// 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" "sync" "time" "github.com/prometheus/common/model" "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql" "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/strutil" ) const ( // AlertMetricName is the metric name for synthetic alert timeseries. alertMetricName model.LabelValue = "ALERTS" // AlertNameLabel is the label name indicating the name of an alert. alertNameLabel model.LabelName = "alertname" // AlertStateLabel is the label name indicating the state of an alert. alertStateLabel model.LabelName = "alertstate" ) // AlertState denotes the state of an active alert. type AlertState int func (s AlertState) String() string { switch s { case StateInactive: return "inactive" case StatePending: return "pending" case StateFiring: return "firing" default: panic("undefined") } } const ( // StateInactive is the state of an alert that is either firing nor pending. StateInactive AlertState = iota // StatePending is the state of an alert that has been active for less than // the configured threshold duration. StatePending // StateFiring is the state of an alert that has been active for longer than // the configured threshold duration. StateFiring ) // 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 model.LabelSet // The state of the alert (Pending or Firing). State AlertState // The time when the alert first transitioned into Pending state. ActiveSince model.Time // The value of the alert expression for this vector element. Value model.SampleValue } // sample returns a Sample suitable for recording the alert. func (a Alert) sample(timestamp model.Time, value model.SampleValue) *model.Sample { recordedMetric := make(model.Metric, len(a.Labels)+3) for label, value := range a.Labels { recordedMetric[label] = value } recordedMetric[model.MetricNameLabel] = alertMetricName recordedMetric[alertNameLabel] = model.LabelValue(a.Name) recordedMetric[alertStateLabel] = model.LabelValue(a.State.String()) return &model.Sample{ Metric: recordedMetric, 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 model.LabelSet // Non-identifying key/value pairs. annotations model.LabelSet // 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[model.Fingerprint]*Alert } // NewAlertingRule constructs a new AlertingRule. func NewAlertingRule(name string, vec promql.Expr, hold time.Duration, lbls, anns model.LabelSet) *AlertingRule { return &AlertingRule{ name: name, vector: vec, holdDuration: hold, labels: lbls, annotations: anns, activeAlerts: map[model.Fingerprint]*Alert{}, } } // Name returns the name of the alert. func (rule *AlertingRule) Name() string { return rule.name } // eval evaluates the rule expression and then creates pending alerts and fires // or removes previously pending alerts accordingly. func (rule *AlertingRule) eval(timestamp model.Time, engine *promql.Engine) (model.Vector, error) { query, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(rule.vector.String(), timestamp) if err != nil { return nil, err } exprResult, err := query.Exec().Vector() 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. resultFPs := map[model.Fingerprint]struct{}{} for _, sample := range exprResult { fp := sample.Metric.Fingerprint() resultFPs[fp] = struct{}{} if alert, ok := rule.activeAlerts[fp]; !ok { labels := model.LabelSet(sample.Metric.Clone()) labels = labels.Merge(rule.labels) if _, ok := labels[model.MetricNameLabel]; ok { delete(labels, model.MetricNameLabel) } rule.activeAlerts[fp] = &Alert{ Name: rule.name, Labels: labels, State: StatePending, ActiveSince: timestamp, Value: sample.Value, } } else { alert.Value = sample.Value } } var vector model.Vector // Check if any pending alerts should be removed or fire now. Write out alert timeseries. for fp, activeAlert := range rule.activeAlerts { if _, ok := resultFPs[fp]; !ok { vector = append(vector, activeAlert.sample(timestamp, 0)) delete(rule.activeAlerts, fp) continue } if activeAlert.State == StatePending && timestamp.Sub(activeAlert.ActiveSince) >= rule.holdDuration { vector = append(vector, activeAlert.sample(timestamp, 0)) activeAlert.State = StateFiring } vector = append(vector, activeAlert.sample(timestamp, 1)) } return vector, nil } func (rule *AlertingRule) String() string { s := fmt.Sprintf("ALERT %s", rule.name) s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tIF %s", rule.vector) if rule.holdDuration > 0 { s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tFOR %s", strutil.DurationToString(rule.holdDuration)) } if len(rule.labels) > 0 { s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tWITH %s", rule.labels) } if len(rule.annotations) > 0 { s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tANNOTATIONS %s", rule.annotations) } return s } // HTMLSnippet returns an HTML snippet representing this alerting rule. The // resulting snippet is expected to be presented in a
 element, so that
// line breaks and other returned whitespace is respected.
func (rule *AlertingRule) HTMLSnippet(pathPrefix string) template.HTML {
	alertMetric := model.Metric{
		model.MetricNameLabel: alertMetricName,
		alertNameLabel:        model.LabelValue(rule.name),
	}
	s := fmt.Sprintf("ALERT %s", pathPrefix+strutil.GraphLinkForExpression(alertMetric.String()), rule.name)
	s += fmt.Sprintf("\n  IF %s", pathPrefix+strutil.GraphLinkForExpression(rule.vector.String()), rule.vector)
	if rule.holdDuration > 0 {
		s += fmt.Sprintf("\n  FOR %s", strutil.DurationToString(rule.holdDuration))
	}
	if len(rule.labels) > 0 {
		s += fmt.Sprintf("\n  WITH %s", rule.labels)
	}
	if len(rule.annotations) > 0 {
		s += fmt.Sprintf("\n  ANNOTATIONS %s", rule.annotations)
	}
	return template.HTML(s)
}

// State returns the "maximum" state: firing > pending > inactive.
func (rule *AlertingRule) State() AlertState {
	rule.mutex.Lock()
	defer rule.mutex.Unlock()

	maxState := StateInactive
	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
}