On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 10:50, Alex Seaton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks very much for the reply Brian! What would the consequences of only > sending alerts a single time be? > If everything doesn't align perfectly time wise or there's any sort of transient failure, your alert can be lost. You need to keep on sending an alert once a minute or so for as long as it is still active. Brian > > On Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:06:19 UTC+1, Brian Brazil wrote: >> >> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 10:00, Alex Seaton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The docs here https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/clients/ state >>> that: >>> >>> "Clients are expected to continuously re-send alerts as long as they >>> are still active (usually on the order of 30 seconds to 3 minutes)" >>> >>> - Is this accurate? Using the POST /v1/alerts endpoint I tried creating >>> an alert with a single request. It was created successfully and did not >>> close. >>> >> >> Yes. >> >> >>> - If it is accurate, what does it mean? How frequently is 'continuously'? >>> - How was the 30 seconds to 3 minutes interval arrived at? How is it >>> configured? >>> >> >> That's a guideline, I'd not go any longer than about a minute as >> otherwise you'll have issues when the Alertmanager restarts. >> >> >>> - How does this statement in the docs interact with the "endsAt" field >>> in the payload? >>> >> >> You should ensure that the next send happens before endsAt. >> >> Brian >> >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Alex Seaton >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Prometheus Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/4d6760ae-12b5-48fe-9f2a-cfd5065f1458o%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/4d6760ae-12b5-48fe-9f2a-cfd5065f1458o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Brian Brazil >> www.robustperception.io >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/372ef6a1-aee9-4610-934d-c04f6767f0fdo%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/372ef6a1-aee9-4610-934d-c04f6767f0fdo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Brian Brazil www.robustperception.io -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CAHJKeLpi4fGecNcW6OHhZ1M8RW2HqkPF4J6_hz%2BqnZ9MrdmQGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
