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title: Managing agent alerts
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  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/setup-and-configuration/agent-management/managing-agent-alerts
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> **IMPORTANT:** 
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> This guide only applies to Next-Gen WAF customers with access to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).
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With agent alerts, you can be notified via your configured integrations when defined threshold conditions for agents are reached.

## Prerequisites

Before enabling an agent alert, you must first have at least one [integration configured](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations).

## Enabling agent alerts

To enable agent alerting, complete the following steps:

1.   Log in to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).

2.   From the **Sites** menu, select a site if you have more than one site.

3. Click **Agents** in the site navigation bar.

4. Click **Manage Alerts**.

5. Click the type of alert that you want to enable. Options include:

   - **Average RPS:** sends a notification when the average number of requests per second (RPS) for all agents in your corp (account) meets the defined threshold condition.
   - **Online Agent Count:** sends a notification when the number of online agents meets the defined threshold condition.

   > **HINT:** You likely don't need to enable both alerts.

6. Click **Edit agent alert**.

7. Fill out the Edit fields as follows:

   - In the **Description** field, modify the description of the alert as needed.
   - Leave the **Metric** menu set to its default.
   - From the **Operator** menu, select an operator for the threshold condition.
   - If the Metric menu is set to **Average RPS (all agents)**, in the **RPS** field, enter the number of requests per second for the threshold condition.
   - If the Metric menu is set to **Online agents**, in the **Count** field, enter the number of online agents for the threshold condition.
   - From the **Interval** menu, select the length of the evaluation interval.

8. Click the **Enabled** switch to **On**.

9. Click **Update agent alert**.

## Disabling agent alerts

To disable agent alerting, complete the following steps:

1.   Log in to the [Next-Gen WAF control panel](https://dashboard.signalsciences.net).

2.   From the **Sites** menu, select a site if you have more than one site.

3. Click **Agents** in the site navigation bar.
4. Click **Manage Alerts**.
5. Click the agent alert that you want to disable.
6. Click **Edit agent alert**.
7. Click the **Enabled** switch to **Off**.
8. Click **Update agent alert**.

## Related content

- [Getting started with the agent](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/setup-and-configuration/agent-management/getting-started-with-the-agent)
- [Next-Gen WAF integrations](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/next-gen-waf/integrations)