Silence active alert

Create a silence to mute alert notifications during maintenance

amtool silence add --alertmanager.url=http://alertmanager:9093 alertname=<name> --duration=2h --comment='Maintenance'
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prometheus30 commands
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alertmanagermonitoring

More prometheus commands

  • List silences
    amtool silence query --alertmanager.url=http://alertmanager:9093

    Show all active silences in Alertmanager

  • Expire silence
    amtool silence expire <id> --alertmanager.url=http://alertmanager:9093

    Immediately end an active silence

  • Check alertmanager config
    amtool check-config alertmanager.yml

    Validate Alertmanager configuration file

  • List active alerts
    amtool alert query --alertmanager.url=http://alertmanager:9093

    Show all firing alerts in Alertmanager

  • Reload Prometheus config
    curl -X POST http://prometheus:9090/-/reload

    Hot-reload Prometheus configuration without restart

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