Feat: Add guidelines for alert/alert group name & array size

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /_output/
 /mixtool
+.idea/

pkg/mixer/lint.go

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ func lintPrometheus(filename string, vm *jsonnet.VM, errsOut chan<- error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, g := range groups.Groups {
+		errs = lintPrometheusAlertGroups(&g, config)
+		for _, err := range errs {
+			errsOut <- err
+		}
 		for _, r := range g.Rules {
 			errs = lintPrometheusAlertsGuidelines(&r, config)
 			for _, err := range errs {
@@ -106,6 +110,23 @@ var camelCaseRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^([A-Z]+[a-z0-9]+)+$`)
 var goTemplateRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\{\{.+}\}`)
 var sentenceRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Z].+\.$`)
 
+// Enforces alert group guidelines.
+func lintPrometheusAlertGroups(group *rulefmt.RuleGroup, cf *lint.ConfigurationFile) (errs []error) {
+	if !isLintExcluded("alert-group-rule-count", group.Name, cf) {
+		if len(group.Rules) > 20 {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("[alert-group-rule-count] Group '%s' contains more than 20 rules (%d)", group.Name, len(group.Rules)))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !isLintExcluded("alert-group-name-length", group.Name, cf) {
+		if len(group.Name) > 40 {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("[alert-group-name-length] Alert Group '%s' name exceeds 40 characters", group.Name))
+		}
+	}
+	return errs
+
+}
+
 // Enforces alerting guidelines.
 // https://monitoring.mixins.dev/#guidelines-for-alert-names-labels-and-annotations
 func lintPrometheusAlertsGuidelines(rule *rulefmt.RuleNode, cf *lint.ConfigurationFile) (errs []error) {
@@ -115,6 +136,12 @@ func lintPrometheusAlertsGuidelines(rule *rulefmt.RuleNode, cf *lint.Configurati
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !isLintExcluded("alert-name-length", rule.Alert.Value, cf) {
+		if len(rule.Alert.Value) > 40 {
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("[alert-name-length] Alert '%s' name exceeds 40 characters", rule.Alert.Value))
+		}
+	}
+
 	if !isLintExcluded("alert-severity-rule", rule.Alert.Value, cf) {
 		if rule.Labels["severity"] != "warning" && rule.Labels["severity"] != "critical" && rule.Labels["severity"] != "info" {
 			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("[alert-severity-rule] Alert '%s' severity must be 'warning', 'critical' or 'info', is currently '%s'", rule.Alert.Value, rule.Labels["severity"]))

pkg/mixer/lint_test.go

@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@ var alertTests = []struct {
 		}`,
 		`[alert-name-camelcase] Alert 'test Alert' name is not in camel case`,
 	},
+	{
+		`{
+			alert: 'TestAlertNameIsLongerThan40CharactersLong',
+			expr: 'up == 0',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'warning',
+			},
+			annotations: {
+				description: '{{ $labels.instance }} has been unready for more than 15 minutes.',
+				summary: 'Instance is not ready.',
+			},
+			'for': '15m',
+		}`,
+		`[alert-name-length] Alert 'TestAlertNameIsLongerThan40CharactersLong' name exceeds 40 characters`,
+	},
 
 	// severity
 	{
@@ -265,6 +280,147 @@ func TestLintPrometheusAlertsGuidelines(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestLintPrometheusAlertGroupsGuidelines_ValidGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedLintErr := ""
+	var validAlert = `{
+			alert: 'TestAlert',
+			expr: 'up == 0',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'warning',
+			},
+			annotations: {
+				description: '{{ $labels.instance }} has been unready for more than 15 minutes.',
+				summary: 'Instance is not ready.',
+			},
+			'for': '15m',
+		}`
+
+	alertsStr := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		{
+			_config+:: {},
+			prometheusAlerts+: {
+				groups+: [
+				  {
+					name: 'test',
+					rules: [
+					  %s,
+					],
+				  },
+				],
+			},
+		}
+		`, validAlert)
+
+	filename, delete := writeTempFile(t, "alerts.jsonnet", alertsStr)
+	defer delete()
+
+	vm := jsonnet.MakeVM()
+	errs := make(chan error)
+	go lintPrometheus(filename, vm, errs)
+	for err := range errs {
+		if err.Error() != expectedLintErr {
+			t.Errorf("linting wrote unexpected output, expected '%s', got: %v", expectedLintErr, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLintPrometheusAlertGroupsGuidelines_InvalidGroupName(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedLintErr := "[alert-group-name-length] Alert Group 'InvalidAlertGroupNameHasMoreThanFourtyCharacters' name exceeds 40 characters"
+	var validAlert = `{
+			alert: 'TestAlert',
+			expr: 'up == 0',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'warning',
+			},
+			annotations: {
+				description: '{{ $labels.instance }} has been unready for more than 15 minutes.',
+				summary: 'Instance is not ready.',
+			},
+			'for': '15m',
+		}`
+
+	alertsStr := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		{
+			_config+:: {},
+			prometheusAlerts+: {
+				groups+: [
+				  {
+					name: 'InvalidAlertGroupNameHasMoreThanFourtyCharacters',
+					rules: [
+					  %s,
+					],
+				  },
+				],
+			},
+		}
+		`, validAlert)
+
+	filename, delete := writeTempFile(t, "alerts.jsonnet", alertsStr)
+	defer delete()
+
+	vm := jsonnet.MakeVM()
+	errs := make(chan error)
+	go lintPrometheus(filename, vm, errs)
+	for err := range errs {
+		if err.Error() != expectedLintErr {
+			t.Errorf("linting wrote unexpected output, expected '%s', got: %v", expectedLintErr, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLintPrometheusAlertGroupsGuidelines_TooManyAlerts(t *testing.T) {
+	invalidNumAlerts := 21
+	expectedLintErr := "[alert-group-rule-count] Group 'test' contains more than 20 rules (21)"
+	var validAlert = `{
+			alert: 'TestAlert',
+			expr: 'up == 0',
+			labels: {
+				severity: 'warning',
+			},
+			annotations: {
+				description: '{{ $labels.instance }} has been unready for more than 15 minutes.',
+				summary: 'Instance is not ready.',
+			},
+			'for': '15m',
+		}`
+
+	var joinedAlerts = ""
+	for i := 0; i < invalidNumAlerts; i++ {
+		if i > 0 {
+			joinedAlerts += ","
+		}
+		joinedAlerts += validAlert
+	}
+
+	alertsStr := fmt.Sprintf(`
+		{
+			_config+:: {},
+			prometheusAlerts+: {
+				groups+: [
+				  {
+					name: 'test',
+					rules: [
+					  %s,
+					],
+				  },
+				],
+			},
+		}
+		`, joinedAlerts)
+
+	filename, delete := writeTempFile(t, "alerts.jsonnet", alertsStr)
+	defer delete()
+
+	vm := jsonnet.MakeVM()
+	errs := make(chan error)
+	go lintPrometheus(filename, vm, errs)
+	for err := range errs {
+		if err.Error() != expectedLintErr {
+			t.Errorf("linting wrote unexpected output, expected '%s', got: %v", expectedLintErr, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLintPrometheusRules(t *testing.T) {
 	filename, delete := writeTempFile(t, "rules.jsonnet", rules)
 	defer delete()