prometheus/cmd/prometheus/main.go

// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
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// The main package for the Prometheus server executable.
package main

import (
	"context"
	"crypto/md5"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	_ "net/http/pprof" // Comment this line to disable pprof endpoint.
	"net/url"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"path/filepath"
	"runtime"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"syscall"
	"time"

	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/oklog/oklog/pkg/group"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
	prom_runtime "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/runtime"
	"gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"

	"github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack"
	"github.com/prometheus/common/promlog"
	promlogflag "github.com/prometheus/common/promlog/flag"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
	sd_config "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/config"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/notifier"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/rules"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/tsdb"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/strutil"
	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/web"
)

var (
	configSuccess = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
		Name: "prometheus_config_last_reload_successful",
		Help: "Whether the last configuration reload attempt was successful.",
	})
	configSuccessTime = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
		Name: "prometheus_config_last_reload_success_timestamp_seconds",
		Help: "Timestamp of the last successful configuration reload.",
	})
)

func init() {
	prometheus.MustRegister(version.NewCollector("prometheus"))
}

func main() {
	if os.Getenv("DEBUG") != "" {
		runtime.SetBlockProfileRate(20)
		runtime.SetMutexProfileFraction(20)
	}

	cfg := struct {
		configFile string

		localStoragePath    string
		notifier            notifier.Options
		notifierTimeout     model.Duration
		forGracePeriod      model.Duration
		outageTolerance     model.Duration
		resendDelay         model.Duration
		web                 web.Options
		tsdb                tsdb.Options
		lookbackDelta       model.Duration
		webTimeout          model.Duration
		queryTimeout        model.Duration
		queryConcurrency    int
		queryMaxSamples     int
		RemoteFlushDeadline model.Duration

		prometheusURL string

		promlogConfig promlog.Config
	}{
		notifier: notifier.Options{
			Registerer: prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
		},
		promlogConfig: promlog.Config{},
	}

	a := kingpin.New(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), "The Prometheus monitoring server")

	a.Version(version.Print("prometheus"))

	a.HelpFlag.Short('h')

	a.Flag("config.file", "Prometheus configuration file path.").
		Default("prometheus.yml").StringVar(&cfg.configFile)

	a.Flag("web.listen-address", "Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry.").
		Default("0.0.0.0:9090").StringVar(&cfg.web.ListenAddress)

	a.Flag("web.read-timeout",
		"Maximum duration before timing out read of the request, and closing idle connections.").
		Default("5m").SetValue(&cfg.webTimeout)

	a.Flag("web.max-connections", "Maximum number of simultaneous connections.").
		Default("512").IntVar(&cfg.web.MaxConnections)

	a.Flag("web.external-url",
		"The URL under which Prometheus is externally reachable (for example, if Prometheus is served via a reverse proxy). Used for generating relative and absolute links back to Prometheus itself. If the URL has a path portion, it will be used to prefix all HTTP endpoints served by Prometheus. If omitted, relevant URL components will be derived automatically.").
		PlaceHolder("<URL>").StringVar(&cfg.prometheusURL)

	a.Flag("web.route-prefix",
		"Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints. Defaults to path of --web.external-url.").
		PlaceHolder("<path>").StringVar(&cfg.web.RoutePrefix)

	a.Flag("web.user-assets", "Path to static asset directory, available at /user.").
		PlaceHolder("<path>").StringVar(&cfg.web.UserAssetsPath)

	a.Flag("web.enable-lifecycle", "Enable shutdown and reload via HTTP request.").
		Default("false").BoolVar(&cfg.web.EnableLifecycle)

	a.Flag("web.enable-admin-api", "Enable API endpoints for admin control actions.").
		Default("false").BoolVar(&cfg.web.EnableAdminAPI)

	a.Flag("web.console.templates", "Path to the console template directory, available at /consoles.").
		Default("consoles").StringVar(&cfg.web.ConsoleTemplatesPath)

	a.Flag("web.console.libraries", "Path to the console library directory.").
		Default("console_libraries").StringVar(&cfg.web.ConsoleLibrariesPath)

	a.Flag("web.page-title", "Document title of Prometheus instance.").
		Default("Prometheus Time Series Collection and Processing Server").StringVar(&cfg.web.PageTitle)

	a.Flag("storage.tsdb.path", "Base path for metrics storage.").
		Default("data/").StringVar(&cfg.localStoragePath)

	a.Flag("storage.tsdb.min-block-duration", "Minimum duration of a data block before being persisted. For use in testing.").
		Hidden().Default("2h").SetValue(&cfg.tsdb.MinBlockDuration)

