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// metrics/assembly_metrics-prometheus-setup.adoc

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= Setting up Prometheus Alertmanager

link:https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/alertmanager/[Prometheus Alertmanager^] is a plugin for handling alerts and routing them to a notification service.
Alertmanager supports an essential aspect of monitoring, which is to be notified of conditions that indicate potential issues based on alerting rules.

include::modules/con_metrics-alertmanager-options.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/con_metrics-prometheus-alerts.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/ref_metrics-alertmanager-examples.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/proc_metrics-deploying-prometheus-alertmanager.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
