diff --git a/app/vmalert/config/parser.go b/app/vmalert/config/parser.go
index 5b547d8f2..ca4131ca6 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/config/parser.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/config/parser.go
@@ -2,31 +2,37 @@ package config
 
 import "time"
 
-// Annotations basic annotation for alert rule
-type Annotations struct {
-	Summary     string
-	Description string
-}
-
-// Alert basic alert entity rule
-type Alert struct {
+// Rule is basic alert entity
+type Rule struct {
 	Name        string
 	Expr        string
 	For         time.Duration
 	Labels      map[string]string
-	Annotations Annotations
-
-	Start time.Time
-	End   time.Time
+	Annotations map[string]string
 }
 
 // Group grouping array of alert
 type Group struct {
 	Name  string
-	Rules []Alert
+	Rules []Rule
 }
 
 // Parse parses config from given file
 func Parse(filepath string) ([]Group, error) {
-	return []Group{}, nil
+	return []Group{{
+		Name: "foobar",
+		Rules: []Rule{{
+			Name: "vmrowsalert",
+			Expr: "vm_rows",
+			For:  1 * time.Second,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"alert_label":  "value1",
+				"alert_label2": "value2",
+			},
+			Annotations: map[string]string{
+				"summary":     "{{ $value }}",
+				"description": "LABELS: {{ $labels }}",
+			},
+		}},
+	}}, nil
 }
diff --git a/app/vmalert/datasource/datasource.go b/app/vmalert/datasource/datasource.go
index d68b7a4d4..0be45cec5 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/datasource/datasource.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/datasource/datasource.go
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package datasource
 
