Fix -ruler.alertmanager-url flag (#2989) (#2997)

* fix: `-ruler.alertmanager-url` should be a string

This was never space separated, you needed to register the flag multiple times for it to append to the list of strings.

On top of that, the previous change implied that when using a config file you would need to provide a a list instead of a string thus breaking exisiting configuration.

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <[email protected]>

* Unify the use of StringSlice flags

We had two very similar flag extensions: `Strings` and `StringSlice`.

With this, we unify its use by removing `Strings` in favour of `StringSlice` but keeping the string representation favoured in `Strings`.

The difference here is that by using `Sprintf` we would get the brackets representation as part of the string.

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <[email protected]>

* Rename `api_ruler_test` to `ruler_test`

This is no longer only about the API.

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <[email protected]>

* Create an integration test for Alertmanager discovery

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <[email protected]>

* Fix existing test

Signed-off-by: gotjosh <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: gotjosh <[email protected]>

Author: pracucci

docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md

@@ -1011,12 +1011,12 @@ storage:
 # CLI flag: -ruler.rule-path
 [rule_path: <string> | default = "/rules"]
 
-# Space-separated list of URL(s) of the Alertmanager(s) to send notifications
+# Comma-separated list of URL(s) of the Alertmanager(s) to send notifications
 # to. Each Alertmanager URL is treated as a separate group in the configuration.
 # Multiple Alertmanagers in HA per group can be supported by using DNS
 # resolution via -ruler.alertmanager-discovery.
 # CLI flag: -ruler.alertmanager-url
-[alertmanager_url: <list of string> | default = ]
+[alertmanager_url: <string> | default = ""]
 
 # Use DNS SRV records to discover Alertmanager hosts.
 # CLI flag: -ruler.alertmanager-discovery
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ The `alertmanager_config` configures the Cortex alertmanager.
 
 # Initial peers (may be repeated).
 # CLI flag: -cluster.peer
-[peers: <list of string> | default = ]
+[peers: <list of string> | default = []]
 
 # Time to wait between peers to send notifications.
 # CLI flag: -cluster.peer-timeout
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ cassandra:
   # If set, when authenticating with cassandra a custom authenticator will be
   # expected during the handshake. This flag can be set multiple times.
   # CLI flag: -cassandra.custom-authenticator
-  [custom_authenticators: <list of string> | default = ]
+  [custom_authenticators: <list of string> | default = []]
 
   # Timeout when connecting to cassandra.
   # CLI flag: -cassandra.timeout
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ The `memberlist_config` configures the Gossip memberlist.
 # https://cortexmetrics.io/docs/configuration/arguments/#dns-service-discovery
 # for more details).
 # CLI flag: -memberlist.join
-[join_members: <list of string> | default = ]
+[join_members: <list of string> | default = []]
 
 # Min backoff duration to join other cluster members.
 # CLI flag: -memberlist.min-join-backoff
@@ -2552,7 +2552,7 @@ The `memberlist_config` configures the Gossip memberlist.
 # IP address to listen on for gossip messages. Multiple addresses may be
 # specified. Defaults to 0.0.0.0
 # CLI flag: -memberlist.bind-addr
-[bind_addr: <list of string> | default = ]
+[bind_addr: <list of string> | default = []]
 
 # Port to listen on for gossip messages.
 # CLI flag: -memberlist.bind-port
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ The `limits_config` configures default and per-tenant limits imposed by Cortex s
 # ingestion within the distributor and can be repeated in order to drop multiple
 # labels.
 # CLI flag: -distributor.drop-label
-[drop_labels: <list of string> | default = ]
+[drop_labels: <list of string> | default = []]
 
