## Prerequisites

To get started with MinIO, refer [MinIO QuickStart Document](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/index.html#quickstart-for-linux).
Follow below steps to get started with MinIO monitoring using Prometheus.

### 1. Download Prometheus

[Download the latest release](https://prometheus.io/download) of Prometheus for your platform, then extract it

```sh

### 1. Fetch the root identity

As the initial step, fetch the private key and certificate of the root identity:

```

- For instructions on setting up KES, see the [KES Getting Started guide](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Getting-Started)

- For instructions on using KES for encrypting the MinIO backend, follow the [KMS Quick Start](https://github.com/minio/minio/tree/master/docs/kms). The SSE-S3 configuration setup also supports MinIO KMS backend encryption.

## FAQ

> Why is this change needed?

Follow below steps to enable and use AlertManager.

## Deploy and start AlertManager
Install Prometheus AlertManager from https://prometheus.io/download/ and create configuration as below

```yaml
route: