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title: Monitoring and Alerts
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# Monitoring and Alerts Tabs

The cluster details page provides two related tabs: **Monitoring** for live resource graphs and **Alerts** for threshold-based notifications. Both are available once the cluster is **Running**.

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## Monitoring

Monitoring is a free service that shows resource usage for a selected node. Open the **Monitoring** tab and choose the node you want to inspect from the node selector, then review:

- **CPU Performance** - CPU utilization over time.
- **Disk Read/Write Operations** - the rate of disk reads and writes.
- **Network Traffic Statistics** - inbound and outbound network traffic.

For deeper, in-cluster observability (Prometheus and Grafana), see the [Monitoring Stack guide](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/monitoring-stack).

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## Alerts

Use the **Alerts** tab to be notified when a master or worker node crosses a metric threshold.

### Create an Alert

1. Open the **Alerts** tab.
2. Select the **master** or **worker** node to monitor.
3. Select **Create Alert**.
4. Choose the **Trigger Type** - the metric to monitor (for example, CPU usage or memory usage).
5. Choose the **Trigger Operator** - the comparison (for example, greater than or less than).
6. Enter the **Threshold Value (%)** - the alert fires when this value is crossed.
7. Choose the **Severity** - for example, Critical, Warning, or Info.
8. Choose the **User Group** to notify. To create a new user group inline, select the **+** button. See [User Groups](/docs/myaccount/monitoring/user_groups).
9. Select **Create**.

The alert then appears in the **Alerts** list with its trigger condition, severity, and assigned user group. When the condition is met, everyone in the user group is notified.

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## Related Resources

| Resource                                                                     | Use it for                               |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| [User Groups](/docs/myaccount/monitoring/user_groups)                        | Manage who receives alert notifications. |
| [Node Pools](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/manage/node-pools)                   | Per-node status and actions.             |
| [Monitoring Stack guide](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/monitoring-stack) | In-cluster Prometheus/Grafana.           |