	a.Flag("storage.tsdb.max-block-duration",
		"Maximum duration compacted blocks may span. For use in testing. (Defaults to 10% of the retention period).").
		Hidden().PlaceHolder("<duration>").SetValue(&cfg.tsdb.MaxBlockDuration)

	a.Flag("storage.tsdb.retention", "How long to retain samples in storage.").
		Default("15d").SetValue(&cfg.tsdb.Retention)

	a.Flag("storage.tsdb.no-lockfile", "Do not create lockfile in data directory.").
		Default("false").BoolVar(&cfg.tsdb.NoLockfile)

	a.Flag("storage.remote.flush-deadline", "How long to wait flushing sample on shutdown or config reload.").
		Default("1m").PlaceHolder("<duration>").SetValue(&cfg.RemoteFlushDeadline)

	a.Flag("storage.remote.read-sample-limit", "Maximum overall number of samples to return via the remote read interface, in a single query. 0 means no limit.").
		Default("5e7").IntVar(&cfg.web.RemoteReadSampleLimit)

	a.Flag("storage.remote.read-concurrent-limit", "Maximum number of concurrent remote read calls. 0 means no limit.").
		Default("10").IntVar(&cfg.web.RemoteReadConcurrencyLimit)

	a.Flag("rules.alert.for-outage-tolerance", "Max time to tolerate prometheus outage for restoring 'for' state of alert.").
		Default("1h").SetValue(&cfg.outageTolerance)

	a.Flag("rules.alert.for-grace-period", "Minimum duration between alert and restored 'for' state. This is maintained only for alerts with configured 'for' time greater than grace period.").
		Default("10m").SetValue(&cfg.forGracePeriod)

	a.Flag("rules.alert.resend-delay", "Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to Alertmanager.").
		Default("1m").SetValue(&cfg.resendDelay)

	a.Flag("alertmanager.notification-queue-capacity", "The capacity of the queue for pending Alertmanager notifications.").
		Default("10000").IntVar(&cfg.notifier.QueueCapacity)

	a.Flag("alertmanager.timeout", "Timeout for sending alerts to Alertmanager.").
		Default("10s").SetValue(&cfg.notifierTimeout)

	a.Flag("query.lookback-delta", "The delta difference allowed for retrieving metrics during expression evaluations.").
		Default("5m").SetValue(&cfg.lookbackDelta)

	a.Flag("query.timeout", "Maximum time a query may take before being aborted.").
		Default("2m").SetValue(&cfg.queryTimeout)

	a.Flag("query.max-concurrency", "Maximum number of queries executed concurrently.").
		Default("20").IntVar(&cfg.queryConcurrency)
	a.Flag("query.max-samples", "Maximum number of samples a single query can load into memory. Note that queries will fail if they would load more samples than this into memory, so this also limits the number of samples a query can return.").
		Default("50000000").IntVar(&cfg.queryMaxSamples)

	promlogflag.AddFlags(a, &cfg.promlogConfig)

	_, err := a.Parse(os.Args[1:])
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error parsing commandline arguments"))
		a.Usage(os.Args[1:])
		os.Exit(2)
	}

	cfg.web.ExternalURL, err = computeExternalURL(cfg.prometheusURL, cfg.web.ListenAddress)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, errors.Wrapf(err, "parse external URL %q", cfg.prometheusURL))
		os.Exit(2)
	}

	cfg.web.ReadTimeout = time.Duration(cfg.webTimeout)
	// Default -web.route-prefix to path of -web.external-url.
	if cfg.web.RoutePrefix == "" {
		cfg.web.RoutePrefix = cfg.web.ExternalURL.Path
	}
	// RoutePrefix must always be at least '/'.
	cfg.web.RoutePrefix = "/" + strings.Trim(cfg.web.RoutePrefix, "/")

	if cfg.tsdb.MaxBlockDuration == 0 {
		cfg.tsdb.MaxBlockDuration = cfg.tsdb.Retention / 10
	}

	promql.LookbackDelta = time.Duration(cfg.lookbackDelta)
	promql.SetDefaultEvaluationInterval(time.Duration(config.DefaultGlobalConfig.EvaluationInterval))

	logger := promlog.New(&cfg.promlogConfig)

	// Above level 6, the k8s client would log bearer tokens in clear-text.
	glog.ClampLevel(6)
	glog.SetLogger(log.With(logger, "component", "k8s_client_runtime"))