-import "context"
-
-// Metrics the data returns from storage
-type Metrics struct{}
-
-// VMStorage represents vmstorage entity with ability to read and write metrics
-type VMStorage struct{}
-
-//Query basic query to the datasource
-func (s *VMStorage) Query(ctx context.Context, query string) ([]Metrics, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+// Metric is the basic entity which should be return by datasource
+// It represents single data point with full list of labels
+type Metric struct {
+	Labels    []Label
+	Timestamp int64
+	Value     float64
+}
+
+// Labels represents metric's label
+type Label struct {
+	Name  string
+	Value string
 }
diff --git a/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go b/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec74193d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package datasource
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type response struct {
+	Status string `json:"status"`
+	Data   struct {
+		ResultType string `json:"resultType"`
+		Result     []struct {
+			Labels map[string]string `json:"metric"`
+			TV     [2]interface{}    `json:"value"`
+		} `json:"result"`
+	} `json:"data"`
+	ErrorType string `json:"errorType"`
+	Error     string `json:"error"`
+}
+
+func (r response) metrics() ([]Metric, error) {
+	var ms []Metric
+	var m Metric
+	var f float64
+	var err error
+	for i, res := range r.Data.Result {
+		f, err = strconv.ParseFloat(res.TV[1].(string), 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("metric %v, unable to parse float64 from %s: %s", res, res.TV[1], err)
+		}
+		m.Labels = nil
+		for k, v := range r.Data.Result[i].Labels {
+			m.Labels = append(m.Labels, Label{Name: k, Value: v})
+		}
+		m.Timestamp = int64(res.TV[0].(float64))
+		m.Value = f
+		ms = append(ms, m)
+	}
+	return ms, nil
+}
+
+const queryPath = "/api/v1/query?query="
+
+// VMStorage represents vmstorage entity with ability to read and write metrics
+type VMStorage struct {
+	c                            *http.Client
+	queryURL                     string
+	basicAuthUser, basicAuthPass string
+}
+
+// NewVMStorage is a constructor for VMStorage
+func NewVMStorage(baseURL, basicAuthUser, basicAuthPass string, c *http.Client) *VMStorage {
+	return &VMStorage{
+		c:             c,
+		basicAuthUser: basicAuthUser,
+		basicAuthPass: basicAuthPass,
+		queryURL:      strings.TrimSuffix(baseURL, "/") + queryPath,
+	}
+}
+
+// Query reads metrics from datasource by given query
+func (s *VMStorage) Query(ctx context.Context, query string) ([]Metric, error) {
+	const (
+		statusSuccess, statusError, rtVector = "success", "error", "vector"
+	)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", s.queryURL+url.QueryEscape(query), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	if s.basicAuthPass != "" {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(s.basicAuthUser, s.basicAuthPass)
+	}
+	resp, err := s.c.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting response from %s:%s", req.URL, err)
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("datasource returns unxeprected response code %d for %s with err %s. Reponse body %s", resp.StatusCode, req.URL, err, body)
+	}
+	r := &response{}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(r); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing metrics for %s:%s", req.URL, err)
+	}
+	if r.Status == statusError {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("response error, query: %s, errorType: %s, error: %s", req.URL, r.ErrorType, r.Error)
+	}
+	if r.Status != statusSuccess {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unkown status:%s, Expected success or error ", r.Status)
+	}
+	if r.Data.ResultType != rtVector {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unkown restul type:%s. Expected vector", r.Data.ResultType)
+	}
+	return r.metrics()
+}
diff --git a/app/vmalert/datasource/vm_test.go b/app/vmalert/datasource/vm_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc1382815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vmalert/datasource/vm_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package datasource
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var (
+	ctx           = context.Background()
+	basicAuthName = "foo"
+	basicAuthPass = "bar"
+	query         = "vm_rows"
+)
+
+func TestVMSelectQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc("/", func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		t.Errorf("should not be called")
+	})
+	c := -1
+	mux.HandleFunc("/api/v1/query", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		c++
+		if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+			t.Errorf("expected POST method got %s", r.Method)
+		}
+		if name, pass, _ := r.BasicAuth(); name != basicAuthName || pass != basicAuthPass {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s:%s as basic auth got %s:%s", basicAuthName, basicAuthPass, name, pass)
+		}
+		if r.URL.Query().Get("query") != query {
+			t.Errorf("exptected %s in query param, got %s", query, r.URL.Query().Get("query"))
+		}
+		switch c {
+		case 0:
+			conn, _, _ := w.(http.Hijacker).Hijack()
+			_ = conn.Close()
+		case 1:
+			w.WriteHeader(500)
+		case 2:
+			w.Write([]byte("[]"))
+		case 3:
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"status":"error", "errorType":"type:", "error":"some error msg"}`))
+		case 4:
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"status":"unknown"}`))
+		case 5:
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"status":"success","data":{"resultType":"matrix"}}`))
+		case 6:
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"status":"success","data":{"resultType":"vector","result":[{"metric":{"__name__":"vm_rows"},"value":[1583786142,"13763"]}]}}`))
+		}
+	})
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(mux)
+	defer srv.Close()
+	am := NewVMStorage(srv.URL, basicAuthName, basicAuthPass, srv.Client())
+	if _, err := am.Query(ctx, query); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected connection error got nil")
+	}
+	if _, err := am.Query(ctx, query); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected invalid response status error got nil")
+	}
+	if _, err := am.Query(ctx, query); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected response body error got nil")
+	}
+	if _, err := am.Query(ctx, query); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error status got nil")
+	}
+	if _, err := am.Query(ctx, query); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected unkown status got nil")
+	}
+	if _, err := am.Query(ctx, query); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected non-vector resultType error  got nil")
+	}
+	m, err := am.Query(ctx, query)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected %s", err)
+	}
+	if len(m) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("exptected 1 metric  got %d in %+v", len(m), m)
+	}
+	expected := Metric{
+		Labels:    []Label{{Value: "vm_rows", Name: "__name__"}},
+		Timestamp: 1583786142,
+		Value:     13763,
+	}
+	if m[0].Timestamp != expected.Timestamp &&
+		m[0].Value != expected.Value &&
+		m[0].Labels[0].Value != expected.Labels[0].Value &&
+		m[0].Labels[0].Name != expected.Labels[0].Name {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected metric %+v want %+v", m[0], expected)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/app/vmalert/main.go b/app/vmalert/main.go
index b613e6f32..c3a01f251 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/main.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/main.go
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/datasource"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/provider"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/envflag"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
@@ -16,22 +22,35 @@ import (
 var (
 	configPath     = flag.String("config", "config.yaml", "Path to alert configuration file")
 	httpListenAddr = flag.String("httpListenAddr", ":8880", "Address to listen for http connections")
+
+	datasourceURL      = flag.String("datasource.url", "", "Victoria Metrics or VMSelect url. Required parameter. e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8428")
+	basicAuthUsername  = flag.String("datasource.basicAuth.username", "", "Optional basic auth username to use for -datasource.url")
+	basicAuthPassword  = flag.String("datasource.basicAuth.password", "", "Optional basic auth password to use for -datasource.url")
+	evaluationInterval = flag.Duration("evaluationInterval", 1*time.Minute, "How often to evaluate the rules. Default 1m")
+	providerURL        = flag.String("provider.url", "", "Prometheus alertmanager url. Required parameter. e.g. http://127.0.0.1:9093")
 )
 
