Thank you so much Brian, the solution works out fine and mails are being sent after testing. I am glad i came across this group
On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 15:58, 'Brian Candler' via Prometheus Users < [email protected]> wrote: > Ah right: at the very top level you must specify a catch-all receiver (in > case no route matches). At lower levels in the tree you don't need to. > > So just include one: > > route: > receiver: send_mail # just to keep alertmanager happy, this will > never be used > routes: > - receiver: send_email > continue: true > - receiver: send_email2 > > > is it possible to have just one send_email reciever configured for two > email addresses? > > Yes, as I showed in my first response > <https://groups.google.com/g/prometheus-users/c/i0TwbBrlp7o/m/4X6bJsSNAAAJ> > . > > receivers: > - name: send_email > email_configs: > - to: [email protected] <https://groups.google.com/> > send_resolved: true > - to: [email protected] <https://groups.google.com/> > send_resolved: true > > On Friday 11 October 2024 at 14:54:01 UTC+1 Chinelo Ufondu wrote: > >> Thank you for your email, I had omitted the receiver and tried this below >> and it came up with an error message that i must specify a default receiver >> route: >> routes: [ { receiver: send_email, continue: true}, { receiver: >> send_email2 } ] >> Plus in your last statement, is it possible to have just one send_email >> reciever configured for two email addresses? >> >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 at 13:32, 'Brian Candler' via Prometheus Users < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> route: >>> receiver: send_email >>> routes: >>> - receiver: send_email2 >>> >>> That route will only ever send to send_mail2. Why? >>> >>> "routes" are child routes of this route. When processing a given routing >>> rule, alertmanager scans through all the child routes in turn, and the >>> first one which matches is used. Only if *none* of them match, does it fall >>> back to using the "receiver" at the top level of the routing rule. >>> >>> In your case, there is one child rule, and it always matches (because it >>> has no conditions). It sends the mail to send_email2, and then terminates. >>> Nothing more happens, and the fallback "receiver" is never used. >>> >>> If you want to send to both, then you would have two child routes: >>> >>> route: >>> receiver: dontcare # you can omit this line entirely (it's never >>> used) >>> routes: >>> - receiver: send_email >>> continue: true >>> - receiver: send_email2 >>> >>> "continue: true" is required so that after matching the first route, it >>> continues to the next one instead of giving up immediately. >>> >>> You can write this in a more compact one-line form where [ ... ] is a >>> list and { ... } is an object: >>> >>> route: >>> routes: [ { receiver: send_email, continue: true}, { receiver: >>> send_email2 } ] >>> >>> ...and that's what I showed before. >>> >>> But if all your alerts need to go to both E-mail addresses, it would be >>> simpler to have a single "send_email" receiver with two E-mail addresses. >>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Prometheus Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/59def785-af04-48a6-8c0f-4a1f394eae29n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/59def785-af04-48a6-8c0f-4a1f394eae29n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/6121c301-ee47-45b4-9424-f1fcd67e2160n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/6121c301-ee47-45b4-9424-f1fcd67e2160n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CAL2E%2B83aT36ef-eFfXJx_GiDDo-b6D%2BnR9-KvFO2q3OMNOXdxg%40mail.gmail.com.