 # Maximum length accepted for label names
 # CLI flag: -validation.max-length-label-name

integration/api_ruler_test.go renamed to integration/ruler_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/labels"
@@ -20,22 +21,9 @@ func TestRulerAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		namespaceOne = "test_/encoded_+namespace/?"
 		namespaceTwo = "test_/encoded_+namespace/?/two"
-
-		recordNode = yaml.Node{}
-		exprNode   = yaml.Node{}
 	)
-	recordNode.SetString("test_rule")
-	exprNode.SetString("up")
-	ruleGroup := rulefmt.RuleGroup{
-		Name:     "test_encoded_+\"+group_name/?",
-		Interval: 100,
-		Rules: []rulefmt.RuleNode{
-			{
-				Record: recordNode,
-				Expr:   exprNode,
-			},
-		},
-	}
+	ruleGroup := createTestRuleGroup(t)
+
 	s, err := e2e.NewScenario(networkName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer s.Close()
@@ -144,3 +132,74 @@ func TestRulerAPISingleBinary(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, cortex.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2e.Equals(0), []string{"prometheus_engine_queries"}, e2e.WithLabelMatchers(
 		labels.MustNewMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, "engine", "ruler"))))
 }
+
+func TestRulerAlertmanager(t *testing.T) {
+	var namespaceOne = "test_/encoded_+namespace/?"
+	ruleGroup := createTestRuleGroup(t)
+
+	s, err := e2e.NewScenario(networkName)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	// Start dependencies.
+	dynamo := e2edb.NewDynamoDB()
+	minio := e2edb.NewMinio(9000, RulerConfigs["-ruler.storage.s3.buckets"])
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartAndWaitReady(minio, dynamo))
+
+	// Have at least one alertmanager configuration.
+	require.NoError(t, writeFileToSharedDir(s, "alertmanager_configs/user-1.yaml", []byte(cortexAlertmanagerUserConfigYaml)))
+
+	// Start Alertmanagers.
+	am1 := e2ecortex.NewAlertmanager("alertmanager1", mergeFlags(AlertmanagerFlags, AlertmanagerLocalFlags), "")
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartAndWaitReady(am1))
+	am2 := e2ecortex.NewAlertmanager("alertmanager2", mergeFlags(AlertmanagerFlags, AlertmanagerLocalFlags), "")
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartAndWaitReady(am2))
+
+	am1URL := "http://" + am1.HTTPEndpoint()
+	am2URL := "http://" + am2.HTTPEndpoint()
+
+	// Connect the ruler to Alertmanagers
+	configOverrides := map[string]string{
+		"-ruler.alertmanager-url": strings.Join([]string{am1URL, am2URL}, ","),
+	}
+
+	// Start Ruler.
+	require.NoError(t, writeFileToSharedDir(s, cortexSchemaConfigFile, []byte(cortexSchemaConfigYaml)))
+	ruler := e2ecortex.NewRuler("ruler", mergeFlags(ChunksStorageFlags, RulerConfigs, configOverrides), "")
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartAndWaitReady(ruler))
+
+	// Create a client with the ruler address configured
+	c, err := e2ecortex.NewClient("", "", "", ruler.HTTPEndpoint(), "user-1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Set the rule group into the ruler
+	require.NoError(t, c.SetRuleGroup(ruleGroup, namespaceOne))
+
+	// Wait until the user manager is created
+	require.NoError(t, ruler.WaitSumMetrics(e2e.Equals(1), "cortex_ruler_managers_total"))
+
+	//  Wait until we've discovered the alertmanagers.
+	require.NoError(t, ruler.WaitSumMetricsWithOptions(e2e.Equals(2), []string{"cortex_prometheus_notifications_alertmanagers_discovered"}, e2e.WaitMissingMetrics))
+}
+
+func createTestRuleGroup(t *testing.T) rulefmt.RuleGroup {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var (
+		recordNode = yaml.Node{}
+		exprNode   = yaml.Node{}
+	)
+
+	recordNode.SetString("test_rule")
+	exprNode.SetString("up")
+	return rulefmt.RuleGroup{
+		Name:     "test_encoded_+\"+group_name/?",
+		Interval: 100,
+		Rules: []rulefmt.RuleNode{
+			{
+				Record: recordNode,
+				Expr:   exprNode,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}

pkg/compactor/compactor_ring.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (cfg *RingConfig) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 
 	// Instance flags
 	cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames = []string{"eth0", "en0"}
-	f.Var((*flagext.Strings)(&cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames), "compactor.ring.instance-interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
+	f.Var((*flagext.StringSlice)(&cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames), "compactor.ring.instance-interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceAddr, "compactor.ring.instance-addr", "", "IP address to advertise in the ring.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.InstancePort, "compactor.ring.instance-port", 0, "Port to advertise in the ring (defaults to server.grpc-listen-port).")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceID, "compactor.ring.instance-id", hostname, "Instance ID to register in the ring.")

