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title = "Alerting fundamentals"
aliases = ["/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/metrics/"]
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# Alerting fundamentals

This section covers the fundamental concepts of Grafana 8 alerting.

- [Alertmanager]({{< relref "./alertmanager.md" >}})
- [State and health of alerting rules]({{< relref "./state-and-health.md" >}})
- [Evaluating Grafana managed alerts]({{< relref "./evaluate-grafana-alerts.md" >}})