alerts for \"Node joined\" or \"Node removed\" actions,\n> you must also enable \"Receive email alerts\" so that the notifications are sent.\n\nTo enable alerts for a cluster:\n\n1. In **Cluster > Alert Settings**, click **Edit**. \n1. Select the alerts that you want to show for the cluster and click **Save**."
    },
    {
      "id": "database-alerts",
      "title": "Database alerts",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "For 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**."
    },
    {
      "id": "send-alerts-by-email",
      "title": "Send alerts by email",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "To send cluster and database alerts by email:\n\n1. In **Cluster > 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."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}