# Kapacitor 1.3 Windows 10 Getting Started - Problem with Alerts

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/kapacitor-1-3-windows-10-getting-started-problem-with-alerts/1271>\
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**Created:** [June 12, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/kapacitor-1-3-windows-10-getting-started-problem-with-alerts/1271 "2017-06-12T13:48:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/kapacitor-1-3-windows-10-getting-started-problem-with-alerts/1271/1 "2017-06-12T13:48:27Z")

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Hello !

I’ve just begun with Kapacitor, InfluxDB and Telegraf. I’m trying to implement all little tasks presented in the InfluxData Getting Started (see that link: [https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1/introduction/getting-started/](https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1.3/introduction/getting_started/)).

Everything is ok until the Trigger Alert from Stream data paragraph. I followed the instructions but I got the following error message:

> “. expected: “number”,“string”,“duration”,“identifier”,“TRUE”,“FALSE”,”==“,”(“,”-“,”!"1 in "stream

Here is my command:

> kapacitor define cpu\_alert -type stream -tick cpu\_alert.tick -dbrp kapacitor\_example.autogen

Here is my cpu\_alert.tick:

> stream  
> |from()  
> .measurement(‘cpu’)  
> |alert()  
> .crit(lambda: “usage\_idle” \< 70)  
> .log(‘/tmp/alerts.log’)

Finally here is my kapacitor.conf (following the instructions I found on the website):

> httppost =   
> hostname = “localhost”  
> data\_dir = “C:\Users\Louis\.kapacitor”  
> skip-config-overrides = false  
> default-retention-policy = “”

> [http]  
> bind-address = “:9092”  
> auth-enabled = false  
> log-enabled = true  
> write-tracing = false  
> pprof-enabled = false  
> https-enabled = false  
> https-certificate = “/etc/ssl/kapacitor.pem”  
> shutdown-timeout = “10s”  
> shared-secret = “”

> [replay]  
> dir = “C:\Users\Louis\.kapacitor\replay”

> [storage]  
> boltdb = “C:\Users\Louis\.kapacitor\kapacitor.db”

> [task]  
> dir = “C:\Users\Louis\.kapacitor\tasks”  
> snapshot-interval = “1m0s”

> [[influxdb]]  
> enabled = true  
> name = “default”  
> default = false  
> urls = [“[http://localhost:8086](http://localhost:8086)”]  
> username = “”  
> password = “”  
> ssl-ca = “”  
> ssl-cert = “”  
> ssl-key = “”  
> insecure-skip-verify = false  
> timeout = “0s”  
> disable-subscriptions = false  
> subscription-protocol = “http”  
> kapacitor-hostname = “”  
> http-port = 0  
> udp-bind = “”  
> udp-buffer = 1000  
> udp-read-buffer = 0  
> startup-timeout = “5m0s”  
> subscriptions-sync-interval = “1m0s”  
> [influxdb-excluded.subscriptions]  
> \_kapacitor = [“autogen”]

> [logging]  
> file = “STDERR”  
> level = “DEBUG”

> [config-override]  
> enabled = true

> [collectd]  
> enabled = false  
> bind-address = “:25826”  
> database = “collectd”  
> retention-policy = “”  
> batch-size = 5000  
> batch-pending = 10  
> batch-timeout = “10s”  
> read-buffer = 0  
> typesdb = “/usr/share/collectd/types.db”

> [opentsdb]  
> enabled = false  
> bind-address = “:4242”  
> database = “opentsdb”  
> retention-policy = “”  
> consistency-level = “one”  
> tls-enabled = false  
> certificate = “/etc/ssl/influxdb.pem”  
> batch-size = 1000  
> batch-pending = 5  
> batch-timeout = “1s”  
> log-point-errors = true

> [alerta]  
> enabled = false  
> url = “”  
> insecure-skip-verify = false  
> token = “”  
> token-prefix = “”  
> environment = “”  
> origin = “”

> [hipchat]  
> enabled = false  
> url = “”  
> token = “”  
> room = “”  
> global = false  
> state-changes-only = false

> [opsgenie]  
> enabled = false  
> api-key = “”  
> url = “[https://api.opsgenie.com/v1/json/alert](https://api.opsgenie.com/v1/json/alert)”  
> recovery\_url = “[https://api.opsgenie.com/v1/json/alert/note](https://api.opsgenie.com/v1/json/alert/note)”  
> global = false

> [pagerduty]  
> enabled = false  
> url = “[https://events.pagerduty.com/generic/2010-04-15/create\_event.json](https://events.pagerduty.com/generic/2010-04-15/create_event.json)”  
> service-key = “”  
> global = false

> [pushover]  
> enabled = false  
> token = “”  
> user-key = “”  
> url = “[https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json](https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json)”

> [smtp]  
> enabled = false  
> host = “localhost”  
> port = 25  
> username = “”  
> password = “”  
> no-verify = false  
> global = false  
> state-changes-only = false  
> from = “”  
> idle-timeout = “30s”

> [snmptrap]  
> enabled = false  
> addr = “localhost:162”  
> community = “kapacitor”  
> retries = 1

> [sensu]  
> enabled = false  
> addr = “”  
> source = “Kapacitor”

> [slack]  
> enabled = false  
> url = “”  
> channel = “”  
> username = “kapacitor”  
> icon-emoji = “”  
> global = false  
> state-changes-only = false  
> ssl-ca = “”  
> ssl-cert = “”  
> ssl-key = “”  
> insecure-skip-verify = false

> [talk]  
> enabled = false  
> url = “”  
> author\_name = “”

> [telegram]  
> enabled = false  
> url = “[https://api.telegram.org/bot](https://api.telegram.org/bot)”  
> token = “”  
> chat-id = “”  
> parse-mode = “”  
> disable-web-page-preview = false  
> disable-notification = false  
> global = false  
> state-changes-only = false

> [victorops]  
> enabled = false  
> api-key = “”  
> routing-key = “”  
> url = “[https://alert.victorops.com/integrations/generic/20131114/alert](https://alert.victorops.com/integrations/generic/20131114/alert)”  
> global = false

> [reporting]  
> enabled = true  
> url = “[https://usage.influxdata.com](https://usage.influxdata.com)”

> [stats]  
> enabled = true  
> stats-interval = “10s”  
> database = “\_kapacitor”  
> retention-policy = “autogen”  
> timing-sample-rate = 0.1  
> timing-movavg-size = 1000

> [udf]

> [deadman]  
> interval = “10s”  
> threshold = 0.0  
> id = “{{ .Group }}:NODE\_NAME for task ‘{{ .TaskName }}’”  
> message = “{{ .ID }} is {{ if eq .Level "OK" }}alive{{ else }}dead{{ end }}: {{ index .Fields "emitted" | printf "%0.3f" }} points/INTERVAL.”  
> global = false

I found the

> [influxdb-excluded.subscriptions]  
> \_kapacitor = [“autogen”]

strange and I removed it but it didn’t change anything.

Thanks for your help!