send a dummy alert to prometheus-alertmanager

alert.sh

#!/bin/bash

name=$RANDOM
url='http://localhost:9093/api/v1/alerts'

echo "firing up alert $name" 

# change url o
curl -XPOST $url -d '[{ 
	"status": "firing",
	"labels": {
		"alertname": "$name",
		"service": "my-service",
		"severity":"warning",
		"instance": "$name.example.net"
	},
	"annotations": {
		"summary": "High latency is high!"
	},
	"generatorURL": "http://prometheus.int.example.net/<generating_expression>"
}]'

echo ""

echo "press enter to resolve alert"
read

echo "sending resolve"
curl -XPOST $url -d '[{ 
	"status": "resolved",
	"labels": {
		"alertname": "$name",
		"service": "my-service",
		"severity":"warning",
		"instance": "$name.example.net"
	},
	"annotations": {
		"summary": "High latency is high!"
	},
	"generatorURL": "http://prometheus.int.example.net/<generating_expression>"
}]'

echo ""