	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Starting Prometheus", "version", version.Info())
	level.Info(logger).Log("build_context", version.BuildContext())
	level.Info(logger).Log("host_details", prom_runtime.Uname())
	level.Info(logger).Log("fd_limits", prom_runtime.FdLimits())
	level.Info(logger).Log("vm_limits", prom_runtime.VmLimits())

	var (
		localStorage  = &tsdb.ReadyStorage{}
		remoteStorage = remote.NewStorage(log.With(logger, "component", "remote"), localStorage.StartTime, time.Duration(cfg.RemoteFlushDeadline))
		fanoutStorage = storage.NewFanout(logger, localStorage, remoteStorage)
	)

	var (
		ctxWeb, cancelWeb = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
		ctxRule           = context.Background()

		notifierManager = notifier.NewManager(&cfg.notifier, log.With(logger, "component", "notifier"))

		ctxScrape, cancelScrape = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
		discoveryManagerScrape  = discovery.NewManager(ctxScrape, log.With(logger, "component", "discovery manager scrape"), discovery.Name("scrape"))

		ctxNotify, cancelNotify = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
		discoveryManagerNotify  = discovery.NewManager(ctxNotify, log.With(logger, "component", "discovery manager notify"), discovery.Name("notify"))

		scrapeManager = scrape.NewManager(log.With(logger, "component", "scrape manager"), fanoutStorage)

		opts = promql.EngineOpts{
			Logger:        log.With(logger, "component", "query engine"),
			Reg:           prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
			MaxConcurrent: cfg.queryConcurrency,
			MaxSamples:    cfg.queryMaxSamples,
			Timeout:       time.Duration(cfg.queryTimeout),
		}
		queryEngine = promql.NewEngine(opts)

		ruleManager = rules.NewManager(&rules.ManagerOptions{
			Appendable:      fanoutStorage,
			TSDB:            localStorage,
			QueryFunc:       rules.EngineQueryFunc(queryEngine, fanoutStorage),
			NotifyFunc:      sendAlerts(notifierManager, cfg.web.ExternalURL.String()),
			Context:         ctxRule,
			ExternalURL:     cfg.web.ExternalURL,
			Registerer:      prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
			Logger:          log.With(logger, "component", "rule manager"),
			OutageTolerance: time.Duration(cfg.outageTolerance),
			ForGracePeriod:  time.Duration(cfg.forGracePeriod),
			ResendDelay:     time.Duration(cfg.resendDelay),
		})
	)

	cfg.web.Context = ctxWeb
	cfg.web.TSDB = localStorage.Get
	cfg.web.Storage = fanoutStorage
	cfg.web.QueryEngine = queryEngine
	cfg.web.ScrapeManager = scrapeManager
	cfg.web.RuleManager = ruleManager
	cfg.web.Notifier = notifierManager

	cfg.web.Version = &web.PrometheusVersion{
		Version:   version.Version,
		Revision:  version.Revision,
		Branch:    version.Branch,
		BuildUser: version.BuildUser,
		BuildDate: version.BuildDate,
		GoVersion: version.GoVersion,
	}

	cfg.web.Flags = map[string]string{}

	// Exclude kingpin default flags to expose only Prometheus ones.
	boilerplateFlags := kingpin.New("", "").Version("")
	for _, f := range a.Model().Flags {
		if boilerplateFlags.GetFlag(f.Name) != nil {
			continue
		}

		cfg.web.Flags[f.Name] = f.Value.String()
	}

	// Depends on cfg.web.ScrapeManager so needs to be after cfg.web.ScrapeManager = scrapeManager
	webHandler := web.New(log.With(logger, "component", "web"), &cfg.web)

	// Monitor outgoing connections on default transport with conntrack.
	http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).DialContext = conntrack.NewDialContextFunc(
		conntrack.DialWithTracing(),
	)

	reloaders := []func(cfg *config.Config) error{
		remoteStorage.ApplyConfig,
		webHandler.ApplyConfig,
		// The Scrape and notifier managers need to reload before the Discovery manager as
		// they need to read the most updated config when receiving the new targets list.
		notifierManager.ApplyConfig,
		scrapeManager.ApplyConfig,
		func(cfg *config.Config) error {
			c := make(map[string]sd_config.ServiceDiscoveryConfig)
			for _, v := range cfg.ScrapeConfigs {
				c[v.JobName] = v.ServiceDiscoveryConfig
			}
			return discoveryManagerScrape.ApplyConfig(c)
		},
		func(cfg *config.Config) error {
			c := make(map[string]sd_config.ServiceDiscoveryConfig)
			for _, v := range cfg.AlertingConfig.AlertmanagerConfigs {
				// AlertmanagerConfigs doesn't hold an unique identifier so we use the config hash as the identifier.
				b, err := json.Marshal(v)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				c[fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum(b))] = v.ServiceDiscoveryConfig
			}
			return discoveryManagerNotify.ApplyConfig(c)
		},
		func(cfg *config.Config) error {
			// Get all rule files matching the configuration oaths.
			var files []string
			for _, pat := range cfg.RuleFiles {
				fs, err := filepath.Glob(pat)
				if err != nil {
					// The only error can be a bad pattern.
					return fmt.Errorf("error retrieving rule files for %s: %s", pat, err)
				}
				files = append(files, fs...)
			}
			return ruleManager.Update(time.Duration(cfg.GlobalConfig.EvaluationInterval), files)
		},
	}

