Prometheus Alertmanager: What is it, Why Use it & Key Features

Groundcover` is a cloud-native observability platform that utilizes Prometheus for monitoring and Alertmanager for alerting. Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting tool that collects metrics data from workloads and generates alerts when something looks fishy, but it lacks features to optimize alerting data and ensure alerts arrive at the right locations. Alertmanager is an optional tool designed to help teams manage Prometheus' alerting data by grouping similar alerts together, muting alerts for a set period, forwarding alerts to various analytics and incident management tools, and routing alerts to specific channels. Groundcover has integrated Alertmanager with Grafana, allowing users to visualize metrics and set alerts directly within the dashboard. The platform aims to simplify alerting and make it more efficient by providing a powerful yet flexible tool like Alertmanager.