pkg/distributor/distributor_ring.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (cfg *RingConfig) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 
 	// Instance flags
 	cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames = []string{"eth0", "en0"}
-	f.Var((*flagext.Strings)(&cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames), "distributor.ring.instance-interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
+	f.Var((*flagext.StringSlice)(&cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames), "distributor.ring.instance-interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceAddr, "distributor.ring.instance-addr", "", "IP address to advertise in the ring.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.InstancePort, "distributor.ring.instance-port", 0, "Port to advertise in the ring (defaults to server.grpc-listen-port).")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceID, "distributor.ring.instance-id", hostname, "Instance ID to register in the ring.")

pkg/ring/kv/etcd/etcd.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type Client struct {
 // RegisterFlagsWithPrefix adds the flags required to config this to the given FlagSet.
 func (cfg *Config) RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(f *flag.FlagSet, prefix string) {
 	cfg.Endpoints = []string{}
-	f.Var((*flagext.Strings)(&cfg.Endpoints), prefix+"etcd.endpoints", "The etcd endpoints to connect to.")
+	f.Var((*flagext.StringSlice)(&cfg.Endpoints), prefix+"etcd.endpoints", "The etcd endpoints to connect to.")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.DialTimeout, prefix+"etcd.dial-timeout", 10*time.Second, "The dial timeout for the etcd connection.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.MaxRetries, prefix+"etcd.max-retries", 10, "The maximum number of retries to do for failed ops.")
 }

pkg/ring/lifecycler.go

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (cfg *LifecyclerConfig) RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(prefix string, f *flag.Flag
 	}
 
 	cfg.InfNames = []string{"eth0", "en0"}
-	f.Var((*flagext.Strings)(&cfg.InfNames), prefix+"lifecycler.interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
+	f.Var((*flagext.StringSlice)(&cfg.InfNames), prefix+"lifecycler.interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.Addr, prefix+"lifecycler.addr", "", "IP address to advertise in consul.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.Port, prefix+"lifecycler.port", 0, "port to advertise in consul (defaults to server.grpc-listen-port).")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.ID, prefix+"lifecycler.ID", hostname, "ID to register into consul.")

pkg/ruler/notifier.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	gklog "github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
@@ -75,10 +76,11 @@ func (rn *rulerNotifier) stop() {
 // Builds a Prometheus config.Config from a ruler.Config with just the required
 // options to configure notifications to Alertmanager.
 func buildNotifierConfig(rulerConfig *Config) (*config.Config, error) {
-	validURLs := make([]*url.URL, 0, len(rulerConfig.AlertmanagerURL))
+	amURLs := strings.Split(rulerConfig.AlertmanagerURL, ",")
+	validURLs := make([]*url.URL, 0, len(amURLs))
 
 	srvDNSregexp := regexp.MustCompile(`^_.+._.+`)
-	for _, h := range rulerConfig.AlertmanagerURL {
+	for _, h := range amURLs {
 		url, err := url.Parse(h)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err

