diff --git a/docker-compose/grafana/alerting.json b/docker-compose/grafana/alerting.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a08e2cebfe5ebb77b22afbca6a0f70dd86ff4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/grafana/alerting.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "template_files": {},
+  "alertmanager_config": {
+    "route": {
+      "receiver": "Alerta"
+    },
+    "templates": null,
+    "receivers": [
+      {
+        "name": "Alerta",
+        "grafana_managed_receiver_configs": [
+          {
+            "uid": "ROaAvQEnz",
+            "name": "Alerta",
+            "type": "webhook",
+            "disableResolveMessage": false,
+            "settings": {
+              "url": "http://alerta-web:8080/api/webhooks/prometheus?api-key=demo-key"
+            },
+            "secureFields": {}
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/installation.rst b/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/installation.rst
index 2699d1baa5198cc4757b49da7cd7fa360c3ee2f1..fd01fe45e0b27de2170c23341ab04e1c6b97f900 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -72,3 +72,19 @@ The ELK stack requires some kernel settings to be tuned, before it will start. A
   make restart elk
 
 after reboot, or configure your system to set ``sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144`` (or higher) as root during boot.
+
+Configuration
+---------------------------
+
+These sections are optional, to configure specific functionality you may or may not want to use.
+
+Alerta
+````````
+
+If you want Grafana alerts to appear in Alerta, you need to manually configure Grafana to forward them. Import the alert settings manually:
+
+- Go to Grafana (http://localhost:3000) and sign in with an administration account (default: admin/admin),
+- Go to ``Alerting`` and select ``Admin`` in the left menu bar,
+- Copy/paste the following information, and press ``Save``:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../docker-compose/grafana/alerting.json