rules: remove dependency on promql.Engine

cmd/prometheus/main.go

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ func main() {
 		notifier: notifier.Options{
 			Registerer: prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
 		},
+		queryEngine: promql.EngineOptions{
+			Metrics: prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
+		},
 	}
 
 	a := kingpin.New(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), "The Prometheus monitoring server")
@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ func main() {
 	ruleManager := rules.NewManager(&rules.ManagerOptions{
 		Appendable:  fanoutStorage,
 		Notifier:    notifier,
-		QueryEngine: queryEngine,
+		Query:       rules.EngineQueryFunc(queryEngine),
 		Context:     ctx,
 		ExternalURL: cfg.web.ExternalURL,
 		Logger:      log.With(logger, "component", "rule manager"),

rules/alerting.go

@@ -171,12 +171,8 @@ const resolvedRetention = 15 * time.Minute
 
 // Eval evaluates the rule expression and then creates pending alerts and fires
 // or removes previously pending alerts accordingly.
-func (r *AlertingRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, engine *promql.Engine, externalURL *url.URL) (promql.Vector, error) {
+func (r *AlertingRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, query QueryFunc, externalURL *url.URL) (promql.Vector, error) {
-	query, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(r.vector.String(), ts)
+	res, err := query(ctx, r.vector.String(), ts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	res, err := query.Exec(ctx).Vector()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -213,7 +209,7 @@ func (r *AlertingRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, engine *promql.En
 				"__alert_"+r.Name(),
 				tmplData,
 				model.Time(timestamp.FromTime(ts)),
-				engine,
+				template.QueryFunc(query),
 				externalURL,
 			)
 			result, err := tmpl.Expand()

rules/manager.go

@@ -107,12 +107,42 @@ const (
 	ruleTypeRecording = "recording"
 )
 
+// QueryFunc processes PromQL queries.
+type QueryFunc func(ctx context.Context, q string, t time.Time) (promql.Vector, error)
+
+// EngineQueryFunc returns a new query function that executes instant queries against
+// the given engine.
+// It converts scaler into vector results.
+func EngineQueryFunc(engine *promql.Engine) QueryFunc {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, qs string, t time.Time) (promql.Vector, error) {
+		q, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(qs, t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		res := q.Exec(ctx)
+		if res.Err != nil {
+			return nil, res.Err
+		}
+		switch v := res.Value.(type) {
+		case promql.Vector:
+			return v, nil
+		case promql.Scalar:
+			return promql.Vector{promql.Sample{
+				Point:  promql.Point(v),
+				Metric: labels.Labels{},
+			}}, nil
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("rule result is not a vector or scalar")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // A Rule encapsulates a vector expression which is evaluated at a specified
 // interval and acted upon (currently either recorded or used for alerting).
 type Rule interface {
 	Name() string
 	// eval evaluates the rule, including any associated recording or alerting actions.
-	Eval(context.Context, time.Time, *promql.Engine, *url.URL) (promql.Vector, error)
+	Eval(context.Context, time.Time, QueryFunc, *url.URL) (promql.Vector, error)
 	// String returns a human-readable string representation of the rule.
 	String() string
 
@@ -220,7 +250,6 @@ func (g *Group) hash() uint64 {
 		labels.Label{"name", g.name},
 		labels.Label{"file", g.file},
 	)
-
 	return l.Hash()
 }
 
@@ -319,7 +348,7 @@ func (g *Group) Eval(ts time.Time) {
 
 			evalTotal.WithLabelValues(rtyp).Inc()
 
-			vector, err := rule.Eval(g.opts.Context, ts, g.opts.QueryEngine, g.opts.ExternalURL)
+			vector, err := rule.Eval(g.opts.Context, ts, g.opts.Query, g.opts.ExternalURL)
 			if err != nil {
 				// Canceled queries are intentional termination of queries. This normally
 				// happens on shutdown and thus we skip logging of any errors here.
@@ -439,7 +468,7 @@ type Appendable interface {
 // ManagerOptions bundles options for the Manager.
 type ManagerOptions struct {
 	ExternalURL *url.URL
-	QueryEngine *promql.Engine
+	Query       QueryFunc
 	Context     context.Context
 	Notifier    *notifier.Notifier
 	Appendable  Appendable