 func main() {
 	envflag.Parse()
 	buildinfo.Init()
 	logger.Init()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	logger.Infof("reading alert rules configuration file from %s", *configPath)
 	alertGroups, err := config.Parse(*configPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("Cannot parse configuration file %s", err)
 	}
-	w := &watchdog{storage: &datasource.VMStorage{}}
+	addr := getWebServerAddr(*httpListenAddr, false)
+	w := &watchdog{
+		storage: datasource.NewVMStorage(*datasourceURL, *basicAuthUsername, *basicAuthPassword, &http.Client{}),
+		alertProvider: provider.NewAlertManager(*providerURL, func(group, name string) string {
+			return addr + fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s/status", group, name)
+		}, &http.Client{}),
+	}
 	for id := range alertGroups {
 		go func(group config.Group) {
-			w.run(group)
+			w.run(ctx, group, *evaluationInterval)
 		}(alertGroups[id])
 	}
 	go func() {
@@ -44,15 +63,70 @@ func main() {
 	if err := httpserver.Stop(*httpListenAddr); err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("cannot stop the webservice: %s", err)
 	}
+	cancel()
 	w.stop()
 }
 
 type watchdog struct {
-	storage *datasource.VMStorage
+	storage       *datasource.VMStorage
+	alertProvider provider.AlertProvider
 }
 
-func (w *watchdog) run(a config.Group) {
+func (w *watchdog) run(ctx context.Context, a config.Group, evaluationInterval time.Duration) {
+	t := time.NewTicker(evaluationInterval)
+	var metrics []datasource.Metric
+	var err error
+	var alerts []provider.Alert
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-t.C:
+			for _, r := range a.Rules {
+				if metrics, err = w.storage.Query(ctx, r.Expr); err != nil {
+					logger.Errorf("error reading metrics %s", err)
+					continue
+				}
+				// todo check for and calculate alert states
+				if len(metrics) < 1 {
+					continue
+				}
+				alerts = provider.AlertsFromMetrics(metrics, a.Name, r)
+				// todo save to storage
+				if err := w.alertProvider.Send(alerts); err != nil {
+					logger.Errorf("error sending alerts %s", err)
+					continue
+				}
+				// todo is alert still active/pending?
+			}
 
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			logger.Infof("%s receive stop signal", a.Name)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getWebServerAddr(httpListenAddr string, isSecure bool) string {
+	if strings.Index(httpListenAddr, ":") != 0 {
+		if isSecure {
+			return "https://" + httpListenAddr
+		}
+		return "http://" + httpListenAddr
+	}
+
+	addrs, err := net.InterfaceAddrs()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("error getting the interface addresses ")
+	}
+	for _, a := range addrs {
+		if ipnet, ok := a.(*net.IPNet); ok && !ipnet.IP.IsLoopback() {
+			if ipnet.IP.To4() != nil {
+				return "http://" + ipnet.IP.String() + httpListenAddr
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// no loopback ip return internal address
+	return "http://127.0.0.1" + httpListenAddr
 }
 
 func (w *watchdog) stop() {
diff --git a/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl b/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl
index edcec0268..dc868f592 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl
+++ b/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl
@@ -1,26 +1,33 @@
 {% import (
     "time"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 ) %}
 {% stripspace %}
 
-{% func amRequest(alert *config.Alert, generatorURL string) %}
+{% func amRequest(alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(string, string) string) %}
+[
+{% for i, alert := range alerts %}
 {
 	"startsAt":{%q= alert.Start.Format(time.RFC3339Nano) %},
-	"generatorURL": {%q= generatorURL %},
+	"generatorURL": {%q= generatorURL(alert.Group, alert.Name) %},
     {% if !alert.End.IsZero() %}
     "endsAt":{%q= alert.End.Format(time.RFC3339Nano) %},
     {% endif %}
     "labels": {
         "alertname":{%q= alert.Name %}
-        {% for k,v := range alert.Labels %}
-            ,{%q= k %}:{%q= v %}
+        {% for _,v := range alert.Labels %}
+            ,{%q= v.Name %}:{%q= v.Value %}
         {% endfor %}
     },
     "annotations": {
-        "summary": {%q= alert.Annotations.Summary %},
-        "description": {%q= alert.Annotations.Description %}
+        {% code c := len(alert.Annotations) %}
+        {% for k,v := range alert.Annotations %}
+          {% code c = c-1 %}
+          {%q= k %}:{%q= v %}{% if c > 0 %},{% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
     }
 }
+{% if i != len(alerts)-1 %},{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+]
 {% endfunc %}
 {% endstripspace %}
diff --git a/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl.go b/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl.go
index 4fea9441a..3af065e6b 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl.go
@@ -6,96 +6,125 @@ package provider
 
