Paths/DevOps Engineer/Observability / Dashboards & Burn Rates
Alert on Error Budget Burn
Paging on every error wastes attention. Burn-rate alerting pages when the error budget is being consumed far too fast - write the rule that does it.
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01Requirements
live checks- Directory ~/alerts exists○
- File ~/alerts/burn-rate.yml exists○
- The rule evaluates burn_rate against the error budget○
- The rule waits an hour before firing and pages on call○
02Walkthrough
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Create the alerts directory
Prometheus loads rule files from configured paths - one folder keeps them tidy.
mkdir ~/alerts - 8 locked · each failed submit reveals one
03Stuck?
0 of 3 revealedTake a hint without losing the lab — each one points at the thing to look at, not at the answer.
04AI Tutor
guides, never solvesTell me what you're stuck on — I'll nudge, not solve. Which requirement are you looking at?
04Notebook
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