Monitor performance with alerts

Once you've provisioned Edge DNS, you can create alerts to monitor significant changes to your traffic. Alerts provide real-time notifications for changes in your service-use patterns.

Use the Alerts application on ​Akamai Control Center​ to create alerts. The following DNS alerts provide valuable performance-monitoring information:

• High Traffic - DNS
• High number of NXDOMAIN responses

To create a new alert using the Alerts application, complete the following procedure.

1. On ​Control Center​, go to ☰ > COMMON SERVICES > Alerts.
   The Alerts page opens.

2. Click Create New Alert.
   The Create New Alert wizard opens.

3. Complete the Create New Alert wizard pages using the on-screen help for guidance.

4. Click Submit.

Alerts API

To create your own automated mechanism to manage your alerts outside of ​Akamai Control Center​, the Alerts API is available. This API provides a programmatic interface to the same functionality available in ​Control Center​.