pkg/ruler/notifier_test.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestBuildNotifierConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "with a single URL and no service discovery",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				AlertmanagerURL: []string{"http://alertmanager.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager"},
+				AlertmanagerURL: "http://alertmanager.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
 			},
 			ncfg: &config.Config{
 				AlertingConfig: config.AlertingConfig{
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestBuildNotifierConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "with a single URL and service discovery",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				AlertmanagerURL:             []string{"http://_http._tcp.alertmanager.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager"},
+				AlertmanagerURL:             "http://_http._tcp.alertmanager.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
 				AlertmanagerDiscovery:       true,
 				AlertmanagerRefreshInterval: time.Duration(60),
 			},
@@ -74,18 +74,15 @@ func TestBuildNotifierConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "with service discovery and an invalid URL",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				AlertmanagerURL:       []string{"http://_http.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager"},
+				AlertmanagerURL:       "http://_http.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
 				AlertmanagerDiscovery: true,
 			},
 			err: fmt.Errorf("when alertmanager-discovery is on, host name must be of the form _portname._tcp.service.fqdn (is \"alertmanager.default.svc.cluster.local\")"),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "with multiple URLs and no service discovery",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				AlertmanagerURL: []string{
-					"http://alertmanager-0.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
-					"http://alertmanager-1.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
-				},
+				AlertmanagerURL: "http://alertmanager-0.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager,http://alertmanager-1.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
 			},
 			ncfg: &config.Config{
 				AlertingConfig: config.AlertingConfig{
@@ -113,10 +110,7 @@ func TestBuildNotifierConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "with multiple URLs and service discovery",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				AlertmanagerURL: []string{
-					"http://_http._tcp.alertmanager-0.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
-					"http://_http._tcp.alertmanager-1.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
-				},
+				AlertmanagerURL:             "http://_http._tcp.alertmanager-0.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager,http://_http._tcp.alertmanager-1.default.svc.cluster.local/alertmanager",
 				AlertmanagerDiscovery:       true,
 				AlertmanagerRefreshInterval: time.Duration(60),
 			},
@@ -152,9 +146,7 @@ func TestBuildNotifierConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "with Basic Authentication",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				AlertmanagerURL: []string{
-					"http://marco:[email protected]/alertmanager",
-				},
+				AlertmanagerURL: "http://marco:[email protected]/alertmanager",
 			},
 			ncfg: &config.Config{
 				AlertingConfig: config.AlertingConfig{

pkg/ruler/ruler.go

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RulePath string `yaml:"rule_path"`
 
 	// URL of the Alertmanager to send notifications to.
-	AlertmanagerURL flagext.StringSlice `yaml:"alertmanager_url"`
+	AlertmanagerURL string `yaml:"alertmanager_url"`
 	// Whether to use DNS SRV records to discover Alertmanager.
 	AlertmanagerDiscovery bool `yaml:"enable_alertmanager_discovery"`
 	// How long to wait between refreshing the list of Alertmanager based on DNS service discovery.
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.EvaluationDelay, "ruler.evaluation-delay-duration", 0, "Duration to delay the evaluation of rules to ensure they underlying metrics have been pushed to cortex.")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.PollInterval, "ruler.poll-interval", 1*time.Minute, "How frequently to poll for rule changes")
 
-	f.Var(&cfg.AlertmanagerURL, "ruler.alertmanager-url", "Space-separated list of URL(s) of the Alertmanager(s) to send notifications to. Each Alertmanager URL is treated as a separate group in the configuration. Multiple Alertmanagers in HA per group can be supported by using DNS resolution via -ruler.alertmanager-discovery.")
+	f.StringVar(&cfg.AlertmanagerURL, "ruler.alertmanager-url", "", "Comma-separated list of URL(s) of the Alertmanager(s) to send notifications to. Each Alertmanager URL is treated as a separate group in the configuration. Multiple Alertmanagers in HA per group can be supported by using DNS resolution via -ruler.alertmanager-discovery.")
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.AlertmanagerDiscovery, "ruler.alertmanager-discovery", false, "Use DNS SRV records to discover Alertmanager hosts.")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.AlertmanagerRefreshInterval, "ruler.alertmanager-refresh-interval", 1*time.Minute, "How long to wait between refreshing DNS resolutions of Alertmanager hosts.")
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.AlertmanangerEnableV2API, "ruler.alertmanager-use-v2", false, "If enabled requests to Alertmanager will utilize the V2 API.")

pkg/ruler/ruler_ring.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (cfg *RingConfig) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 
 	// Instance flags
 	cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames = []string{"eth0", "en0"}
-	f.Var((*flagext.Strings)(&cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames), "ruler.ring.instance-interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
+	f.Var((*flagext.StringSlice)(&cfg.InstanceInterfaceNames), "ruler.ring.instance-interface", "Name of network interface to read address from.")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceAddr, "ruler.ring.instance-addr", "", "IP address to advertise in the ring.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.InstancePort, "ruler.ring.instance-port", 0, "Port to advertise in the ring (defaults to server.grpc-listen-port).")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.InstanceID, "ruler.ring.instance-id", hostname, "Instance ID to register in the ring.")