rules/manager_test.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"strings"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -55,75 +55,108 @@ func TestAlertingRule(t *testing.T) {
 		labels.FromStrings("severity", "{{\"c\"}}ritical"),
 		nil, nil,
 	)
+	result := promql.Vector{
+		{
+			Metric: labels.FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "ALERTS",
+				"alertname", "HTTPRequestRateLow",
+				"alertstate", "pending",
+				"group", "canary",
+				"instance", "0",
+				"job", "app-server",
+				"severity", "critical",
+			),
+			Point: promql.Point{V: 1},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: labels.FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "ALERTS",
+				"alertname", "HTTPRequestRateLow",
+				"alertstate", "pending",
+				"group", "canary",
+				"instance", "1",
+				"job", "app-server",
+				"severity", "critical",
+			),
+			Point: promql.Point{V: 1},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: labels.FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "ALERTS",
+				"alertname", "HTTPRequestRateLow",
+				"alertstate", "firing",
+				"group", "canary",
+				"instance", "0",
+				"job", "app-server",
+				"severity", "critical",
+			),
+			Point: promql.Point{V: 1},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: labels.FromStrings(
+				"__name__", "ALERTS",
+				"alertname", "HTTPRequestRateLow",
+				"alertstate", "firing",
+				"group", "canary",
+				"instance", "1",
+				"job", "app-server",
+				"severity", "critical",
+			),
+			Point: promql.Point{V: 1},
+		},
+	}
 
 	baseTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
 
 	var tests = []struct {
 		time   time.Duration
-		result []string
+		result promql.Vector
 	}{
 		{
 			time:   0,
-			result: []string{
+			result: result[:2],
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="pending", group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="pending", group="canary", instance="1", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-			},
 		}, {
 			time:   5 * time.Minute,
-			result: []string{
+			result: result[2:],
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="firing", group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="firing", group="canary", instance="1", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-			},
 		}, {
 			time:   10 * time.Minute,
-			result: []string{
+			result: result[2:3],
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="firing", group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-			},
 		},
 		{
 			time:   15 * time.Minute,
-			result: []string{},
+			result: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			time:   20 * time.Minute,
-			result: []string{},
+			result: nil,
 		},
 		{
 			time:   25 * time.Minute,
-			result: []string{
+			result: result[:1],
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="pending", group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-			},
 		},
 		{
 			time:   30 * time.Minute,
-			result: []string{
+			result: result[2:3],
-				`{__name__="ALERTS", alertname="HTTPRequestRateLow", alertstate="firing", group="canary", instance="0", job="app-server", severity="critical"} => 1 @[%v]`,
-			},
 		},
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {
+		t.Logf("case %d", i)
+
 		evalTime := baseTime.Add(test.time)
 
-		res, err := rule.Eval(suite.Context(), evalTime, suite.QueryEngine(), nil)
+		res, err := rule.Eval(suite.Context(), evalTime, EngineQueryFunc(suite.QueryEngine()), nil)
 		testutil.Ok(t, err)
 
-		actual := strings.Split(res.String(), "\n")
+		for i := range test.result {
-		expected := annotateWithTime(test.result, evalTime)
+			test.result[i].T = timestamp.FromTime(evalTime)
-		if actual[0] == "" {
-			actual = []string{}
 		}
-		testutil.Assert(t, len(expected) == len(actual), "%d. Number of samples in expected and actual output don't match (%d vs. %d)", i, len(expected), len(actual))
+		testutil.Assert(t, len(test.result) == len(res), "%d. Number of samples in expected and actual output don't match (%d vs. %d)", i, len(test.result), len(res))
 
-		for j, expectedSample := range expected {
+		sort.Slice(res, func(i, j int) bool {
-			found := false
+			return labels.Compare(res[i].Metric, res[j].Metric) < 0
-			for _, actualSample := range actual {
+		})
-				if actualSample == expectedSample {
+		testutil.Equals(t, test.result, res)
-					found = true
-				}
-			}
-			testutil.Assert(t, found, "%d.%d. Couldn't find expected sample in output: '%v'", i, j, expectedSample)
-		}
 
 		for _, aa := range rule.ActiveAlerts() {
 			testutil.Assert(t, aa.Labels.Get(model.MetricNameLabel) == "", "%s label set on active alert: %s", model.MetricNameLabel, aa.Labels)
@@ -144,7 +177,7 @@ func TestStaleness(t *testing.T) {
 	defer storage.Close()
 	engine := promql.NewEngine(storage, nil)
 	opts := &ManagerOptions{
-		QueryEngine: engine,
+		Query:      EngineQueryFunc(engine),
 		Appendable: storage,
 		Context:    context.Background(),
 		Logger:     log.NewNopLogger(),
@@ -273,7 +306,7 @@ func TestApplyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	ruleManager := NewManager(&ManagerOptions{
 		Appendable: nil,
 		Notifier:   nil,
-		QueryEngine: nil,
+		Query:      nil,
 		Context:    context.Background(),
 		Logger:     log.NewNopLogger(),
 	})

