diff --git a/alertmanager/config.yml b/alertmanager/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8031e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alertmanager/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+global:
+  # The smarthost and SMTP sender used for mail notifications.
+  smtp_smarthost: 'localhost:25'
+  smtp_from: 'alertmanager@example.org'
+  smtp_auth_username: 'alertmanager'
+  smtp_auth_password: 'password'
+  # The auth token for Hipchat.
+  hipchat_auth_token: '1234556789'
+  # Alternative host for Hipchat.
+  hipchat_url: 'https://hipchat.foobar.org/'
+
+# The directory from which notification templates are read.
+templates: 
+- '/etc/alertmanager/template/*.tmpl'
+
+# The root route on which each incoming alert enters.
+route:
+  group_by: [cluster]
+  # If an alert isn't caught by a route, send it slack.
+  receiver: slack_general
+
+  # The child route trees.
+  routes:
+  # Send severity=slack alerts to slack.
+    - match:
+        severity: slack
+        receiver: slack_general
+receivers:
+- name: slack_general
+  slack_configs:
+  - api_url: 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/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'
+    channel: '#prometheus'
+    send_resolved: true
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6a75aa9..00f9c2b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ services:
     command:
       - '-config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
       - '-storage.local.path=/prometheus'
+      - '-alertmanager.url=http://alertmanager:9093'
     expose:
       - 9090
     links:
       - cadvisor:cadvisor
+      - alertmanager:alertmanager
     depends_on:
       - cadvisor
     networks:
@@ -35,7 +37,18 @@ services:
       - 9100
     networks:
       - back-tier
-  
+  alertmanager:
+    image: prom/alertmanager
+    ports:
+      - 9093:9093
+    volumes: 
+      - ./alertmanager/:/etc/alertmanager/
+    networks:
+      - back-tier
+    command:
+      - '-config.file=/etc/alertmanager/config.yml'
+      - '-storage.path=/alertmanager'
+      
   cadvisor:
     image: google/cadvisor
     volumes:
diff --git a/prometheus/alert.rules b/prometheus/alert.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1688ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus/alert.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ALERT instance_down
+IF up == 0
+FOR 5s
+LABELS {severity="page"}
+ANNOTATIONS {
+   DESCRIPTION="{{$labels.instance}} of job {{$labels.job}} has been down for more than 5 seconds.",
+   SUMMARY="Instance {{$labels.instance}} down"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/prometheus/prometheus.yml
index 4fd78c0..c537348 100644
--- a/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+++ b/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ global:
 
 # Load and evaluate rules in this file every 'evaluation_interval' seconds.
 rule_files:
+  - "alert.rules"
   # - "first.rules"
   # - "second.rules"