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Overview

Welcome to SkyLogs, a modern alerting and incident management platform designed to help your team detect, respond, and automate incidents faster.

This guide will get you up and running quickly, so you can see SkyLogs in action and understand its core capabilities.

1️⃣ Quick Start (5 Minutes)​

Get SkyLogs working in just five minutes. This path focuses on the fastest way to receive your first alert notification, without requiring external monitoring systems.

You will:

  • Install SkyLogs quickly
  • Configure a contact point (Slack, Email, Webhook)
  • Send a test alert using the API
  • Receive your first notification

Go to Quick Start →

2️⃣ Full Stack Demo (15–20 Minutes)​

Experience SkyLogs with real monitoring systems. This path demonstrates SkyLogs’ full power with multiple datasources, realistic alerts, grouping, routing, and incident automation.

You will see SkyLogs in action with:

  • Prometheus metrics
  • Kubernetes events
  • Blackbox monitoring
  • Grafana alerts
  • Optional database monitoring (PMM)
  • Automatic alert grouping and incident creation

Ideal for DevOps teams, SREs, and managers who want to explore SkyLogs in a real production-like environment.

Go to Full Stack Demo →

Why We Split Getting Started​

  • Quick Start: fast, zero dependencies, reliable — get a taste in 5 minutes.
  • Full Stack Demo: realistic, interactive, demonstrates advanced features — takes 15–20 minutes.

This separation ensures that everyone can start with success immediately, and explore full capabilities when ready.

Next Steps​

After completing either path, you can continue to:

  • Configure production-ready integrations
  • Set up alert rules and on-call schedules
  • Explore the SkyLogs API and CLI
  • Learn about high availability and scaling