# Manage alerts using the CLI

Using the CLI, you can:

* [Display alert types](#view-alerts)
* [View alerts](#mute-alerts)
* [Mute alerts](#mute-alerts)
* [Unmute alerts](#unmute-alerts)

## **Display alert types**

**Command:** `weka alerts types`

Use this command to list all possible types of alerts that the WEKA cluster can return.

**Command:**`weka alerts describe`

Use this command to describe all the alert types the WEKA cluster can return, along with possible corrective actions for each alert.

## **View alerts**

**Command:** `weka alerts`

Use the following command line to list all alerts (muted and unmuted) in the WEKA cluster:

`weka alerts [--muted]`

**Parameters**

<table><thead><tr><th width="208">Name</th><th width="355">Value</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>muted</code></td><td>List muted alerts alongside unmuted ones.</td><td>False</td></tr></tbody></table>

## **Mute alerts**

**Command:** `weka alerts mute`

Use the following command line to mute an alert type:

`weka alerts mute <alert-type> <duration>`

The system does not prompt muted alerts when listing active alerts. You must specify the duration in which the alert-type is muted. After the expiry of the specified duration, the system unmutes the alert-type automatically.

**Parameters**

<table><thead><tr><th width="226">Name</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>alert-type</code>*</td><td>An alert-type to mute, use <code>weka alerts types</code> to list types.</td></tr><tr><td><code>duration</code>*</td><td>Expiration time for muting this alert type.<br>Format: <code>3s</code>, <code>2h</code>, <code>4m</code>, <code>1d</code>, <code>1d5h</code>, <code>1w</code>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## **Unmute alerts**

**Command:** `weka alerts unmute`

Use the following command line to unmute a muted alert-type:

`weka alerts unmute <alert-type>`

**Parameters**

<table><thead><tr><th width="221">Name</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>alert-type</code>*</td><td>An alert-type to unmute, use <code>weka alerts types</code> to list types.</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Related topics**

[list-of-alerts](https://docs.weka.io/4.2/usage/alerts/list-of-alerts "mention")


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