# Event Driven Ansible x Alertmanager. Any ideas?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/event-driven-ansible-x-alertmanager-any-ideas/2881>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** kubernetes, event-driven, aws, collections\
**Created:** [December 13, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/event-driven-ansible-x-alertmanager-any-ideas/2881 "2023-12-13T09:10:28Z")\
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Hello guys.

# Problem

I have been trying to use EDA rulebooks as a medium between Alertmanager alerts and Ansible playbooks within my Kubernetes cluster.  
I am using Ansible from my local machine, and I am using K8S Dynamic Inventory to access my Kubernetes cluster hosted on AWS.  
I have tried a multitude of things, but due to the lack of documentation, online discussions/examples, and my limited knowledge, I was not able to make it work.

# Code

- This is my `test-rulebook.yaml` :

```yaml
---
- name: Automatic Remediation of a webserver
hosts: localhost
sources:
- name: listen for alerts
ansible.eda.alertmanager:
# host: '123456.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com' #Tried external IP of service (using load balancer)
# host: 'prometheus-stack-kube-prom-alertmanager.monitoring.svc.cluster.local' #Tried internal IP of service
host: 0.0.0.0
port: 9093
rules:
- name: server down
condition: event.alert.labels.job == "node-exporter" and event.alert.status == "firing"
action:
run_playbook:
name: test-playbook.yaml # No need to share this for the moment since I am not reaching this step yet

```

- This is my `inventory.k8s.yaml` file:

```yaml
plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
connections:
- namespaces:
- monitoring # The namespace that has Alertmanager deployed within it

```

- This is my `ansible.cfg` file:

```yaml
[defaults]
deprecation_warnings = False
[inventory]
enable_plugins = kubernetes.core.k8s

```

# [Attached Screenshots](https://imgur.com/a/q59ry5p)

- Screenshot 1: When `host=ExternalIP` → Error.
- Screenshot 2: When `host=0.0.0.0` → Listening (but to nothing).
- Screenshot 3: The Alertmanager service that is working within my cluster.

# Versions

- Ansible: 2.16.2
- Kubernetes: Client (1.25.9) | Server (1.27.7)
- Python: 3.10.13

# Extra Notes

(I can provide extra screenshots for the below notes, _if needed_).

- I pinged the External IP of the service using `curl -v`, and it works completely fine.
- Alertmanager service has been working fine, and I can see the alerts on my Grafana Alerts section.
- The alert I specified in the condition has been firing all the time of the tests.
- I was able to run an Ansible playbook (independently from EDA), and it worked completely fine.

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Hi Mohamed, i’m also new to EDA and i’m not trying to be rude, but if i understood based on what you said i think you only need to keep EDA running by running the CLI as explained here [Usage — Ansible Rulebook Documentation](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/rulebook/en/stable/usage.html) Did you try this ? And here on example on how to use EDA [https://youtu.be/Bb51DftLbPE](https://youtu.be/Bb51DftLbPE)