Added limit for size of configuration file that tenant can upload to Alertmanager.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 * [CHANGE] Change default value of `-server.grpc.keepalive.min-time-between-pings` to `10s` and `-server.grpc.keepalive.ping-without-stream-allowed` to `true`. #4168
 * [FEATURE] Querier: Added new `-querier.max-fetched-series-per-query` flag. When Cortex is running with blocks storage, the max series per query limit is enforced in the querier and applies to unique series received from ingesters and store-gateway (long-term storage). #4179
 * [FEATURE] Alertmanager: Added rate-limits to notifiers. Rate limits used by all integrations can be configured using `-alertmanager.notification-rate-limit`, while per-integration rate limits can be specified via `-alertmanager.notification-rate-limit-per-integration` parameter. Both shared and per-integration limits can be overwritten using overrides mechanism. These limits are applied on individual (per-tenant) alertmanagers. Rate-limited notifications are failed notifications. It is possible to monitor rate-limited notifications via new `cortex_alertmanager_notification_rate_limited_total` metric. #4135 #4163
+* [FEATURE] Alertmanager: Added `-alertmanager.max-config-size-bytes` limit to control size of configuration files that Cortex users can upload to Alertmanager via API. This limit is configurable per-tenant. #4201
 * [FEATURE] Added flag `-debug.block-profile-rate` to enable goroutine blocking events profiling. #4217
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Alertmanager: introduced new metrics to monitor operation when using `-alertmanager.sharding-enabled`: #4149
   * `cortex_alertmanager_state_fetch_replica_state_total`

docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md

@@ -4128,6 +4128,11 @@ The `limits_config` configures default and per-tenant limits imposed by Cortex s
 # wechat, slack, victorops, pushover.
 # CLI flag: -alertmanager.notification-rate-limit-per-integration
 [alertmanager_notification_rate_limit_per_integration: <map of string to float64> | default = {}]
+
+# Maximum size of configuration file for Alertmanager that tenant can upload via
+# Alertmanager API. 0 = no limit.
+# CLI flag: -alertmanager.max-config-size-bytes
+[alertmanager_max_config_size_bytes: <int> | default = 0]
 ```
 
 ### `redis_config`

pkg/alertmanager/api.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package alertmanager
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ const (
 	errDeletingConfiguration = "unable to delete the Alertmanager config"
 	errNoOrgID               = "unable to determine the OrgID"
 	errListAllUser           = "unable to list the Alertmanager users"
+	errConfigurationTooBig   = "Alertmanager configuration is too big, limit: %d bytes"
 
 	fetchConcurrency = 16
 )
@@ -98,13 +100,30 @@ func (am *MultitenantAlertmanager) SetUserConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 		return
 	}
 
-	payload, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	var input io.Reader
+	maxConfigSize := am.limits.AlertmanagerMaxConfigSize(userID)
+	if maxConfigSize > 0 {
+		// LimitReader will return EOF after reading specified number of bytes. To check if
+		// we have read too many bytes, allow one extra byte.
+		input = io.LimitReader(r.Body, int64(maxConfigSize)+1)
+	} else {
+		input = r.Body
+	}
+
+	payload, err := ioutil.ReadAll(input)
 	if err != nil {
 		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", errReadingConfiguration, "err", err.Error())
 		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", errReadingConfiguration, err.Error()), http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
 
+	if maxConfigSize > 0 && len(payload) > maxConfigSize {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf(errConfigurationTooBig, maxConfigSize)
+		level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", msg)
+		http.Error(w, msg, http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
 	cfg := &UserConfig{}
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(payload, cfg)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/alertmanager/api_test.go

@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ import (
 
 func TestAMConfigValidationAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		cfg      string
+		name          string
+		cfg           string
+		maxConfigSize int
+
 		response string
 		err      error
 	}{
@@ -452,14 +454,50 @@ template_files:
 `,
 			err: fmt.Errorf(`error validating Alertmanager config: template: test.tmpl:1: function "invalid" not defined`),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "config too big",
+			cfg: `
+alertmanager_config: |
+  route:
+    receiver: 'default-receiver'
+    group_wait: 30s
+    group_interval: 5m
+    repeat_interval: 4h
+    group_by: [cluster, alertname]
+  receivers:
+    - name: default-receiver
+`,
+			maxConfigSize: 10,
+			err:           fmt.Errorf(errConfigurationTooBig, 10),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "config size OK",
+			cfg: `
+alertmanager_config: |
+  route:
+    receiver: 'default-receiver'
+    group_wait: 30s
+    group_interval: 5m
+    repeat_interval: 4h
+    group_by: [cluster, alertname]
+  receivers:
+    - name: default-receiver
+`,
+			maxConfigSize: 1000,
+			err:           nil,
+		},
 	}
 
+	limits := &mockAlertManagerLimits{}
 	am := &MultitenantAlertmanager{
 		store:  prepareInMemoryAlertStore(),
 		logger: util_log.Logger,
+		limits: limits,
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			limits.maxConfigSize = tc.maxConfigSize
+
 			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "http://alertmanager/api/v1/alerts", bytes.NewReader([]byte(tc.cfg)))
 			ctx := user.InjectOrgID(req.Context(), "testing")
 			w := httptest.NewRecorder()

pkg/alertmanager/multitenant.go

@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ type Limits interface {
 	// NotificationBurstSize returns burst-size for rate limiter for given integration type. If 0, no notifications are allowed except
 	// when limit == rate.Inf.
