# Pandora FMS configuration: creating an alert action

The [alert actions](https://pandorafms.com/manual/en/documentation/04_using/01_alerts) allow you to define how to launch the command. Go to menu **Alerts** -> **Actions** -> **Create**.

[![image-1629798888129.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1629798888129.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1629798888129.png)

Select in **Command** the alert command created on the previous page, the fields will be filled in automatically. However, you can always customize the icons for **Triggering** and **Recovery** events, for example.

[![image-1629798976909.png](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/image-1629798976909.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/image-1629798976909.png)

To save click on **Create**. To apply this action to either a [Module or Policy](https://pandorafms.com/manual/en/documentation/05_big_environments/02_policy), set up an [alert template](https://pandorafms.com/manual/en/documentation/04_using/01_alerts#alert_templates) for this purpose.

You can get more information in the video tutorial «[Create alerts in Google Chat with Pandora FMS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0oXKyrVMQU)».