rules/recording.go

@@ -53,32 +53,11 @@ func (rule *RecordingRule) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Eval evaluates the rule and then overrides the metric names and labels accordingly.
-func (rule *RecordingRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, engine *promql.Engine, _ *url.URL) (promql.Vector, error) {
+func (rule *RecordingRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, query QueryFunc, _ *url.URL) (promql.Vector, error) {
-	query, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(rule.vector.String(), ts)
+	vector, err := query(ctx, rule.vector.String(), ts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	var (
-		result = query.Exec(ctx)
-		vector promql.Vector
-	)
-	if result.Err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	switch v := result.Value.(type) {
-	case promql.Vector:
-		vector = v
-	case promql.Scalar:
-		vector = promql.Vector{promql.Sample{
-			Point:  promql.Point(v),
-			Metric: labels.Labels{},
-		}}
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rule result is not a vector or scalar")
-	}
-
 	// Override the metric name and labels.
 	for i := range vector {
 		sample := &vector[i]

rules/recording_test.go

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestRuleEval(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range suite {
 		rule := NewRecordingRule(test.name, test.expr, test.labels)
-		result, err := rule.Eval(ctx, now, engine, nil)
+		result, err := rule.Eval(ctx, now, EngineQueryFunc(engine), nil)
 		testutil.Ok(t, err)
 		testutil.Equals(t, result, test.result)
 	}

template/template.go

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/strutil"
 )
@@ -59,34 +58,14 @@ func (q queryResultByLabelSorter) Swap(i, j int) {
 	q.results[i], q.results[j] = q.results[j], q.results[i]
 }
 
-func query(ctx context.Context, q string, ts time.Time, queryEngine *promql.Engine) (queryResult, error) {
+// QueryFunc executes a PromQL query at the given time.
-	query, err := queryEngine.NewInstantQuery(q, ts)
+type QueryFunc func(context.Context, string, time.Time) (promql.Vector, error)
+
+func query(ctx context.Context, q string, ts time.Time, queryFn QueryFunc) (queryResult, error) {
+	vector, err := queryFn(ctx, q, ts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	res := query.Exec(ctx)
-	if res.Err != nil {
-		return nil, res.Err
-	}
-	var vector promql.Vector
-
-	switch v := res.Value.(type) {
-	case promql.Matrix:
-		return nil, errors.New("matrix return values not supported")
-	case promql.Vector:
-		vector = v
-	case promql.Scalar:
-		vector = promql.Vector{promql.Sample{
-			Point: promql.Point(v),
-		}}
-	case promql.String:
-		vector = promql.Vector{promql.Sample{
-			Metric: labels.FromStrings("__value__", v.V),
-			Point:  promql.Point{T: v.T},
-		}}
-	default:
-		panic("template.query: unhandled result value type")
-	}
 
 	// promql.Vector is hard to work with in templates, so convert to
 	// base data types.
@@ -111,14 +90,22 @@ type Expander struct {
 }
 
 // NewTemplateExpander returns a template expander ready to use.
-func NewTemplateExpander(ctx context.Context, text string, name string, data interface{}, timestamp model.Time, queryEngine *promql.Engine, externalURL *url.URL) *Expander {
+func NewTemplateExpander(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	text string,
+	name string,
+	data interface{},
+	timestamp model.Time,
+	queryFunc QueryFunc,
+	externalURL *url.URL,
+) *Expander {
 	return &Expander{
 		text: text,
 		name: name,
 		data: data,
 		funcMap: text_template.FuncMap{
 			"query": func(q string) (queryResult, error) {
-				return query(ctx, q, timestamp.Time(), queryEngine)
+				return query(ctx, q, timestamp.Time(), queryFunc)
 			},
 			"first": func(v queryResult) (*sample, error) {
 				if len(v) > 0 {

template/template_test.go

@@ -18,19 +18,17 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
-
+	"time"
-	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/testutil"
 )
 
