|[Nikolay Stanchev](mailto:ns17@it-innovation.soton.ac.uk)|[University of Southampton, IT Innovation Centre](http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk)|
|[Michael Boniface](mailto:mjb@it-innovation.soton.ac.uk)|[University of Southampton, IT Innovation Centre](http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk)|
#### Description
This document outlines the configuration of alerts within CLMC. Alerts are configured through a YAML-based
TOSCA-compliant document. This document is passed to the CLMC service, which parses and validates the document. Subsequently, the CLMC service
This document outlines the TOSCA alert specificatio used to configure of alerts within CLMC. Alerts are configured through a YAML-based
TOSCA-compliant document according to the TOSCA simple profile. This document is passed to the CLMC service, which parses and validates the document. Subsequently, the CLMC service
creates and activates the alerts within Kapacitor, then registers the HTTP alert handlers specified in the document.
The specification is compliant with the TOSCA policy template as implemented by the Openstack tosca parser. See an example below: