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First alert rule
14 min
Milestone 1
Why alerting
1 min
Milestone 2
Install data sources
1 min
Milestone 3
Name your rule
1 min
Milestone 4
Build query
2 min
Milestone 5
Set condition
1 min
Milestone 6
Folder and labels
1 min
Milestone 7
Evaluation behavior
1 min
Milestone 8
Handling
1 min
Milestone 9
Contact point
1 min
Milestone 10
Save
1 min
Milestone 11
Complete
1 min

Install the tutorial data sources

This path uses the QuickPizza tutorial data sources, which include a Prometheus data source named grafanacloud-play-prom that carries real metrics from a running demo service. Querying these data sources does not count toward your Grafana Cloud usage.

The install runs from the Demo Data Dashboards app in the left nav. After the install finishes, Grafana refreshes the page and the alerting flow picks up in the next milestone.

  1. In the left nav, click Demo Data Dashboards.

  2. Click Install the Quick Pizza SRE demo. This deploys the tutorial data sources and refreshes the page.

The grafanacloud-play-prom data source is now available. In the next milestone, you open the new alert rule page and give your rule a clear name.

Why alerting
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Name your rule
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