# Tags

> One label, applied to anything, that then works as a filter on every list, a grouping in every report, and the way a dashboard is narrowed to one part of…

Source: https://infranest.io/docs/tags
Last updated: 2026-10-26

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Tags are small labels you create and attach to the things you manage in InfraNest — helpful for anyone who wants to group, filter, or report on resources that don't otherwise have anything in common.

## Overview

- A tag is a name and a colour you attach to an object — servers, domains, DNS zones, certificates, monitors, volumes, firewalls, load balancers, networks, IP addresses, contacts, watched domains, maintenance windows, dynamic IPs, automations and incidents can all carry one.
- Tags exist to describe groups that nothing else in InfraNest can — like "Production" or "Customer-facing" — since those aren't a provider, type, or location.
- Once applied, a tag can filter lists, group reports, and narrow a dashboard to one slice of your estate.
- You manage tags under **Settings → Tags**, and apply them from any object's own page.

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## What a tag does once it exists

- **Filters every list** — each list has a tag filter, so viewing everything tagged "Customer-facing" is one click away on Servers, Domains, Monitors, and more.
- **Groups every report** — spend, renewals, uptime, and other reports can be grouped by tag, so you can see what a particular group of resources costs without keeping a separate inventory.
- **Scopes a dashboard** — a dashboard can be pointed at a single tag, so the same widgets report on just that slice of your estate.

## Create a tag

1. Go to **Settings → Tags**.
2. Select **New tag**.
3. Give the tag a name and choose a **Custom color**.
4. If the resources this tag will describe have an availability commitment, set an **Availability target (optional)**.
5. Select **Save**.

## Apply a tag

1. Open the object you want to tag — for example, a server, domain, or monitor.
2. Find the **Tags** field on its page.
3. Select the tag you want to apply, or select **Add** to apply it.
4. To tag several items at once, select the relevant rows in a list and apply the tag in bulk.

## Set an uptime target on a tag

1. Go to **Settings → Tags**.
2. Select **Edit tag** on the tag you want to set a target for.
3. Enter a percentage in **Availability target (optional)**.
4. Select **Save**.

> [!NOTE]
> An uptime target is the only setting on a tag that does something on its own. The account review compares the measured uptime of everything wearing that tag against the target and reports whether it was met. Tags without a target are skipped in that comparison.

## Find everything with a tag

1. Open any list — for example, **Servers**, **Domains**, or **Monitors**.
2. Select **Filter**.
3. Choose the tag you want to view.

## Report by tag

1. Open a report that supports grouping — for example, under **Reports**.
2. Choose **Tags** as the grouping option.
3. Review the results grouped by tag.

## Tips

- Tag what you'll actually want to filter by later, not everything that happens to be true about a resource — a tag applied to everything filters nothing.
- Keep your tag vocabulary small and consistent. Two people inventing `prod` and `production` separately will split one group into two, and neither list will be complete.
- Let type, provider, and location stay as they are — a tag earns its place by capturing what those can't, like team, customer, or environment.

> [!TIP]
> Prefer tags that describe what a resource is *for* rather than what it *is* — that's the information no other field captures.