From a851432bfbdfce8edba30ba0325c851322ae88b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Grot (@grafanabot)" <43478413+grafanabot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 16:06:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adds alertmanager to whats new (#56304) (#56306)

(cherry picked from commit 8176810b2b9c2522ce6e0ffefaee0b43dd527e00)

Co-authored-by: brendamuir <100768211+brendamuir@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v9-2.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v9-2.md b/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v9-2.md
index 13cff74c160..081897567be 100644
--- a/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v9-2.md
+++ b/docs/sources/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v9-2.md
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ This change does not update existing alert rules.
 For details on this change, see [GitHub pull request #55345](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/55345).
 For more information about alerting states, see the [alerting documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/fundamentals/state-and-health/).
 
+## Configure external alertmanagers as data sources
+
+_Generally available in all editions._
+
+Starting with release 9.2, the URL configuration of external alertmanagers from the Admin tab on the Alerting page is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release.
+
+External alertmanagers should now be configured as data sources from the Configuration page. This enables you to manage the contact points and notification policies of external alertmanagers from within Grafana and also encrypts HTTP basic authentication credentials that were previously visible when configuring external alertmanagers by URL.
+
 ## Public dashboards
 
 _Available in Experimental in Grafana Open Source, Enterprise, Cloud Pro, and Cloud Advanced._