From 47c84402af60e09d807e7d0a7cffbd3c6745fa5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Pasquier Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:36:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: update HA section Signed-off-by: Simon Pasquier --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2eb38bba..e6ebec23 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ amtool config routes --alertmanager.url=http://localhost:9090 ## High Availability -> Warning: High Availability is under active development +AlertManager's high availability is in production use at many companies. To create a highly available cluster of the Alertmanager the instances need to be configured to communicate with each other. This is configured using the @@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ be configured to communicate with each other. This is configured using the The chosen port in the `cluster.listen-address` flag is the port that needs to be specified in the `cluster.peer` flag of the other peers. +The `cluster.advertise-address` flag is required if the instance doesn't have +an IP address that is part of [RFC 6980](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6890) +with a default route. + To start a cluster of three peers on your local machine use `goreman` and the Procfile within this repository.