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@wattebausch @gianmarco-mameli I'm planing to add this feature in the next release. Any feedback and testing is welcome. Regards |
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Hi @martialblog, I don't have this kind of alerts but I try to find some time to manage a test |
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@martialblog i re-enabled the $ ./check_prometheus -H test.example.org -p 443 -s alert -P -W
[OK] - 1 Alerts: 1 Firing - 0 Pending - 0 Inactive
\_ [OK] [Watchdog] is firing - value: 1.00 - {"alertname":"Watchdog","severity":"none"}
|total=1 firing=1 pending=0 inactive=0
$ ./check_prometheus -H test.example.org -p 443 -s alert -P
[CRITICAL] - 1 Alerts: 1 Firing - 0 Pending - 0 Inactive
\_ [CRITICAL] [Watchdog] is firing - value: 1.00 - {"alertname":"Watchdog","severity":"none"}
|total=1 firing=1 pending=0 inactive=0many thanks |
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In Prometheus a "watchdog" or "dead man's switch" is an alert that is always firing to ensure alerting pipeline is working. The
-W, --watchdogflag can be used to flip/negate the exit state of the plugin for these kind of alerts:Fixes #123
See also #61 (comment)