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authorChris Akritidis <43294513+cakrit@users.noreply.github.com>2018-12-28 15:38:21 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-12-28 15:38:21 +0100
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### Modify alarms and notifications
+##### Add a new alarm
+
+You can add a new alarm definition either by editing an existing stock alarm config file under `health.d` (e.g. `/etc/netdata/edit-config health.d/load.conf`), or by adding a new `.conf` file under `/etc/netdata/health.d`. The documentation on how to define an alarm is in [health monitoring](../health/#health-monitoring). It is suggested to look at some of the stock alarm definitions, so you can ensure you understand how the various options work.
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##### Turn off all alarms and notifications
Just set `enabled = no` in the [netdata.conf [health]](../daemon/config/#health-section-options) section