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# Device Groups
LibreNMS supports grouping your devices together in much the same way as you can configure alerts. This document will hopefully help you get started.
### Pattern
Patterns work in the same was as Entities within the alerting system, the format of the pattern is based on the MySQL structure your data is in such
as __tablename.columnname__. If you are ensure of what the entity is you want then have a browse around inside MySQL using `show tables` and `desc <tablename>`.
As a working example and a common question, let's assume you want to group devices by hostname. If you hostname format is dcX.[devicetype].example.com. You would use the pattern
devices.hostname. Select the condition which in this case would Like and then enter `dc1\..*\.example.com`. This would then match dc1.sw01.example.com, dc1.rtr01.example.com but not
dc2.sw01.example.com.
#### Wildcards
As with alerts, the `Like` operation allows RegExp.
A list of common entities is maintained in our [Alerting docs](http://docs.librenms.org/Extensions/Alerting/#entities).
### Conditions
Please see our [Alerting docs](http://docs.librenms.org/Extensions/Alerting/#syntax) for explanations.
### Connection
If you only want to group based on one pattern then select And. If however you want to build a group based on multiple patterns then you can build a SQL like
query using And / Or. As an example, we want to base our group on the devices hostname AND it's type. Use the pattern as before, devices.hostname, select the condition which in this case would Like and then enter [email protected] then click And. Now enter devices.type in the pattern, select Equals and enter firewall. This would then match dc1.fw01.example.com but not dc1.sw01.example.com as that is a network type.
You can now select this group from the Devices -> All Devices link in the navigation at the top. You can also use the group to map alert rules to by creating an alert mapping
Overview -> Alerts -> Rule Mapping.