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:1
 import (
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 	"time"
 )
 
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:7
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:6
 import (
 	qtio422016 "io"
 
 	qt422016 "github.com/valyala/quicktemplate"
 )
 
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:7
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:6
 var (
 	_ = qtio422016.Copy
 	_ = qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer
 )
 
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:7
-func streamamRequest(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, alert *config.Alert, generatorURL string) {
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:7
-	qw422016.N().S(`{"startsAt":`)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:9
-	qw422016.N().Q(alert.Start.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:9
-	qw422016.N().S(`,"generatorURL":`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:6
+func streamamRequest(qw422016 *qt422016.Writer, alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(string, string) string) {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:6
+	qw422016.N().S(`[`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:8
+	for i, alert := range alerts {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:8
+		qw422016.N().S(`{"startsAt":`)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:10
-	qw422016.N().Q(generatorURL)
+		qw422016.N().Q(alert.Start.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:10
-	qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+		qw422016.N().S(`,"generatorURL":`)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:11
-	if !alert.End.IsZero() {
+		qw422016.N().Q(generatorURL(alert.Group, alert.Name))
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:11
-		qw422016.N().S(`"endsAt":`)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:12
-		qw422016.N().Q(alert.End.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:12
 		qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:12
+		if !alert.End.IsZero() {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:12
+			qw422016.N().S(`"endsAt":`)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:13
-	}
+			qw422016.N().Q(alert.End.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:13
-	qw422016.N().S(`"labels": {"alertname":`)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:15
-	qw422016.N().Q(alert.Name)
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:14
+		}
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:14
+		qw422016.N().S(`"labels": {"alertname":`)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:16
-	for k, v := range alert.Labels {
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:16
-		qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+		qw422016.N().Q(alert.Name)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:17
-		qw422016.N().Q(k)
+		for _, v := range alert.Labels {
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:17
-		qw422016.N().S(`:`)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:17
-		qw422016.N().Q(v)
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:18
-	}
+			qw422016.N().Q(v.Name)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:18
-	qw422016.N().S(`},"annotations": {"summary":`)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:21
-	qw422016.N().Q(alert.Annotations.Summary)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:21
-	qw422016.N().S(`,"description":`)
+			qw422016.N().S(`:`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:18
+			qw422016.N().Q(v.Value)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:19
+		}
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:19
+		qw422016.N().S(`},"annotations": {`)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:22
-	qw422016.N().Q(alert.Annotations.Description)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:22
-	qw422016.N().S(`}}`)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
-}
+		c := len(alert.Annotations)
+
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:23
+		for k, v := range alert.Annotations {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:24
+			c = c - 1
 
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
-func writeamRequest(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, alert *config.Alert, generatorURL string) {
+			qw422016.N().Q(k)
 //line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+			qw422016.N().S(`:`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+			qw422016.N().Q(v)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+			if c > 0 {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+				qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+			}
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:26
+		}
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:26
+		qw422016.N().S(`}}`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:29
+		if i != len(alerts)-1 {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:29
+			qw422016.N().S(`,`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:29
+		}
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:30
+	}
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:30
+	qw422016.N().S(`]`)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
+}
+
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
+func writeamRequest(qq422016 qtio422016.Writer, alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(string, string) string) {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 	qw422016 := qt422016.AcquireWriter(qq422016)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
-	streamamRequest(qw422016, alert, generatorURL)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
+	streamamRequest(qw422016, alerts, generatorURL)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 	qt422016.ReleaseWriter(qw422016)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 }
 
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
-func amRequest(alert *config.Alert, generatorURL string) string {
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
+func amRequest(alerts []Alert, generatorURL func(string, string) string) string {
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 	qb422016 := qt422016.AcquireByteBuffer()
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
-	writeamRequest(qb422016, alert, generatorURL)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
+	writeamRequest(qb422016, alerts, generatorURL)
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 	qs422016 := string(qb422016.B)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 	qt422016.ReleaseByteBuffer(qb422016)
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 	return qs422016
-//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:25
+//line app/vmalert/provider/alert_manager_request.qtpl:32
 }
diff --git a/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager.go b/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager.go
index 1589c2c24..2c22a95fa 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ type AlertManager struct {
 }
 
 // AlertURLGenerator returns URL to single alert by given name
-type AlertURLGenerator func(name string) string
+type AlertURLGenerator func(group, name string) string
 
 // NewAlertManager is a constructor for AlertManager
 func NewAlertManager(alertManagerURL string, fn AlertURLGenerator, c *http.Client) *AlertManager {
@@ -37,19 +36,12 @@ func NewAlertManager(alertManagerURL string, fn AlertURLGenerator, c *http.Clien
 	}
 }
 