 type testTemplatesScenario struct {
 	text        string
 	output      string
 	input       interface{}
+	queryResult promql.Vector
 	shouldFail  bool
 	html        bool
 }
@@ -72,40 +70,70 @@ func TestTemplateExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			text:        "{{ query \"1.5\" | first | value }}",
 			output:      "1.5",
-		},
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{{Point: promql.Point{T: 0, V: 1.5}}},
-		{
-			// Get value from scalar query.
-			text:   "{{ query \"scalar(count(metric))\" | first | value }}",
-			output: "2",
 		},
 		{
 			// Get value from query.
 			text: "{{ query \"metric{instance='a'}\" | first | value }}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{
+				{
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 11},
+				}},
 			output: "11",
 		},
 		{
 			// Get label from query.
 			text: "{{ query \"metric{instance='a'}\" | first | label \"instance\" }}",
+
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{
+				{
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 11},
+				}},
 			output: "a",
 		},
 		{
 			// Missing label is empty when using label function.
 			text: "{{ query \"metric{instance='a'}\" | first | label \"foo\" }}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{
+				{
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 11},
+				}},
 			output: "",
 		},
 		{
 			// Missing label is empty when not using label function.
 			text: "{{ $x := query \"metric\" | first }}{{ $x.Labels.foo }}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{
+				{
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 11},
+				}},
 			output: "",
 		},
 		{
 			text: "{{ $x := query \"metric\" | first }}{{ $x.Labels.foo }}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{
+				{
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 11},
+				}},
 			output: "",
 			html:   true,
 		},
 		{
 			// Range over query and sort by label.
 			text: "{{ range query \"metric\" | sortByLabel \"instance\" }}{{.Labels.instance}}:{{.Value}}: {{end}}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{
+				{
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 11},
+				}, {
+					Metric: labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "b"),
+					Point:  promql.Point{T: 0, V: 21},
+				}},
 			output: "a:11: b:21: ",
 		},
 		{
@@ -116,11 +144,13 @@ func TestTemplateExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			// Error in function.
 			text:        "{{ query \"missing\" | first }}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{},
 			shouldFail:  true,
 		},
 		{
 			// Panic.
 			text:        "{{ (query \"missing\").banana }}",
+			queryResult: promql.Vector{},
 			shouldFail:  true,
 		},
 		{
@@ -211,36 +241,18 @@ func TestTemplateExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	time := model.Time(0)
-
-	storage := testutil.NewStorage(t)
-	defer storage.Close()
-
-	app, err := storage.Appender()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("get appender: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = app.Add(labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "a"), 0, 11)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	_, err = app.Add(labels.FromStrings(labels.MetricName, "metric", "instance", "b"), 0, 21)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	if err := app.Commit(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("commit samples: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	engine := promql.NewEngine(storage, nil)
-
 	extURL, err := url.Parse("http://testhost:9090/path/prefix")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
 	for i, s := range scenarios {
+		queryFunc := func(_ context.Context, _ string, _ time.Time) (promql.Vector, error) {
+			return s.queryResult, nil
+		}
 		var result string
 		var err error
-		expander := NewTemplateExpander(context.Background(), s.text, "test", s.input, time, engine, extURL)
+		expander := NewTemplateExpander(context.Background(), s.text, "test", s.input, 0, queryFunc, extURL)
 		if s.html {
 			result, err = expander.ExpandHTML(nil)
 		} else {

web/web.go

@@ -527,7 +527,15 @@ func (h *Handler) consoles(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Path:      strings.TrimLeft(name, "/"),
 	}
 
-	tmpl := template.NewTemplateExpander(h.context, string(text), "__console_"+name, data, h.now(), h.queryEngine, h.options.ExternalURL)
+	tmpl := template.NewTemplateExpander(
+		h.context,
+		string(text),
+		"__console_"+name,
+		data,
+		h.now(),
+		template.QueryFunc(rules.EngineQueryFunc(h.queryEngine)),
+		h.options.ExternalURL,
+	)
 	filenames, err := filepath.Glob(h.options.ConsoleLibrariesPath + "/*.lib")
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -732,7 +740,15 @@ func (h *Handler) executeTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, name string, data inter
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 
-	tmpl := template.NewTemplateExpander(h.context, text, name, data, h.now(), h.queryEngine, h.options.ExternalURL)
+	tmpl := template.NewTemplateExpander(
+		h.context,
+		text,
+		name,
+		data,
+		h.now(),
+		template.QueryFunc(rules.EngineQueryFunc(h.queryEngine)),
+		h.options.ExternalURL,
+	)
 	tmpl.Funcs(tmplFuncs(h.consolesPath(), h.options))
 
 	result, err := tmpl.ExpandHTML(nil)