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---
sort: 4
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title: Alerting with vmalert and Managed VictoriaMetrics
menu:
docs:
parent: "managed"
weight: 4
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- /managed-victoriametrics/alerting-vmalert-managed-victoria-metrics.html
---
# Alerting with vmalert and Managed VictoriaMetrics
This guide explains the different ways in which you can use vmalert in conjunction with Managed VictoriaMetrics
<img src="alerting-vmalert-managed-victoria-metrics-setup.webp">
## Preconditions
* [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html) is installed. You can obtain it by building it from [source](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#quickstart), downloading it from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest), or using the [docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/victoriametrics/vmalert) for the container ecosystem (such as docker, k8s, etc.).
* [Alertmanager](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/alertmanager/) is installed.
* You have a [single or cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/managed-victoriametrics/quickstart.html#creating-deployment) deployment in [Managed VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/managed-victoriametrics/overview.html).
* If you are using helm, add the [VictoriaMetrics helm chart](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/tree/master/charts/victoria-metrics-alert#how-to-install) repository to your helm repositories. This step is optional.
* If you are using [vmoperator](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start.html#quick-start), make sure that it and its CRDs are installed. This step is also optional.
## Setup
### Alerting and recording rules file(s)
You need to prepare file(s) with alerting or recording rules.
An example file with one alerting rule.
alerts.yml
{% raw %}
```yaml
groups:
- name: common
rules:
- alert: instanceIsDown
for: 1m
expr: up == 0
labels:
severity: critical
annotations:
summary: "{{ $labels.job }} instance: {{$labels.instance }} is not up"
description: "Job {{ $labels.job }} instance: {{$labels.instance }} is not up for the last 1 minute"
```
{% endraw %}
### Managed VictoriaMetrics access token and deployment endpoint
To use vmalert with Managed VictoriaMetrics, you must create a read/write token, or use an existing one. The token must have write access to ingest recording rules, ALERTS and ALERTS_FOR_STATE metrics, and read access for rules evaluation.
For instructions on how to create tokens, please refer to this section of the [documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/managed-victoriametrics/quickstart.html#deployment-access).
#### Single-Node
<img src="alerting_token_created_single.webp">
<img src="alerting_copy_datasource_single.webp">
#### Cluster
<img src="alerting_token_created_cluster.webp">
<img src="alerting_copy_reading_datasource_cluster.webp">
<img src="alerting_copy_writing_datasource_cluster.webp">
### vmalert configuration
#### Single-Node
##### Binary
```console
export TOKEN=81e8226e-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_URL=https://gw-c15-1c.cloud.victoriametrics.com
export ALERTMANAGER_URL=http://localhost:9093
./vmalert -rule=alerts.yml -datasource.url=$MANAGED_VM_URL -datasource.bearerToken=$TOKEN -notifier.url=$ALERTMANAGER_URL -remoteWrite.url=$MANAGED_VM_URL -remoteWrite.bearerToken=$TOKEN -remoteRead.url=$MANAGED_VM_URL -remoteRead.bearerToken=$TOKEN
```
##### Docker
```console
export TOKEN=81e8226e-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_URL=https://gw-c15-1c.cloud.victoriametrics.com
export ALERTMANAGER_URL=http://alertmanager:9093
docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -v $(pwd)/alerts.yml:/etc/alerts/alerts.yml victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.87.1 -datasource.url=$MANAGED_VM_URL -datasource.bearerToken=$TOKEN -remoteRead.url=$MANAGED_VM_URL -remoteRead.bearerToken=$TOKEN -remoteWrite.url=$MANAGED_VM_URL -remoteWrite.bearerToken=$TOKEN -notifier.url=$ALERTMANAGER_URL -rule="/etc/alerts/*.yml"
```
##### Helm Chart
{% raw %}
```console
export TOKEN=81e8226e-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_URL=https://gw-c15-1c.cloud.victoriametrics.com
export ALERTMANAGER=http://alertmanager:9093
cat <<EOF | helm install vmalert vm/victoria-metrics-alert -f -
server:
datasource:
url: $MANAGED_VM_URL
bearer:
token: $TOKEN
remote:
write:
url: $MANAGED_VM_URL
bearer:
token: $TOKEN
read:
url: $MANAGED_VM_URL
bearer:
token: $TOKEN
notifier:
alertmanager:
url: $ALERTMANAGER
config:
alerts:
groups:
- name: common
rules:
- alert: instanceIsDown
for: 1m
expr: up == 0
labels:
severity: critical
annotations:
summary: "{{ $labels.job }} instance: {{$labels.instance }} is not up"
description: "Job {{ $labels.job }} instance: {{$labels.instance }} is not up for the last 1 minute"
