Add amtool configuration on alertmanager host (#135)

[minor] release

README.md

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ All variables which can be overridden are stored in [defaults/main.yml](defaults
 | `alertmanager_receivers` | [] | A list of notification receivers. Configuration same as in [official docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/#<receiver>) |
 | `alertmanager_inhibit_rules` | [] | List of inhibition rules. Same as in [official docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/#inhibit_rule) |
 | `alertmanager_route` | {} | Alert routing. More in [official docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/#<route>) |
+| `alertmanager_amtool_config_file` | amtool.yml.j2 | Template for amtool config |
+| `alertmanager_amtool_config_alertmanager_url` | `alertmanager_web_external_url` | URL of the alertmanager |
+| `alertmanager_amtool_config_output` | extended | Extended output, use `""` for simple output. |
 
 ## Example
 

defaults/main.yml

@@ -113,3 +113,12 @@ alertmanager_route: {}
 #         - match:
 #             owner: team-Y
 #           receiver: team-Y-pager
+
+# The template for amtool's configuration
+alertmanager_amtool_config_file: 'amtool.yml.j2'
+
+# Location (URL) of the alertmanager
+alertmanager_amtool_config_alertmanager_url: "{{ alertmanager_web_external_url }}"
+
+# Extended output of `amtool` commands, use '' for less verbosity
+alertmanager_amtool_config_output: 'extended'

tasks/configure.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 ---
+- name: copy amtool config
+  template:
+    force: true
+    src: "{{ alertmanager_amtool_config_file }}"
+    dest: "{{ _alertmanager_amtool_config_dir }}/config.yml"
+    owner: alertmanager
+    group: alertmanager
+    mode: 0644
+
 - name: copy alertmanager config
   template:
     force: true
@@ -7,7 +16,7 @@
     owner: alertmanager
     group: alertmanager
     mode: 0644
-    validate: "{{ _alertmanager_binary_install_dir }}/amtool --alertmanager.url=  check-config %s"
+    validate: "{{ _alertmanager_binary_install_dir }}/amtool check-config %s"
   notify:
     - restart alertmanager
 

tasks/install.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     - "{{ alertmanager_config_dir }}"
     - "{{ alertmanager_config_dir }}/templates"
     - "{{ alertmanager_db_dir }}"
+    - "{{ _alertmanager_amtool_config_dir }}"
 
 - block:
     - name: download alertmanager binary to local folder

templates/amtool.yml.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+alertmanager.url: "{{ alertmanager_amtool_config_alertmanager_url }}"
+{%if alertmanager_amtool_config_output != "" %}
+output: "{{ alertmanager_amtool_config_output }}"
+{% endif %}

vars/main.yml

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ go_arch_map:
 
 go_arch: "{{ go_arch_map[ansible_architecture] | default(ansible_architecture) }}"
 _alertmanager_binary_install_dir: '/usr/local/bin'
+
+# The expected location of the amtool configuration file
+_alertmanager_amtool_config_dir: '/etc/amtool'