diff --git a/docs/vmalert.md b/docs/vmalert.md index ca693306e..c0dcf7b73 100644 --- a/docs/vmalert.md +++ b/docs/vmalert.md @@ -11,18 +11,23 @@ aliases: `vmalert` executes a list of the given [alerting](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/alerting_rules/) or [recording](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/recording_rules/) rules against configured `-datasource.url` compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. For sending alerting notifications -vmalert relies on [Alertmanager](https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager) configured via `-notifier.url` flag. +`vmalert` relies on [Alertmanager](https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager) configured via `-notifier.url` flag. Recording rules results are persisted via [remote write](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/storage/#remote-storage-integrations) protocol and require `-remoteWrite.url` to be configured. -Vmalert is heavily inspired by [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/overview/) +`vmalert` is heavily inspired by [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/overview/) implementation and aims to be compatible with its syntax. A [single-node](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#vmalert) or [cluster version](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#vmalert) -of VictoriaMetrics are capable of proxying requests to vmalert via `-vmalert.proxyURL` command-line flag. +of VictoriaMetrics are capable of proxying requests to `vmalert` via `-vmalert.proxyURL` command-line flag. Use this feature for the following cases: * for proxying requests from [Grafana Alerting UI](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/); -* for accessing vmalerts UI through VictoriaMetrics Web interface. +* for accessing `vmalert`'s UI through VictoriaMetrics Web interface. + +[VictoriaMetrics Cloud](https://cloud.victoriametrics.com/signUp?utm_source=website&utm_campaign=docs_vm_vmalert_intro) +provides out-of-the-box alerting functionality based on `vmalert`. This service simplifies the setup +and management of alerting and recording rules as well as the integration with Alertmanager. For more details, +please refer to the [VictoriaMetrics Cloud documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics-cloud/alertmanager-setup-for-deployment/). ## Features @@ -113,6 +118,10 @@ groups: > Explore how to integrate `vmalert` with [VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection](/anomaly-detection/) in the following [guide](/anomaly-detection/guides/guide-vmanomaly-vmalert/) +> For users of [VictoriaMetrics Cloud](https://cloud.victoriametrics.com/signUp?utm_source=website&utm_campaign=docs_vm_vmalert_config), +> many of the configuration steps (including highly available setup of `vmalert` for cluster deployments) are handled automatically. +> Please, refer to the [VictoriaMetrics Cloud documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics-cloud/alertmanager-setup-for-deployment/) for more details. + ### Groups Each group has the following attributes: