# Alerts for VPN metrics

In addition to the usual pipeline alerts, you can set **alerts for your VPN metrics**. This way, you can have a simple and efficient setup experience for both types of metrics.

## How to create alerts for VPN metrics?

1. On the Platform home page, click **Monitor.**
2. On the menu at the top of the page, click **Alerts configuration**.

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Alternatively, you can access the **Alerts configuration** page by clicking **Settings** in the top right corner of the Platform home page and then selecting **Alerts** from the menu on the left.
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3. Click **Create**.
4. Choose an Alert name. It’s not possible to add special characters like "\_" to the alert name. The only exception is “-”, which can be used as a substitute for blank space.
5. Select the target:
   * Pipeline
   * **VPN**
6. Configure the threshold to trigger the alert:

* Select the metrics: **Mappings down**, **Mappings up**, **Tunnels down**, or **Tunnels up**. 
* Select the interval: **5, 10, 15, 20** minutes or a **specific interval**. 
* Select the conditions: **Below the specified value**, **Above the specified value**, or **The same as the specified value**.
* Enter the value number.

7\.
 Configure the **channels** you want to use to receive notifications:

* Email addresses
* Telegram chat ID
* Webhook URL
* Slack URL

8\. Click **Save** to create a new alert.

## How do I visualize the VPN alerts I have created?

On the **Alerts configuration** tab on the **Monitor** page, click the toggle button to choose to display **Pipeline** or **VPN** alerts.

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