# Alerting based on the keyword in logs
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295
**Category:** Logs
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [January 6, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295 "2021-01-06T08:24:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@v\_anil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/v_anil)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295/1 "2021-01-06T08:24:42Z")
Hi ,
Is there anyway we can configure an alert based on the keyword in the logs, and alert them if we found more than threshould.
for ex: If the logs contain "Exception or ERROR" more than 10 times in last 2 min , i want to send an alert with the pod name and the logs message.
Currently i am using kibana 6.8 , but yeah i know the current version is not supporting the alerts. I just wanted to make sure the above alert is possible to setup. If yes then i will upgrade the elasticsearch and kibana.
Can someone please suggest whether it is possible or not..? if yes is there any doc that i can follow..?
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### Author:  [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295/2 "2021-01-06T09:36:05Z")
Hi,
I think you can use the [Threshold rule](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/rules-ui-create.html#create-threshold-rule) for your scenario.
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### Author:  [@Kerry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kerry)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295/3 "2021-01-06T10:35:26Z")
Hi,
If you were to upgrade you’d be able to use a [Log threshold](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/observability/master/logs-threshold-alert.html) alert for this functionality.
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### Author:  [@v\_anil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/v_anil)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295/4 "2021-01-06T17:16:25Z")
@borna_talebi and @Kerry thanks for your valuable options.
[Log threshold](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/observability/master/logs-threshold-alert.html) worked.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-based-on-the-keyword-in-logs/260295/5 "2021-02-03T17:16:37Z")
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