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+# [ntfy-alertmanager]
+
+A bridge between ntfy and Alertmanager.
+
+## Configuration
+
+You can specify the configuration file location with the `--config` flag. By default
+the configuration file will be read from `/etc/ntfy-alertmanager/config`. The format
+of this file is [scfg].
+
+ntfy-alertmanager has support for setting ntfy [priority] and [tags]. Define a
+decreasing order of labels in the config file and map those labels to tags or priority.
+
+-   For priority the first found value will be chosen.
+-   Tags are added together.
+
+Example:
+
+```
+# http listen address
+http-address 127.0.0.1:8080
+# Log level (either debug, info, warning, error)
+log-level info
+# Optionally protect with HTTP basic authentication
+user webhookUser
+password webhookPass
+
+labels {
+    order "severity,instance"
+
+    severity "critical" {
+        priority 5
+        tags "rotating_light"
+    }
+
+    severity "info" {
+        priority 1
+    }
+
+    instance "example.com" {
+        tags "computer,example"
+    }
+}
+
+ntfy {
+    # URL of the ntfy topic - required
+    topic https://ntfy.sh/alertmanager-alerts
+    # ntfy access control (https://ntfy.sh/docs/config/#access-control)
+    user user
+    password pass
+}
+```
+
+### Alertmanager config
+
+```yaml
+receivers:
+    - name: "ntfy"
+      webhook_configs:
+          - url: "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+            http_config:
+                basic_auth:
+                    username: "webhookUser"
+                    password: "webhookPass"
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+Report bugs on the [issue tracker].
+
+[ntfy-alertmanager]: https://hub.xenrox.net/~xenrox/ntfy-alertmanager/
+[scfg]: https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/scfg
+[priority]: https://ntfy.sh/docs/publish/#message-priority
+[tags]: https://ntfy.sh/docs/publish/#tags-emojis
+[issue tracker]: https://todo.xenrox.net/~xenrox/ntfy-alertmanager