From a8cb62f05a1362cbbd8defce90dce5900c7fb7a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "grafana-delivery-bot[bot]" <132647405+grafana-delivery-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:59:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [v11.3.x] Alerting docs: adds prereqs to configure data source (#96274) Alerting docs: adds prereqs to configure data source (#96272) * Alerting docs: adds prereqs to configure data source * fixes numbering (cherry picked from commit 35572c9731051e036cc4e94201b220eae9b567b0) Co-authored-by: brendamuir <100768211+brendamuir@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule.md b/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule.md index 8744be27bc4..9933d75ed6f 100644 --- a/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule.md +++ b/docs/sources/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule.md @@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ refs: destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/alerting-rules/link-alert-rules-to-panels/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/alerting-rules/link-alert-rules-to-panels/ + data-sources: + - pattern: /docs/grafana/ + destination: /docs/grafana//datasources/ + compatible-data-sources: + - pattern: /docs/grafana/ + destination: /docs/grafana/GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/#supported-data-sources --- # Configure Grafana-managed alert rules @@ -88,6 +94,13 @@ To make a backup of your configuration and to be able to restore deleted alertin ## Before you begin +If you are using Grafana OSS: + +1. Configure your [data sources](ref:data-sources). +1. Check which [data sources](ref:compatible-data-sources) are compatible with and supported by Grafana Alerting. + +If you are using Grafana OSS, Enterprise, or Cloud: + You can use default or advanced options for Grafana-managed alert rule creation. The default options streamline rule creation with a cleaner header and a single query and condition. For more complex rules, use advanced options to add multiple queries and expressions. Default and advanced options are enabled by default for Grafana Cloud users and this feature is being rolled out progressively.