# 1. Create Alert for Virtual Machine

**Step 1:** Sign in to [FPT Cloud Portal](https://console.fptcloud.com/)

**Step 2:** Go to **Cloud Guard** page > **Alert** > Select **Alerts** tab.

**Step 3:** Select **Create Alert** to open **New alert** dialog box.

**Step 4:** Users configure configure fields of information as following:

| Field                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Type**              | Select **Virtual Machine**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **Name**              | Enter alert name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Applied to**        | Select **Virtual Machine** to which alert is applied                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Configure metrics** | <p>Customize alert threshold including:</p><p><strong>Type</strong> (Metric Type): Select the type of data you want to use to set the alarm threshold (RAM (%), CPU (%))</p><p><strong>Operator:</strong> Select the type that compares the actual value to the threshold, including the operators <, <=, >=, >.</p><p><strong>Value:</strong> Enter alert threshold. The value will be validated depending on the units of the <strong>Metric Types</strong>.</p><p><strong>Alert Interval:</strong> Select the calculation cycle of the system (3 minutes, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 1 day)</p> |
| **Notified to**       | Select recipients to send alert from the list.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Note:**</mark>&#x20;

* Alert names in one tenant must be different.
* Servers whose status are off can also be selected, please check the status of the server before selecting.
  {% endhint %}

**Step 5:** Select **Create**.


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