-const (
-	jsonArrayOpen  byte = 91 // [
-	jsonArrayClose byte = 93 // ]
-)
-
 // Send an alert or resolve message
-func (am *AlertManager) Send(alert *config.Alert) error {
+func (am *AlertManager) Send(alerts []Alert) error {
 	b := pool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
 	b.Reset()
 	defer pool.Put(b)
-	b.WriteByte(jsonArrayOpen)
-	writeamRequest(b, alert, am.argFunc(alert.Name))
-	b.WriteByte(jsonArrayClose)
+	writeamRequest(b, alerts, am.argFunc)
 	resp, err := am.client.Post(am.alertURL, "application/json", b)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager_test.go b/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager_test.go
index cc4f32388..cbffb8363 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager_test.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/provider/alertmanager_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 )
 
 func TestAlertManager_Send(t *testing.T) {
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ func TestAlertManager_Send(t *testing.T) {
 			if len(a) != 1 {
 				t.Errorf("expected 1 alert in array got %d", len(a))
 			}
-			if a[0].GeneratorURL != "alert0" {
+			if a[0].GeneratorURL != "group0alert0" {
 				t.Errorf("exptected alert0 as generatorURL got %s", a[0].GeneratorURL)
 			}
 			if a[0].Labels["alertname"] != "alert0" {
@@ -58,20 +56,22 @@ func TestAlertManager_Send(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(mux)
 	defer srv.Close()
-	am := NewAlertManager(srv.URL, func(name string) string {
-		return name
+	am := NewAlertManager(srv.URL, func(group, name string) string {
+		return group + name
 	}, srv.Client())
-	if err := am.Send(&config.Alert{}); err == nil {
+	if err := am.Send([]Alert{{}, {}}); err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected connection error got nil")
 	}
-	if err := am.Send(&config.Alert{}); err == nil {
+	if err := am.Send([]Alert{}); err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected wrong http code error got nil")
 	}
-	if err := am.Send(&config.Alert{
-		Name:  "alert0",
-		Start: time.Now().UTC(),
-		End:   time.Now().UTC(),
-	}); err != nil {
+	if err := am.Send([]Alert{{
+		Group:       "group0",
+		Name:        "alert0",
+		Start:       time.Now().UTC(),
+		End:         time.Now().UTC(),
+		Annotations: map[string]string{"a": "b", "c": "d", "e": "f"},
+	}}); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error %s", err)
 	}
 	if c != 2 {
diff --git a/app/vmalert/provider/common.go b/app/vmalert/provider/common.go
index 6adfc39ee..5fcf72159 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/provider/common.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/provider/common.go
@@ -1,8 +1,65 @@
 package provider
 
-import "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
+import (
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/datasource"
+)
 
 // AlertProvider is common interface for alert manager provider
 type AlertProvider interface {
-	Send(rule config.Alert) error
+	Send(alerts []Alert) error
+}
+
+// Alert the triggered alert
+type Alert struct {
+	Group       string
+	Name        string
+	Labels      []datasource.Label
+	Annotations map[string]string
+
+	Start time.Time
+	End   time.Time
+	Value float64
+}
+
+// AlertsFromMetrics converts metrics to alerts by alert Rule
+func AlertsFromMetrics(metrics []datasource.Metric, group string, rule config.Rule) []Alert {
+	alerts := make([]Alert, 0, len(metrics))
+	for i, m := range metrics {
+		a := Alert{
+			Group:  group,
+			Name:   rule.Name,
+			Labels: metrics[i].Labels,
+			// todo eval template in annotations
+			Annotations: rule.Annotations,
+			Start:       time.Unix(m.Timestamp, 0),
+		}
+		for k, v := range rule.Labels {
+			a.Labels = append(a.Labels, datasource.Label{
+				Name:  k,
+				Value: v,
+			})
+		}
+		a.Labels = removeDuplicated(a.Labels)
+		alerts = append(alerts, a)
+	}
+	return alerts
+}
+
+func removeDuplicated(l []datasource.Label) []datasource.Label {
+	sort.Slice(l, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return l[i].Name < l[j].Name
+	})
+	j := 0
+	for i := 1; i < len(l); i++ {
+		if l[j] == l[i] {
+			continue
+		}
+		j++
+		l[j] = l[i]
+	}
+	return l[:j+1]
 }
diff --git a/app/vmalert/storage/memory.go b/app/vmalert/storage/memory.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82be0547e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vmalert/storage/memory.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package storage