 	NotificationBurstSize(tenant string, integration string) int
+
+	// AlertmanagerMaxConfigSize returns max size of configuration file that user is allowed to upload. If 0, there is no limit.
+	AlertmanagerMaxConfigSize(tenant string) int
 }
 
 // A MultitenantAlertmanager manages Alertmanager instances for multiple

pkg/alertmanager/multitenant_test.go

@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ receivers:
 
 	reg := prometheus.NewPedanticRegistry()
 	cfg := mockAlertmanagerConfig(t)
-	am, err := createMultitenantAlertmanager(cfg, nil, nil, store, nil, limits, log.NewNopLogger(), reg)
+	am, err := createMultitenantAlertmanager(cfg, nil, nil, store, nil, &limits, log.NewNopLogger(), reg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	err = am.loadAndSyncConfigs(context.Background(), reasonPeriodic)
@@ -1942,20 +1942,25 @@ func (f *passthroughAlertmanagerClientPool) GetClientFor(addr string) (Client, e
 type mockAlertManagerLimits struct {
 	emailNotificationRateLimit rate.Limit
 	emailNotificationBurst     int
+	maxConfigSize              int
 }
 
-func (m mockAlertManagerLimits) AlertmanagerReceiversBlockCIDRNetworks(user string) []flagext.CIDR {
+func (m *mockAlertManagerLimits) AlertmanagerMaxConfigSize(tenant string) int {
+	return m.maxConfigSize
+}
+
+func (m *mockAlertManagerLimits) AlertmanagerReceiversBlockCIDRNetworks(user string) []flagext.CIDR {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
-func (m mockAlertManagerLimits) AlertmanagerReceiversBlockPrivateAddresses(user string) bool {
+func (m *mockAlertManagerLimits) AlertmanagerReceiversBlockPrivateAddresses(user string) bool {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
-func (m mockAlertManagerLimits) NotificationRateLimit(_ string, integration string) rate.Limit {
+func (m *mockAlertManagerLimits) NotificationRateLimit(_ string, integration string) rate.Limit {
 	return m.emailNotificationRateLimit
 }
 
-func (m mockAlertManagerLimits) NotificationBurstSize(_ string, integration string) int {
+func (m *mockAlertManagerLimits) NotificationBurstSize(_ string, integration string) int {
 	return m.emailNotificationBurst
 }

pkg/util/validation/limits.go

@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ type Limits struct {
 	AlertmanagerReceiversBlockCIDRNetworks     flagext.CIDRSliceCSV `yaml:"alertmanager_receivers_firewall_block_cidr_networks" json:"alertmanager_receivers_firewall_block_cidr_networks"`
 	AlertmanagerReceiversBlockPrivateAddresses bool                 `yaml:"alertmanager_receivers_firewall_block_private_addresses" json:"alertmanager_receivers_firewall_block_private_addresses"`
 
-	// Alertmanager limits
 	NotificationRateLimit               float64                  `yaml:"alertmanager_notification_rate_limit" json:"alertmanager_notification_rate_limit"`
 	NotificationRateLimitPerIntegration NotificationRateLimitMap `yaml:"alertmanager_notification_rate_limit_per_integration" json:"alertmanager_notification_rate_limit_per_integration"`
+
+	AlertmanagerMaxConfigSizeBytes int `yaml:"alertmanager_max_config_size_bytes" json:"alertmanager_max_config_size_bytes"`
 }
 
 // RegisterFlags adds the flags required to config this to the given FlagSet
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ func (l *Limits) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 		l.NotificationRateLimitPerIntegration = NotificationRateLimitMap{}
 	}
 	f.Var(&l.NotificationRateLimitPerIntegration, "alertmanager.notification-rate-limit-per-integration", "Per-integration notification rate limits. Value is a map, where each key is integration name and value is a rate-limit (float). On command line, this map is given in JSON format. Rate limit has the same meaning as -alertmanager.notification-rate-limit, but only applies for specific integration. Allowed integration names: "+strings.Join(allowedIntegrationNames, ", ")+".")
+	f.IntVar(&l.AlertmanagerMaxConfigSizeBytes, "alertmanager.max-config-size-bytes", 0, "Maximum size of configuration file for Alertmanager that tenant can upload via Alertmanager API. 0 = no limit.")
 }
 
 // Validate the limits config and returns an error if the validation
@@ -581,6 +583,10 @@ func (o *Overrides) NotificationBurstSize(user string, integration string) int {
 	return int(l)
 }
 
+func (o *Overrides) AlertmanagerMaxConfigSize(userID string) int {
+	return o.getOverridesForUser(userID).AlertmanagerMaxConfigSizeBytes
+}
+
 func (o *Overrides) getOverridesForUser(userID string) *Limits {
 	if o.tenantLimits != nil {
 		l := o.tenantLimits.ByUserID(userID)