# Alerting in kibana for a specific log file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-in-kibana-for-a-specific-log-file/146421>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 28, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-in-kibana-for-a-specific-log-file/146421 "2018-08-28T21:14:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![iamlearner123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bcef8e/32.png) [@iamlearner123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iamlearner123)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-in-kibana-for-a-specific-log-file/146421/1 "2018-08-28T21:14:26Z")

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Hello,

Is there anyway to setup an alert in kibana that would sendemail if a specific log file is greater than 100MB ?

Thanks  
Sai

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-in-kibana-for-a-specific-log-file/146421/2 "2018-08-30T12:41:37Z")

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Hi,

Yes. But you need watcher for it which is in our x-pack [https://www.elastic.co/products/stack/alerting](https://www.elastic.co/products/stack/alerting) which comes along with our gold license:  
[https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-in-kibana-for-a-specific-log-file/146421/3 "2018-09-27T12:41:42Z")

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