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title: Enable Alerting for Rancher CIS Benchmark
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Alerts can be configured to be sent out for a scan that runs on a schedule.

:::note Prerequisite:

Before enabling alerts for `rancher-cis-benchmark`, make sure to install the `rancher-monitoring` application and configure the Receivers and Routes. For more information, see [this section.](../../../explanations/integrations-in-rancher/cis-scans/configuration-reference.md)
While configuring the routes for `rancher-cis-benchmark` alerts, you can specify the matching using the key-value pair `job: rancher-cis-scan`. An example route configuration is [here.](../../../reference-guides/monitoring-v2-configuration/receivers.md#example-route-config-for-cis-scan-alerts)

:::

While installing or upgrading the `rancher-cis-benchmark` Helm chart, set the following flag to `true` in the `values.yaml`:

```yaml
alerts:
  enabled: true
```