	prometheus.MustRegister(configSuccess)
	prometheus.MustRegister(configSuccessTime)

	// Start all components while we wait for TSDB to open but only load
	// initial config and mark ourselves as ready after it completed.
	dbOpen := make(chan struct{})

	// sync.Once is used to make sure we can close the channel at different execution stages(SIGTERM or when the config is loaded).
	type closeOnce struct {
		C     chan struct{}
		once  sync.Once
		Close func()
	}
	// Wait until the server is ready to handle reloading.
	reloadReady := &closeOnce{
		C: make(chan struct{}),
	}
	reloadReady.Close = func() {
		reloadReady.once.Do(func() {
			close(reloadReady.C)
		})
	}

	var g group.Group
	{
		// Termination handler.
		term := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
		signal.Notify(term, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
		cancel := make(chan struct{})
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				// Don't forget to release the reloadReady channel so that waiting blocks can exit normally.
				select {
				case <-term:
					level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Received SIGTERM, exiting gracefully...")
					reloadReady.Close()

				case <-webHandler.Quit():
					level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Received termination request via web service, exiting gracefully...")
				case <-cancel:
					reloadReady.Close()
					break
				}
				return nil
			},
			func(err error) {
				close(cancel)
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Scrape discovery manager.
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				err := discoveryManagerScrape.Run()
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Scrape discovery manager stopped")
				return err
			},
			func(err error) {
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Stopping scrape discovery manager...")
				cancelScrape()
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Notify discovery manager.
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				err := discoveryManagerNotify.Run()
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Notify discovery manager stopped")
				return err
			},
			func(err error) {
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Stopping notify discovery manager...")
				cancelNotify()
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Scrape manager.
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				// When the scrape manager receives a new targets list
				// it needs to read a valid config for each job.
				// It depends on the config being in sync with the discovery manager so
				// we wait until the config is fully loaded.
				<-reloadReady.C

				err := scrapeManager.Run(discoveryManagerScrape.SyncCh())
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Scrape manager stopped")
				return err
			},
			func(err error) {
				// Scrape manager needs to be stopped before closing the local TSDB
				// so that it doesn't try to write samples to a closed storage.
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Stopping scrape manager...")
				scrapeManager.Stop()
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Reload handler.

		// Make sure that sighup handler is registered with a redirect to the channel before the potentially
		// long and synchronous tsdb init.
		hup := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
		signal.Notify(hup, syscall.SIGHUP)
		cancel := make(chan struct{})
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				<-reloadReady.C

				for {
					select {
					case <-hup:
						if err := reloadConfig(cfg.configFile, logger, reloaders...); err != nil {
							level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error reloading config", "err", err)
						}
					case rc := <-webHandler.Reload():
						if err := reloadConfig(cfg.configFile, logger, reloaders...); err != nil {
							level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error reloading config", "err", err)
							rc <- err
						} else {
							rc <- nil
						}
					case <-cancel:
						return nil
					}
				}

			},
			func(err error) {
				// Wait for any in-progress reloads to complete to avoid
				// reloading things after they have been shutdown.
				cancel <- struct{}{}
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Initial configuration loading.
		cancel := make(chan struct{})
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				select {
				case <-dbOpen:
					break
				// In case a shutdown is initiated before the dbOpen is released
				case <-cancel:
					reloadReady.Close()
					return nil
				}

				if err := reloadConfig(cfg.configFile, logger, reloaders...); err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("error loading config from %q: %s", cfg.configFile, err)
				}

				reloadReady.Close()

