--- title: Alerting overview sort_rank: 1 nav_icon: sliders --- # Alerting Overview Alerting with Prometheus is separated into two parts. Alerting rules in Prometheus servers send alerts to an Alertmanager. The [Alertmanager](alertmanager.md) then manages those alerts, including silencing, inhibition, aggregation and sending out notifications via methods such as email, on-call notification systems, and chat platforms. The main steps to setting up alerting and notifications are: * Setup and [configure](configuration.md) the Alertmanager * [Configure Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#alertmanager_config) to talk to the Alertmanager * Create [alerting rules](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/alerting_rules/) in Prometheus