diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/README.md b/roles/alertmanager/README.md
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+Sets up a prometheus alertmanager docker container.
diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/defaults/main.yml b/roles/alertmanager/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+
+alertmanager_storage_retention: "{{ prometheus_storage_retention | default('3650d') }}"
+
+alertmanager_smtp_server: "{{ smtp_server | default('') }}"
+alertmanager_smtp_from: "{{ smtp_from | default('') }}"
+alertmanager_smtp_user: "{{ smtp_user | default('') }}"
+alertmanager_smtp_pw: "{{ smtp_pw | default('') }}"
diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/alertmanager/meta/argument_specs.yml
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+---
+
+argument_specs:
+  main:
+    short_description: Prometheus alertmanager docker container
+    options:
+      alertmanager_storage_retention:
+        description: Period of time for which alertmanager data is stored for. A number followed by unit (s, m, h, d, w, y).
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: "{{ prometheus_storage_retention | default('3650d') }}"
+
+      alertmanager_smtp_server:
+        description: Smtp server to use for sending mail. Must be reachable on port 587. Emails not sent if not defined
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: "{{ smtp_server | default('') }}"
+      alertmanager_smtp_from:
+        description: Address to send mail from. Required if sending emails.
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: "{{ smtp_from | default('') }}"
+      alertmanager_smtp_user:
+        description: User to login to smtp server with. No authentication if not defined.
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: "{{ smtp_user | default('') }}"
+      alertmanager_smtp_pw:
+        description: Password for the smtp user
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: "{{ smtp_pw | default('') }}"
+      smtp_server:
+        description: Global smtp server value, default for alertmanager_smtp_server
+        type: str
+        required: false
+      smtp_from:
+        description: Global smtp from value, default for alertmanager_smtp_from
+        type: str
+        required: "{{ alertmanager_smtp_server | length > 0 and alertmanager_smtp_from | length == 0 }}"
+      smtp_user:
+        description: Global smtp user value, default for alertmanager_smtp_user
+        type: str
+        required: false
+      smtp_pw:
+        description: Global smtp password value, default for alertmanager_smtp_pw
+        type: str
+        required: "{{ alertmanager_smtp_server | length > 0 and alertmanager_smtp_user | length > 0 and alertmanager_smtp_pw | length == 0 }}"
+
+      # All options after this will be passed directly to the container role
+      docker_service_suffix:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+      docker_host_user:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+
+      database_passwords:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+      docker_additional_services:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+
+      docker_volume_type:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+      reverse_proxy_type:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+      ports:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+      docker_vhost_domains:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
+      docker_entrypoint:
+        description: "Passed to container role"
+        required: false
diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/tasks/main.yml b/roles/alertmanager/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Prometheus alertmanager container
+  include_role:
+    name: container
+  vars:
+    docker_service: alertmanager
+    docker_image: prom/alertmanager
+    reverse_proxy_type: none
+    docker_command:
+      - "--config.file=/etc/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml"
+      - "--storage.path=/alertmanager"
+      - "--data.retention={{ alertmanager_storage_retention }}"
+
+    docker_mounts:
+      - name: data
+        path: /alertmanager
+      - template: alertmanager.yml
+        path: /etc/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml
diff --git a/roles/alertmanager/templates/alertmanager.yml.j2 b/roles/alertmanager/templates/alertmanager.yml.j2
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+---
+
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+global:
+  # The smarthost and SMTP sender used for mail notifications.
+{% if alertmanager_smtp_server | length > 0 %}
+  smtp_smarthost: '{{ alertmanager_smtp_server }}:587'
+  smtp_from: '{{ alertmanager_smtp_from }}'
+{% if alertmanager_smtp_user | length > 0 %}
+  smtp_auth_username: '{{ alertmanager_smtp_user }}'
+  smtp_auth_password: '{{ alertmanager_smtp_pw }}'
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+
+# The directory from which notification templates are read.
+templates:
+  - '/etc/alertmanager/template/*.tmpl'
+
+# The root route on which each incoming alert enters.
+route:
+  # The labels by which incoming alerts are grouped together. For example,
+  # multiple alerts coming in for cluster=A and alertname=LatencyHigh would
+  # be batched into a single group.
+  #
+  # To aggregate by all possible labels use '...' as the sole label name.
+  # This effectively disables aggregation entirely, passing through all
+  # alerts as-is. This is unlikely to be what you want, unless you have
+  # a very low alert volume or your upstream notification system performs
+  # its own grouping. Example: group_by: [...]
+  group_by: ['alertname', 'cluster', 'service']
+
+  # When a new group of alerts is created by an incoming alert, wait at
+  # least 'group_wait' to send the initial notification.
+  # This way ensures that you get multiple alerts for the same group that start
+  # firing shortly after another are batched together on the first
+  # notification.
+  group_wait: 30s
+
+  # When the first notification was sent, wait 'group_interval' to send a batch
+  # of new alerts that started firing for that group.
+  group_interval: 5m
+
+  # If an alert has successfully been sent, wait 'repeat_interval' to
+  # resend them.
+  repeat_interval: 3h
+
+  # A default receiver
+  receiver: uumas_email
+
+  # All the above attributes are inherited by all child routes and can
+  # overwritten on each.
+
+  # The child route trees.
+  routes: {{ alertmanager_routes }}
+
+inhibit_rules:
+  - source_matchers: [severity="critical"]
+    target_matchers: [severity="warning"]
+    # Apply inhibition if the alertname is the same.
+    # CAUTION:
+    #   If all label names listed in `equal` are missing
+    #   from both the source and target alerts,
+    #   the inhibition rule will apply!
+    equal: [alertname, cluster, service]
+
+
+receivers: {{ alertmanager_receivers }}