				webHandler.Ready()
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Server is ready to receive web requests.")
				<-cancel
				return nil
			},
			func(err error) {
				close(cancel)
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Rule manager.
		// TODO(krasi) refactor ruleManager.Run() to be blocking to avoid using an extra blocking channel.
		cancel := make(chan struct{})
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				<-reloadReady.C
				ruleManager.Run()
				<-cancel
				return nil
			},
			func(err error) {
				ruleManager.Stop()
				close(cancel)
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// TSDB.
		cancel := make(chan struct{})
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Starting TSDB ...")
				db, err := tsdb.Open(
					cfg.localStoragePath,
					log.With(logger, "component", "tsdb"),
					prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
					&cfg.tsdb,
				)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("opening storage failed: %s", err)
				}
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "TSDB started")

				startTimeMargin := int64(2 * time.Duration(cfg.tsdb.MinBlockDuration).Seconds() * 1000)
				localStorage.Set(db, startTimeMargin)
				close(dbOpen)
				<-cancel
				return nil
			},
			func(err error) {
				if err := fanoutStorage.Close(); err != nil {
					level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error stopping storage", "err", err)
				}
				close(cancel)
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Web handler.
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				if err := webHandler.Run(ctxWeb); err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("error starting web server: %s", err)
				}
				return nil
			},
			func(err error) {
				cancelWeb()
			},
		)
	}
	{
		// Notifier.

		// Calling notifier.Stop() before ruleManager.Stop() will cause a panic if the ruleManager isn't running,
		// so keep this interrupt after the ruleManager.Stop().
		g.Add(
			func() error {
				// When the notifier manager receives a new targets list
				// it needs to read a valid config for each job.
				// It depends on the config being in sync with the discovery manager
				// so we wait until the config is fully loaded.
				<-reloadReady.C

				notifierManager.Run(discoveryManagerNotify.SyncCh())
				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Notifier manager stopped")
				return nil
			},
			func(err error) {
				notifierManager.Stop()
			},
		)
	}
	if err := g.Run(); err != nil {
		level.Error(logger).Log("err", err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "See you next time!")
}

func reloadConfig(filename string, logger log.Logger, rls ...func(*config.Config) error) (err error) {
	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Loading configuration file", "filename", filename)

	defer func() {
		if err == nil {
			configSuccess.Set(1)
			configSuccessTime.SetToCurrentTime()
		} else {
			configSuccess.Set(0)
		}
	}()

	conf, err := config.LoadFile(filename)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't load configuration (--config.file=%q): %v", filename, err)
	}

	failed := false
	for _, rl := range rls {
		if err := rl(conf); err != nil {
			level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Failed to apply configuration", "err", err)
			failed = true
		}
	}
	if failed {
		return fmt.Errorf("one or more errors occurred while applying the new configuration (--config.file=%q)", filename)
	}
	promql.SetDefaultEvaluationInterval(time.Duration(conf.GlobalConfig.EvaluationInterval))
	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Completed loading of configuration file", "filename", filename)
	return nil
}

func startsOrEndsWithQuote(s string) bool {
	return strings.HasPrefix(s, "\"") || strings.HasPrefix(s, "'") ||
		strings.HasSuffix(s, "\"") || strings.HasSuffix(s, "'")
}

// computeExternalURL computes a sanitized external URL from a raw input. It infers unset
// URL parts from the OS and the given listen address.
func computeExternalURL(u, listenAddr string) (*url.URL, error) {
	if u == "" {
		hostname, err := os.Hostname()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(listenAddr)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		u = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/", hostname, port)
	}

	if startsOrEndsWithQuote(u) {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("URL must not begin or end with quotes")
	}

	eu, err := url.Parse(u)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	ppref := strings.TrimRight(eu.Path, "/")
	if ppref != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(ppref, "/") {
		ppref = "/" + ppref
	}
	eu.Path = ppref

	return eu, nil
}

type sender interface {
	Send(alerts ...*notifier.Alert)
}

// sendAlerts implements the rules.NotifyFunc for a Notifier.
func sendAlerts(s sender, externalURL string) rules.NotifyFunc {
	return func(ctx context.Context, expr string, alerts ...*rules.Alert) {
		var res []*notifier.Alert

		for _, alert := range alerts {
			a := &notifier.Alert{
				StartsAt:     alert.FiredAt,
				Labels:       alert.Labels,
				Annotations:  alert.Annotations,
				GeneratorURL: externalURL + strutil.TableLinkForExpression(expr),
			}
			if !alert.ResolvedAt.IsZero() {
				a.EndsAt = alert.ResolvedAt
			} else {
				a.EndsAt = alert.ValidUntil
			}
			res = append(res, a)
		}

		if len(alerts) > 0 {
			s.Send(res...)
		}
	}
}