diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-playground-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-playground-deploy.yml
index 892726a..2da8314 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-playground-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-playground-deploy.yml
@@ -133,25 +133,30 @@ jobs:
               echo "dist_version does not belong to 2x or 3x"
           fi
 
-  register-snapshot-repo-enable-alerts:
+  configure-alerts-notifications:
     needs: validate-and-deploy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Register snapshot repo
+      - name: Create notification channel
         run : |
-          curl -XPUT -f "https://${{needs.validate-and-deploy.outputs.ENDPOINT}}:8443/_snapshot/snapshots-repo" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
+          curl -XPOST -f "https://${{needs.validate-and-deploy.outputs.ENDPOINT}}:8443/_plugins/_notifications/configs" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
           {
-            "type": "s3",
-            "settings": {
-              "bucket": "nightly-playgrounds-snapshots-bucket",
-              "region": "us-west-2",
-              "base_path": "${{needs.validate-and-deploy.outputs.PLAYGROUND_ID}}"
-            }
-          }' -u ${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_USER }}:${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD }} --insecure
-      - name: Restore altering configs
+            "config_id": "slack-notification-channel",
+            "name": "slack-notification-channel",
+            "config": {
+              "name": "slack-notification-channel",
+              "description": "Slack notification channel for monitoring alerts",
+              "config_type": "webhook",
+              "is_enabled": true,
+              "webhook": {
+                "url": "${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}"
+                }
+              }
+            }' -u ${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_USER }}:${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD }} --insecure
+            
+      - name: Configure monitors
         run: |
-          curl -XPOST "https://${{needs.validate-and-deploy.outputs.ENDPOINT}}:8443/_snapshot/snapshots-repo/alerts-config/_restore" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
-          {
-            "indices": ".opendistro-alerting-config,.opensearch-notifications-config",
-            "ignore_unavailable": false,
-          }' -u ${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_USER }}:${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD }} --insecure
+          for config in `ls nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/`;
+          do curl -XPOST "https://${{needs.validate-and-deploy.outputs.ENDPOINT}}:8443/_plugins/_alerting/monitors" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/$config -u ${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_USER }}:${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD }} --insecure;
+          done
+          
diff --git a/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/cluster_health_monitor.json b/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/cluster_health_monitor.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff0db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/cluster_health_monitor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+   "name": "Cluster Health Monitor",
+   "type": "monitor",
+   "monitor_type": "cluster_metrics_monitor",
+   "enabled": true,
+   "schedule": {
+      "period": {
+         "unit": "MINUTES",
+         "interval": 5
+      }
+   },
+   "inputs": [
+      {
+         "uri": {
+            "api_type": "CLUSTER_HEALTH",
+            "path": "_cluster/health",
+            "path_params": "",
+            "url": "http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health",
+            "clusters": []
+         }
+      }
+   ],
+   "triggers": [
+      {
+         "query_level_trigger": {
+            "id": "bK6a-I4BP-Tswg_on_U_",
+            "name": "Red Cluster",
+            "severity": "1",
+            "condition": {
+               "script": {
+                  "source": "ctx.results[0].status != \"green\"",
+                  "lang": "painless"
+               }
+            },
+            "actions": [
+               {
+                  "id": "notification415896",
+                  "name": "Red Cluster",
+                  "destination_id": "slack-notification-channel",
+                  "message_template": {
+                     "source": "{\"Content\": \"\n:alert: Monitor {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue.\n  - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}}\n  - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}}\n  - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}}\n  - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}\n  - Cluster name: {{ctx.results.0.cluster_name}}\n\"}",
+                     "lang": "mustache"
+                  },
+                  "throttle_enabled": false,
+                  "subject_template": {
+                     "source": "Alerting Notification action",
+                     "lang": "mustache"
+                  }
+               }
+            ]
+         }
+      }
+   ]
+}
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diff --git a/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/jvm_monitor.json b/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/jvm_monitor.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d42c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/jvm_monitor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+    "name": "High JVM Monitor",
+    "type": "monitor",
+    "monitor_type": "cluster_metrics_monitor",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "schedule": {
+       "period": {
+          "unit": "MINUTES",
+          "interval": 10
+       }
+    },
+    "inputs": [
+       {
+          "uri": {
+             "api_type": "CLUSTER_STATS",
+             "path": "_cluster/stats",
+             "path_params": "",
+             "url": "http://localhost:9200/_cluster/stats",
+             "clusters": []
+          }
+       }
+    ],
+    "triggers": [
+       {
+          "query_level_trigger": {
+             "id": "5A2d-I4Bqk6CvEFkp7X5",
+             "name": "High JVM",
+             "severity": "2",
+             "condition": {
+                "script": {
+                   "source": "ctx.results[0].nodes.jvm.mem.heap_used_in_bytes / ctx.results[0].nodes.jvm.mem.heap_max_in_bytes >= 0.75",
+                   "lang": "painless"
+                }
+             },
+             "actions": [
+                {
+                   "id": "notification431267",
+                   "name": "High JVM Action",
+                   "destination_id": "slack-notification-channel",
+                   "message_template": {
+                      "source": "{\"Content\": \"\n:alert: {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue.\n  - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}}\n  - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}}\n  - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}}\n  - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}\n  - OpenSearch Version: {{ctx.results.0.nodes.versions.0}}\n  - JVM used in bytes: {{ctx.results.0.nodes.jvm.mem.heap_used_in_bytes}}\n  - Max JVM available in bytes: {{ctx.results.0.nodes.jvm.mem.heap_max_in_bytes}} \n\"}",
+                      "lang": "mustache"
+                   },
+                   "throttle_enabled": false,
+                   "subject_template": {
+                      "source": "Alerting Notification action",
+                      "lang": "mustache"
+                   }
+                }
+             ]
+          }
+       }
+    ]
+ }
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diff --git a/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/node_monitor.json b/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/node_monitor.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce6af08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nightly-playground/resources/monitors-config/node_monitor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+    "name": "Node Monitor",
+    "type": "monitor",
+    "monitor_type": "cluster_metrics_monitor",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "schedule": {
+       "period": {
+          "unit": "MINUTES",
+          "interval": 5
+       }
+    },
+    "inputs": [
+       {
+          "uri": {
+             "api_type": "CLUSTER_HEALTH",
+             "path": "_cluster/health",
+             "path_params": "",
+             "url": "http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health",
+             "clusters": []
+          }
+       }
+    ],
+    "triggers": [
+       {
+          "query_level_trigger": {
+             "id": "1w2c-I4Bqk6CvEFke7VB",
+             "name": "Node Drop",
+             "severity": "2",
+             "condition": {
+                "script": {
+                   "source": "ctx.results[0].number_of_nodes < 5",
+                   "lang": "painless"
+                }
+             },
+             "actions": [
+                {
+                   "id": "notification149870",
+                   "name": "Node Drop Action",
+                   "destination_id": "slack-notification-channel",
+                   "message_template": {
+                      "source": "{\"Content\": \"\n:alert: {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue.\n  - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}}\n  - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}}\n  - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}}\n  - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}\n  - Cluster Name: {{ctx.results.0.cluster_name}}\n  - Number of Nodes expected: 5\n  - Number of Nodes currently: {{ctx.results.0.number_of_nodes}}\n\"}",
+                      "lang": "mustache"
+                   },
+                   "throttle_enabled": false,
+                   "subject_template": {
+                      "source": "Alerting Notification action",
+                      "lang": "mustache"
+                   }
+                }
+             ]
+          }
+       }
+    ]
+ }
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