Create custom rules

Now we are exporting metrics, these metrics can also be used to generate alerts. To generate alerts, we first need to create a Prometheus Rule:

1. Go to apps and open Gitea.

2. In the list of repositories there is a repository called otomi/team-<team-name>-argocd. Go to this repository.

3. Click Add File and then New File.

4. Name the file my-custom-rules.yaml.

5. Add the following manifest to the file:

apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
kind: PrometheusRule
metadata:
  labels:
    prometheus: team-labs # change labs to the name of your team
  name: labs-custom-rules
spec:
  groups:
  - name: custom.rules
    rules:
    - alert: 50GreetingsReached
      annotations:
        description: We reached 50 greetings!
        summary: The number of greetings has reached more than 50.
      expr: application_greetings_total > 50
      for: 1m
      labels:
        severity: warning

6. Commit changes in Gitea.

See rules in Prometheus

Now let's check to see if Prometheus has picked-up the rule:

1. Go to Apps and open Prometheus.

2. In the menu click on Status and then Rules. You should now see the rule:

3. In the menu in Prometheus, click Alerts

4. You should see an alert has been fired:

See alerts in Alertmanager

1. Go to Apps and open Alertmanager

2. You will see Alertmanager has received the alerts from Prometheus:

If a receiver has been configured for the Team, like Slack or email, then you would also have received a message with the alert.