- Clarify the description for -datasource.queryStep command-line flag
- Consistently use a single dash in front of -datasource.queryStep command-line flag
- Update -help output at docs/vmalert.md
- Consistently use single dash in front of command-line flags instead of double dashes.
- Add a warning that too small -search.latencyOffset may lead to incomplete query results.
Change default value for command-line flag `datasource.queryStep` from `0s` to `5m`.
Param `step` is added by vmalert to every rule evaluation request sent to datasource.
Before this change, `step` was equal to group's evaluation interval by default.
Param `step` for instant queries defines how far VM can look back for the last written data point.
The change supposed to improve reliability of the rules evaluation when evaluation interval
is lower than scraping interval.
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Now vmalert will print the following messages on dupliсates:
```
"recording rule \"record\"; expr: \"up == 1\"; labels: summary={{ value|query }}" is a duplicate within the group "test"
"alerting rule \"alert\"; expr: \"up == 1\"; labels: description={{ value|query }}" is a duplicate within the group "test"
```
https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3127
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
* vmalert: always re-evaluate Annotations
Previously, Annotations were evaluated only:
1. On alert creating.
2. On alert's value change.
This is premature optimization. It was assumed that since annotations
could contain only text with alert's labels or value - there is no need
in spending resources to re-compile Annotations.
Later, template function `query` was added, which can execute
arbitrary queries and return different results on every evaluation.
So if it was used in annotations, it would be executed only on init
or value change.
Another case when optimization caused an issue - annotations hot reload.
In this case, annotations of the active alert won't change even if Rule's
annotations were changed.
This fix enables Annotations re-evaluation on each iteration to resolve
issues above. It would have some impact on performance, but it is unlikely
it will be noticeable.
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
* vmalert: add tp Changelog
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
The change adds an example of `curl` command to the Rule's page.
The command is generated for each recorded state. It is supposed
user can just copy&execute the command to see what was returned
to vmalert.
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
vmalert: add experimental feature of storing Rule's evaluation state
The new feature keeps last 20 state changes of each Rule
in memory. The state are available for view on the Rule's
view page. The page can be opened by clicking on `Details`
link next to Rule's name on the `/groups` page.
States change suppose to help in investigating cases when Rule
doesn't generate alerts or records.
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
The reason is to cover vulnerability GO-2022-0969
Found in: net/http@go1.18.5
Fixed in: net/http@go1.19.1
More info: https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0969
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
- Rename logDebug() to logDebugf() and pass format string together
with format args directly to logDebugf(). This eliminates fmt.Sprintf()
overhead at logDebug() call site when debugging is disabled.
- Format labels in debug message in Prometheus format, e.g. {label1="value1",...labelN="valueN"}
Updates https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3025
* vmalert: add `debug` mode for alerting rules
Debug information includes alerts state changes and requests
sent to the datasource. Debug can be enabled only on rule's
level. It might be useful for debugging unexpected
behaviour of alerting rule.
https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3025
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
* vmalert: review fixes
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
* Update app/vmalert/alerting.go
Co-authored-by: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@victoriametrics.com>
* vmalert: go fmt
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Co-authored-by: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@victoriametrics.com>
The io/ioutil package is deprecated since Go1.16 - see https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#ioutil
VictoriaMetrics requires at least Go1.18, so it is time to remove the io/ioutil from source code
This is a follow-up for 02ca2342ab
ioutil.ReadAll is deprecated since Go1.16 - see https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#ioutil
VictoriaMetrics requires at least Go1.18, so it is OK to switch from ioutil.ReadAll to io.ReadAll.
This is a follow-up for 02ca2342ab
The ioutil.{Read|Write}File is deprecated since Go1.16 -
see https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#ioutil
VictoriaMetrics needs at least Go1.18, so it is safe to remove ioutil usage
from source code.
This is a follow-up for 02ca2342ab
We switch default alert's source link to redirect user
to vmalert's UI instead of previous JSON object. While it breaks
compatibility, it also supposed to improve user's experience.
The old behavior can be achieved by updating `-external.alert.source`
command-line flag.
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
Other components, such as `vmagent`, mark these flags as sensitive and
hide them from the `/metrics` endpoint by default. This commit adds
similar handling to the `vmalert` component, hiding them by default, to
prevent logging of secrets inappropriately.
Showing of these values is controlled by an additional flag.
Follow up to https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/2947
vmalert can be successfully used with datasources
compatible with Prometheus HTTP API. So we remove comments or
notes in Readme which are saying opposite.
Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
