Stay in the loop with Phare’s real-time notification system. Whether it’s a sudden outage, an expiring SSL certificate, or an incident update, the flexible alert rules system ensures the right people get the right information at the right time.
Alert Rules
Think of alert rules as your notification command center. Each rule defines four key elements:
- Event: What triggers the alert (like a monitor failing or a certificate nearing expiration)
- Scope: Where the rule applies (organization-wide or just in specific projects)
- Rate limit: How often the notification can be sent (preventing notification fatigue)
- Integration: Where to send the alert (email, Slack, Discord, etc.)
Additional settings can be configured depending on the event type and integration you choose.
Events
Phare can alert you of various events, each with its own configuration options and use cases. You choose which events matter most to your organization and can set up multiple alert rules for a single event type.
Monitor Events
Certificate Events
Incident Events
Maintenance Window Events
Scope
Keep your alerts relevant by setting the right scope:
- Organization: Catch all matching events across your entire organization
- Project: Focus only on events within specific projects
This targeted approach ensures nobody gets alerts they don’t need to act on.
Rate limiting
Too many notifications can lead to alert fatigue. That’s why Phare lets you set limits on how frequently a notification can be sent. Even if an event triggers multiple times, you’ll only be notified based on your preferred cadence, like at most once every 10 minutes.
Notification channels
Connect any integration to your alert rules to receive notifications through your preferred channels. Create as many alert rules as you need, customizing each one to get the right balance of information without overwhelming recipients.
Duplicating alert rules
To send the same alerts to another channel, duplicate an alert rule from its actions menu in the alert rules list. The new rule starts with the same event, scope, filters and rate limit: choose another integration and create it.
Last modified on October 25, 2026
