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# How-to guides

**Goal-oriented guides that show you how to solve specific problems with cdk8s-monitoring.**

How-to guides are recipes.
They assume you already know what you want and show you how to get there.
For background and concepts, see the {doc}`../explanation/index` instead.

## Prerequisites

```{toctree}
---
maxdepth: 1
titlesonly: true
---
setup-prerequisites
```

## Configuration

```{toctree}
---
maxdepth: 1
titlesonly: true
---
provide-config
override-defaults
configure-s3-credentials
configure-smtp-alerting
tune-alert-notifications
set-priority-classes
enable-tracing
configure-tail-sampling
embed-grafana
route-staging-alerts
forward-watchdog-to-dead-mans-switch
```

## Extending the stack

```{toctree}
---
maxdepth: 1
titlesonly: true
---
add-app-dashboards
enable-infrastructure-monitors
```

## Operations

```{toctree}
---
maxdepth: 1
titlesonly: true
---
recover-failed-helm-release
```

---

**New to cdk8s-monitoring?** Start with the {doc}`../tutorials/index`.

**Need exact configuration values?** See the {doc}`../reference/index`.