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1. Use the [Alerting provisioning HTTP API](ref:alerting_http_provisioning) to manage alerting resources.
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The Alerting provisioning HTTP API can be used to create, modify, and delete resources for Grafana-managed alerts.
To manage resources related to data source-managed alerts, including recording rules, use the Mimir or Cortex tool.
The JSON output from the majority of Alerting HTTP endpoints isn't compatible for provisioning via configuration files.
If you need the alerting resources for file provisioning, use [Export Alerting endpoints](/docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/alerting/set-up/provision-alerting-resources/export-alerting-resources#export-api-endpoints) to return or download them in provisioning format.
The Alerting provisioning API can be used to create, modify, and delete resources relevant to [Grafana Managed alerts]({{< relref "/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule" >}}). And is the one used by our [Grafana Terraform provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/grafana/grafana/latest/docs).
The Alerting provisioning API can be used to create, modify, and delete resources relevant to [Grafana-managed alerts]({{< relref "/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule" >}}). It is the one used by our [Grafana Terraform provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/grafana/grafana/latest/docs).
For managing resources related to [data source-managed alerts]({{< relref "/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule" >}}) including Recording Rules, you can use [Mimir tool](https://grafana.com/docs/mimir/latest/manage/tools/mimirtool/) and [Cortex tool](https://github.com/grafana/cortex-tools#cortextool) respectively.
To manage resources related to [data source-managed alerts]({{< relref "/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/alerting-rules/create-grafana-managed-rule" >}}), including recording rules, use the [Mimir tool](https://grafana.com/docs/mimir/latest/manage/tools/mimirtool/) and [Cortex tool](https://github.com/grafana/cortex-tools#cortextool).