// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package rules import ( "fmt" "html/template" "reflect" "sync" "time" clientmodel "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/model" "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql" "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/utility" ) const ( // AlertMetricName is the metric name for synthetic alert timeseries. AlertMetricName clientmodel.LabelValue = "ALERTS" // AlertNameLabel is the label name indicating the name of an alert. AlertNameLabel clientmodel.LabelName = "alertname" // AlertStateLabel is the label name indicating the state of an alert. AlertStateLabel clientmodel.LabelName = "alertstate" ) // AlertState denotes the state of an active alert. type AlertState int func (s AlertState) String() string { switch s { case Inactive: return "inactive" case Pending: return "pending" case Firing: return "firing" default: panic("undefined") } } const ( // Inactive alerts are neither firing nor pending. Inactive AlertState = iota // Pending alerts have been active for less than the configured // threshold duration. Pending // Firing alerts have been active for longer than the configured // threshold duration. Firing ) // Alert is used to track active (pending/firing) alerts over time. type Alert struct { // The name of the alert. Name string // The vector element labelset triggering this alert. Labels clientmodel.LabelSet // The state of the alert (Pending or Firing). State AlertState // The time when the alert first transitioned into Pending state. ActiveSince clientmodel.Timestamp // The value of the alert expression for this vector element. Value clientmodel.SampleValue } // sample returns a Sample suitable for recording the alert. func (a Alert) sample(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, value clientmodel.SampleValue) *promql.Sample { recordedMetric := clientmodel.Metric{} for label, value := range a.Labels { recordedMetric[label] = value } recordedMetric[clientmodel.MetricNameLabel] = AlertMetricName recordedMetric[AlertNameLabel] = clientmodel.LabelValue(a.Name) recordedMetric[AlertStateLabel] = clientmodel.LabelValue(a.State.String()) return &promql.Sample{ Metric: clientmodel.COWMetric{ Metric: recordedMetric, Copied: true, }, Value: value, Timestamp: timestamp, } } // An AlertingRule generates alerts from its vector expression. type AlertingRule struct { // The name of the alert. name string // The vector expression from which to generate alerts. Vector promql.Expr // The duration for which a labelset needs to persist in the expression // output vector before an alert transitions from Pending to Firing state. holdDuration time.Duration // Extra labels to attach to the resulting alert sample vectors. Labels clientmodel.LabelSet // Short alert summary, suitable for email subjects. Summary string // More detailed alert description. Description string // Protects the below. mutex sync.Mutex // A map of alerts which are currently active (Pending or Firing), keyed by // the fingerprint of the labelset they correspond to. activeAlerts map[clientmodel.Fingerprint]*Alert } // Name returns the name of the alert. func (rule *AlertingRule) Name() string { return rule.name } // EvalRaw returns the raw value of the rule expression, without creating alerts. func (rule *AlertingRule) EvalRaw(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) { query, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(rule.Vector.String(), timestamp) if err != nil { return nil, err } return query.Exec().Vector() } // Eval evaluates the rule expression and then creates pending alerts and fires // or removes previously pending alerts accordingly. func (rule *AlertingRule) Eval(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) { exprResult, err := rule.EvalRaw(timestamp, engine) if err != nil { return nil, err } rule.mutex.Lock() defer rule.mutex.Unlock() // Create pending alerts for any new vector elements in the alert expression // or update the expression value for existing elements. resultFingerprints := utility.Set{} for _, sample := range exprResult { fp := sample.Metric.Metric.Fingerprint() resultFingerprints.Add(fp) if alert, ok := rule.activeAlerts[fp]; !ok { labels := clientmodel.LabelSet{} labels.MergeFromMetric(sample.Metric.Metric) labels = labels.Merge(rule.Labels) if _, ok := labels[clientmodel.MetricNameLabel]; ok { delete(labels, clientmodel.MetricNameLabel) } rule.activeAlerts[fp] = &Alert{ Name: rule.name, Labels: labels, State: Pending, ActiveSince: timestamp, Value: sample.Value, } } else { alert.Value = sample.Value } } vector := promql.Vector{} // Check if any pending alerts should be removed or fire now. Write out alert timeseries. for fp, activeAlert := range rule.activeAlerts { if !resultFingerprints.Has(fp) { vector = append(vector, activeAlert.sample(timestamp, 0)) delete(rule.activeAlerts, fp) continue } if activeAlert.State == Pending && timestamp.Sub(activeAlert.ActiveSince) >= rule.holdDuration { vector = append(vector, activeAlert.sample(timestamp, 0)) activeAlert.State = Firing } vector = append(vector, activeAlert.sample(timestamp, 1)) } return vector, nil } // DotGraph returns the text representation of a dot graph. func (rule *AlertingRule) DotGraph() string { graph := fmt.Sprintf( `digraph "Rules" { %#p[shape="box",label="ALERT %s IF FOR %s"]; %#p -> %x; %s }`, &rule, rule.name, utility.DurationToString(rule.holdDuration), &rule, reflect.ValueOf(rule.Vector).Pointer(), rule.Vector.DotGraph(), ) return graph } func (rule *AlertingRule) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("ALERT %s IF %s FOR %s WITH %s", rule.name, rule.Vector, utility.DurationToString(rule.holdDuration), rule.Labels) } // HTMLSnippet returns an HTML snippet representing this alerting rule. func (rule *AlertingRule) HTMLSnippet() template.HTML { alertMetric := clientmodel.Metric{ clientmodel.MetricNameLabel: AlertMetricName, AlertNameLabel: clientmodel.LabelValue(rule.name), } return template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf( `ALERT %s IF %s FOR %s WITH %s`, utility.GraphLinkForExpression(alertMetric.String()), rule.name, utility.GraphLinkForExpression(rule.Vector.String()), rule.Vector, utility.DurationToString(rule.holdDuration), rule.Labels)) } // State returns the "maximum" state: firing > pending > inactive. func (rule *AlertingRule) State() AlertState { rule.mutex.Lock() defer rule.mutex.Unlock() maxState := Inactive for _, activeAlert := range rule.activeAlerts { if activeAlert.State > maxState { maxState = activeAlert.State } } return maxState } // ActiveAlerts returns a slice of active alerts. func (rule *AlertingRule) ActiveAlerts() []Alert { rule.mutex.Lock() defer rule.mutex.Unlock() alerts := make([]Alert, 0, len(rule.activeAlerts)) for _, alert := range rule.activeAlerts { alerts = append(alerts, *alert) } return alerts } // NewAlertingRule constructs a new AlertingRule. func NewAlertingRule(name string, vector promql.Expr, holdDuration time.Duration, labels clientmodel.LabelSet, summary string, description string) *AlertingRule { return &AlertingRule{ name: name, Vector: vector, holdDuration: holdDuration, Labels: labels, Summary: summary, Description: description, activeAlerts: map[clientmodel.Fingerprint]*Alert{}, } }