# Alarms

If an alarm is being fired at Grafana or Cloudwatch, configure a RunBook to run when the alarm fires. 

To automate this RunBook feature, you'll need:

1. A connection to [Grafana](/unskript-documentation/connnecting/connectors/grafana.md) or [AWS](/unskript-documentation/connnecting/connectors/aws.md).
   1. A [webhook](/unskript-documentation/runbooks/xrunbooks/alarms/create-an-alarm-webhook.md) added to your connection.
2. An alarm set at Cloudwatch or Grafana, configured to send alerts to the webhook:

* [AWS CloudWatch Alarms](#aws-cloudwatch-alarms)
* [Grafana Alarms](#grafana-alarms-webhook)

3. A RunBook that you would like to run when the alert is sent from the external party.

Once the alarm is created, we [pull the alarms](/unskript-documentation/runbooks/xrunbooks/alarms/create-an-alarm-webhook.md#pull-the-alarms) into unSkript.  We can then[ attach the alarm to your RunBook](/unskript-documentation/runbooks/xrunbooks/alarms/attaching-runbooks-to-alarms.md).

When the alarm fires at Grafana or Cloudwatch, the webhook will receive the message, and initiate the execution of your RunBook.

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## Using Alarms

#### Auto-remediate:&#x20;

* Create a RunBook that can automatically remediate the issue. &#x20;
* Once the issue is remediated, send an alert to the team, and ensure that the alarms are no longer firing.

#### Diagnose:&#x20;

* Initiate RunBooks to diagnose the alarm.  With diagnostic information provided immedaitely after the alert sounds, the team will have a better idea of how to resolve the problem.

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