# Kibana alert generation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 16, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034 "2018-05-16T06:03:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![amritesh\_mishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amritesh_mishra/32/50251_2.png) [@amritesh\_mishra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amritesh_mishra)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/1 "2018-05-16T06:03:46Z")

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Can We generate an alert by reading the log file if any error comes or displayed in kibana an alert mail can be send thorough kibana by viewing the log.

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**Author:** ![Dvikas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@Dvikas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dvikas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/2 "2018-05-16T06:15:20Z")

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yes you can,for that you need to install SENTINL plugin in kibana.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/3 "2018-05-16T06:23:05Z")

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Check out [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/xpack-alerting.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/xpack-alerting.html), it can do all of that.

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**Author:** ![amritesh\_mishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amritesh_mishra/32/50251_2.png) [@amritesh\_mishra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amritesh_mishra)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/4 "2018-05-16T06:59:58Z")

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How to install it and where i will get the file downloading and installation process.

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**Author:** ![Dvikas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@Dvikas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dvikas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/5 "2018-05-16T07:22:48Z")

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for X-pack we need license and we need to pay for it.But specifically only alerting if we need to do than we can use SENTINL.Its open source ,use for free.

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**Author:** ![amritesh\_mishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amritesh_mishra/32/50251_2.png) [@amritesh\_mishra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amritesh_mishra)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/6 "2018-05-16T07:46:36Z")

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where should i get this package

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**Author:** ![Dvikas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@Dvikas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dvikas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/7 "2018-05-16T07:48:00Z")

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> **[sirensolutions/sentinl](https://github.com/sirensolutions/sentinl)**
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> sentinl - Siren Platform + Kibana Alert & Report App for Elasticsearch

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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:** [June 13, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-generation/132034/8 "2018-06-13T07:48:01Z")

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