# Not able to configure Alerts in Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-configure-alerts-in-kibana/248765
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-configure-alerts-in-kibana/248765 "2020-09-16T04:48:18Z")
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### Author: ![Funky89](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/funky89/32/75707_2.png) [@Funky89](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Funky89)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-configure-alerts-in-kibana/248765/2 "2020-09-16T08:03:36Z")

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Hey @pankaj0172

U can follow this step on this post

> [@Using the xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey for Alerts and Actions in kibana 7.9](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-the-xpack-encryptedsavedobjects-encryptionkey-for-alerts-and-actions-in-kibana-7-9/248647):
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> Hi, I'm using a docker compose file for ELK setup and using the latest 7.9 version for kibana. Now i want to set the xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey parameter in the kibana.yml so that i can use the alert and actions feature. how can i do/set it ? need some help on this

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