---
title: "Alarms"
description: "Configure and receive alarms."
diataxis: how-to
applies_to:
  product: "nirmata-control-hub"
audience: ["platform-engineer"]
last_updated: 2025-11-01
url: https://docs.nirmata.io/docs/control-hub/settings/alarms/alarm-notifier/
---


Nirmata offers comprehensive alarm management capabilities to correlate states and metrics and notify users of any unexpected conditions in their applications or clusters.


## Terminology


 Object        | Description
---------------|----
Alarm Type     | An Alarm Type defines the schema for an alarm. This includes data to indicate when the alarm must be triggered, and when it should be cleared.
Alarm Notifier | A Notifier includes settings for where and how alarm notifications should be sent.
Alarm          | An Alarm (or Alarm Instance) captures data for an alarm that is raised, or is in the process of being raised.
 
## Concepts

An alarm is created when the trigger condition specified in an alarm type occurs within the scope specified in the filter. The alarm automatically clears when the clear condition for the object is triggered.

Alarms can also be dismissed or deleted as needed.


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## Alarm Notifiers


Alarm Notifier settings define where and how alarm
notifications are sent. For example, you can create notifications for specific teams or team members based on the alarm types that matter most.

## How to Create a New Alarm Notification

To create a new alarm notification, click *Alarms* in the sidebar menu and then click the + icon on the *Alarm Notifications* card.

![image](/images/alarm-notifier-1.png)

Provide an alarm notifier name, email address, and tag, and click *Next*. A notification will be sent to the provided email address when the alarm is triggered.

![image](/images/alarm-notifier-2.png)

Complete the *Filter* settings and click *Finish.*

![image](/images/alarm-notifier-3.png)

The new *Alarm Notification* is listed.

![image](/images/alarm-notifier-4.png)