Create a silence

To add a silence:

1. In the Grafana menu, click the Alerting (bell) icon to open the Alerting page listing existing alerts.
2. On the Alerting page, click Silences to open the page listing existing contact points.
3. Click New Silence to open the Create silence page.
4. In Silence start and end, select the start and end date to indicate when the silence should go into effect and expire.
5. In the Name and Value fields, enter one or more Matching Labels. Matchers determine which rules the silence will apply to. For more information, see how label matching works.
6. In Comment, add details about the silence.
7. Click Create.