go-neb is unmaintained, look for an alternative

[jfly]

We use go-neb to forward prometheus alerts to matrix:

infra/build/pluto/prometheus/alertmanager.nix

Line 35 in 02eeb97

receiver = "go-neb";

The go-neb github repo was archived on Jun 28, 2023. The README says "matrix-hookshot is the spiritual successor to Go-NEB".

Have we investigated replacing go-neb with matrix-hookshot?

[Erethon]

There's NixOS/nixpkgs#342663 that "tracks" this in nixpkgs. As mentioned here there's https://github.com/jaywink/matrix-alertmanager that's meant to be used specifically for having alertmanager alerts in Matrix. Since we're only using go-neb for alerts currently, I think matrix-alertmanager is better suited to this instead of Hookshot.

I'm personally using matrix-alertmanager in my infra and recently started maintaining the package in nixpkgs. I plan to write a NixOS module for it once I find some free time.

[Erethon]

I'm personally using matrix-alertmanager in my infra and recently started maintaining the package in nixpkgs. I plan to write a NixOS module for it once I find some free time.

Opened NixOS/nixpkgs#378966 as a draft, will iterate on it in the coming days.

[jfly]

@Erethon, congrats on landing NixOS/nixpkgs#378966! Do you want to take the next step and switch our infra to use it?

[Erethon]

@Erethon, congrats on landing NixOS/nixpkgs#378966!

Thanks for the thorough review and for helping push it trough the finish line! ❤️

Do you want to take the next step and switch our infra to use it?

Sure! I wont be able to start working on this until after the 12th of March, but I'll have a PR ready towards the end of the week.

[jfly]

Thanks! No rush at all.