How should secrets be handled for Alertmanager?

Best practices for handling secrets in Alertmanager include using environment variables, secret management tools, and encrypted storage solutions. Properly managing these secrets is essential to maintain the security and integrity of alert configurations.

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<?php // Example of using environment variables for Alertmanager configuration $alertmanagerConfig = [ 'global' => [ 'resolve_timeout' => '5m', 'root_url' => getenv('ALERTMANAGER_ROOT_URL'), ], 'route' => [ 'group_by' => ['alertname'], 'group_wait' => '30s', 'group_interval' => '5m', 'repeat_interval' => '3h', 'receiver' => 'default_receiver', ], 'receivers' => [ [ 'name' => 'default_receiver', 'email_configs' => [ [ 'to' => getenv('ALERT_EMAIL_TO'), 'from' => getenv('ALERT_EMAIL_FROM'), 'smarthost' => getenv('ALERT_SMTP_HOST'), 'auth_username' => getenv('ALERT_SMTP_USER'), 'auth_password' => getenv('ALERT_SMTP_PASS'), ], ], ], ], ]; ?>

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