# Alerts for whether PMM client is running or not

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/alerts-for-whether-pmm-client-is-running-or-not/24526>\
**Category:** Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)\
**Tags:** percona, mongodb, mongodb-exporter\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/alerts-for-whether-pmm-client-is-running-or-not/24526 "2023-08-18T07:55:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Abhinav\_Gautam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/abhinav_gautam/32/10966_2.png) [@Abhinav\_Gautam](https://forums.percona.com/u/Abhinav_Gautam)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/alerts-for-whether-pmm-client-is-running-or-not/24526/1 "2023-08-18T07:55:32Z")

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## Description:

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I want to know how can I configure alert for checking if PMM client is running or not.

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**Author:** ![Parag\_Bhayani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/parag_bhayani/32/3710_2.png) [@Parag\_Bhayani](https://forums.percona.com/u/Parag_Bhayani)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/alerts-for-whether-pmm-client-is-running-or-not/24526/2 "2023-08-18T17:05:44Z")

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Hi @Abhinav_Gautam ,

Starting from PMM v2.39, we have an in-built Alert rule template for “PMM agent down”.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/2X/a/a38330730026e634129170fb3cdecd6154cd5dfc.png)

Regards,  
Parag