Configuring Alert Manager To Send Slack Message
- Open the Alertmanager configuration:
$ sudo $EDITOR /etc/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml - Set the default route’s
repeat_intervalto one minute and update the receiver to use our Slack endpoint:route: receiver: 'slack' group_by: ['alertname'] group_wait: 10s group_interval: 10s repeat_interval: 1m - Create a secondary route that will send
severe: pagealerts to the Slack receiver; group by theteamlabel:route: receiver: 'slack' group_by: ['alertname'] group_wait: 10s group_interval: 10s repeat_interval: 1m routes: - match: severity: page group_by: ['team'] receiver: 'slack' - Add a tertiary route that sends all alerts for the
devopsteam to Slack:route: receiver: 'slack' group_by: ['alertname'] repeat_interval: 1m routes: - match: severity: page group_by: ['team'] receiver: 'slack' routes: - match: team: devops receiver: 'slack' - Update the receiver to use Slack:
receivers: - name: 'slack' slack_configs: - channel: "#prometheus" api_url: APIKEY text: "Overview: {{ .CommonAnnotations.overview }}" - Update the
inhibit_rulesso that any alerts with the severity ofticketfor the DevOps team are suppressed when apage-level alert is happening:inhibit_rules: - source_match: severity: 'page' target_match: severity: 'ticket' equal: ['team']Save and exit.
- Restart Alertmanager:
$ sudo systemctl restart alertmanager - View your Slack chat and wait to see the firing alert.
