How to activate Scaleway preconfigured alerts

Reviewed on July 29, 2025

This page shows you how to activate preconfigured alerts for your Cockpit resources.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• Enabled the alert manager
• Added contacts

How to activate preconfigured alerts

1. Click Cockpit in the Monitoring section of the console side menu. The Cockpit overview page displays.
2. Click the Alerts tab.
3. Click the Region drop-down and select the desired region.
   Important

   Make sure that you select the same region as the data sources you want to be alerted for.

4. Scroll to the Alert management section. This section allows you to manage (enable, disable, and visualize) Scaleway preconfigured alerts or custom alerts.
5. From the Preconfigured tab, click the down arrow next to the Scaleway product of your choice to view available alerts.
6. Under the Activation section, tick the checkboxes next to the alerts you want to activate.
7. Click Save changes. A pop-up appears summarizing the number of alerts you are about to enable and the total of enabled alerts you will have after you confirm.
   Tip

   If you have created alerting or recording rules in Grafana, the total of enabled alerts includes your Scaleway preconfigured alerts and the ones you have in Grafana.

8. Click Save changes to confirm.

Your enabled alerts display in the Overview as enabled rules. Enabled rules include your Scaleway or custom alerts, as well as recording rules you may have created in Grafana.