Alerts/notifications

How can I reduce the number of false alerts?How can I reduce the number of false alerts?

You can increase the evaluation window or change the aggregation function in the alert settings.

What value should I specify as a threshold?What value should I specify as a threshold?

The threshold value is set in units of the selected metric.

For example, the free disk space threshold for a database cluster is specified in bytes. You can simply set a threshold by moving the slider on the chart with real data. Make sure the Warning threshold value does not exceed that for an Alarm.

How do I set an alert recipient?How do I set an alert recipient?

You can use the following supported notification channel methods:

• Email.
• SMS.
• Push notifications (in the Yandex Cloud mobile app).
• Telegram.

Specify a Yandex Cloud account as the recipient of email notifications. This can be the owner's account or an additional one, e.g., a federated account or Yandex ID, created specifically for this purpose.

I do not receive any alerts. Why?I do not receive any alerts. Why?

Check your notification channel account email address and phone number.

To get notifications, the user must:

• Have the monitoring.viewer role for the folder the alert is configured in.
• In the management console settings:
  • Enable Monitoring.
  • Specify an e-mail address, phone number, and Telegram account or group.

What should I do if there is no data?What should I do if there is no data?

If there is no data, you will see the timeline for the last hour. To see the data, change the evaluation window time to include the most recent point.

If there are no function errors, no data will be displayed. For more information, see No data policy.