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source: Alerting/Introduction.md
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2018-10-27 22:04:34 +00:00
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path: blob/master/doc/
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2018-09-19 22:38:01 +00:00
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# Introduction
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To get started, you first need some alert rules which will react to changes with your devices before raising an alert.
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[Creating alert rules](Rules.md)
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After that you also need to tell LibreNMS how to notify you when an alert is raised, this is done using `Alert Transports`.
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[Configuring alert transports](Transports.md)
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The next step is not strictly required but most people find it useful. Creating custom alert templates will help you get
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the benefit out of the alert system in general. Whilst we include a default template, it is limited in the data that you
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will receive in the alerts.
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[Configuring alert templates](Templates.md)
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### Managing alerts
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When an alert has triggered you will see these in the Alerts -> Notifications page within the Web UI.
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This list has a couple of options available to it and we'll explain what these are here.
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#### ACK
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This column provides you visibility on the status of the alert:
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![ack alert](img/ack.png) This alert is currently active and sending alerts. Click this icon to acknowledge the alert.
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![unack alert](img/unack.png) This alert is currently acknowledged until the alert clears. Click this icon to un-acknowledge the alert.
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![unack alert until fault worsens](img/nunack.png) This alert is currently acknowledged until the alert worsens or gets
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better, at which stage it will be automatically unacknowledged and alerts will resume. Click this icon to un-acknowledge the alert.
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#### Notes
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This column will allow you access to the acknowledge/unacknowledge notes for this alert.
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![alert notes](img/notes.png)
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