EOF
```
{% endraw %}
##### VMalert CRD for vmoperator
```console
export TOKEN=81e8226e-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_URL=https://gw-c15-1c.cloud.victoriametrics.com
export ALERTMANAGER=http://alertmanager:9093
cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1beta1
kind: VMAlert
metadata:
name: vmalert-managed-vm
spec:
replicaCount: 1
datasource:
url: $MANAGED_VM_URL
bearerTokenSecret:
name: managed-token
key: token
remoteWrite:
url: $MANAGED_VM_URL
bearerTokenSecret:
name: managed-token
key: token
remoteRead:
url: $MANAGED_VM_URL
bearerTokenSecret:
name: managed-token
key: token
notifier:
url: $ALERTMANAGER
ruleSelector:
matchLabels:
type: managed
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: managed-token
stringData:
token: $TOKEN
EOF
```
##### Testing
You can ingest metric that will raise an alert
```console
export TOKEN=81e8226e-****-****-****-*************
export MANAGED_VM_URL=https://gw-c15-1c.cloud.victoriametrics.com/
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -X POST "$MANAGED_VM_URLapi/v1/import/prometheus" -d 'up{job="vmalert-test", instance="localhost"} 0'
```
#### Cluster
##### Binary
```console
export TOKEN=76bc5470-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_READ_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/select/0/prometheus/
export MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/insert/0/prometheus/
export ALERTMANAGER_URL=http://localhost:9093
./vmalert -rule=alerts.yml -datasource.url=$MANAGED_VM_READ_URL -datasource.bearerToken=$TOKEN -notifier.url=$ALERTMANAGER_URL -remoteWrite.url=$MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL -remoteWrite.bearerToken=$TOKEN -remoteRead.url=$MANAGED_VM_READ_URL -remoteRead.bearerToken=$TOKEN
```
##### Docker
```console
export TOKEN=76bc5470-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_READ_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/select/0/prometheus/
export MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/insert/0/prometheus/
export ALERTMANAGER_URL=http://alertmanager:9093
docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -v $(pwd)/alerts.yml:/etc/alerts/alerts.yml victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.87.1 -datasource.url=$MANAGED_VM_READ_URL -datasource.bearerToken=$TOKEN -remoteRead.url=$MANAGED_VM_READ_URL -remoteRead.bearerToken=$TOKEN -remoteWrite.url=$MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL -remoteWrite.bearerToken=$TOKEN -notifier.url=$ALERTMANAGER_URL -rule="/etc/alerts/*.yml"
```
##### Helm Chart
{% raw %}
```console
export TOKEN=76bc5470-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_READ_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/select/0/prometheus/
export MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/insert/0/prometheus/
export ALERTMANAGER=http://alertmanager:9093
cat <<EOF | helm install vmalert vm/victoria-metrics-alert -f -
server:
datasource:
url: $MANAGED_VM_READ_URL
bearer:
token: $TOKEN
remote:
write:
url: $MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL
bearer:
token: $TOKEN
read:
url: $MANAGED_VM_READ_URL
bearer:
token: $TOKEN
notifier:
alertmanager:
url: $ALERTMANAGER
config:
alerts:
groups:
- name: common
rules:
- alert: instanceIsDown
for: 1m
expr: up == 0
labels:
severity: critical
annotations:
summary: "{{ $labels.job }} instance: {{$labels.instance }} is not up"
description: "Job {{ $labels.job }} instance: {{$labels.instance }} is not up for the last 1 minute"
EOF
```
{% endraw %}
##### VMalert CRD for vmoperator
```console
export TOKEN=76bc5470-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_READ_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/select/0/prometheus/
export MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/insert/0/prometheus/
export ALERTMANAGER=http://alertmanager:9093
cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: operator.victoriametrics.com/v1beta1
kind: VMAlert
metadata:
name: vmalert-managed-vm
spec:
replicaCount: 1
datasource:
url: $MANAGED_VM_READ_URL
bearerTokenSecret:
name: managed-token
key: token
remoteWrite:
url: $MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL
bearerTokenSecret:
name: managed-token
key: token
remoteRead:
url: $MANAGED_VM_READ_URL
bearerTokenSecret:
name: managed-token
key: token
notifier:
url: $ALERTMANAGER
ruleSelector:
matchLabels:
type: managed
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: managed-token
stringData:
token: $TOKEN
EOF
```
##### Testing
You can ingest metric that will raise an alert
```console
export TOKEN=76bc5470-****-****-****-************
export MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URL=https://gw-c15-1a.cloud.victoriametrics.com/insert/0/prometheus/
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -X POST "$MANAGED_VM_WRITE_URLapi/v1/import/prometheus" -d 'up{job="vmalert-test", instance="localhost"} 0'
```