Granular Alerting for AI Pipelines using AWS AMP Rule Group Namespace

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To set up granular alerting for AI pipelines using AWS Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP), we'll utilize Pulumi, an infrastructure as code tool, to define and provision our resources. AWS AMP is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring service that makes it easy to monitor containerized applications at scale.

In this context, we want to define alerting rules that will let us know when certain conditions in our AI pipeline are met. To achieve this, we'll perform the following steps:
1. Create an AMP Workspace - This is the environment that stores data and where we apply the monitoring configurations.
2. Create a Rule Group Namespace - Within an AMP Workspace, this namespace is used to group together similar alerting and recording rules.
3. Define Alerting Rules - These rules will be used to trigger alerts for various conditions in the AI pipelines.

Below is a Pulumi program that sets up a Rule Group Namespace in AWS AMP and outlines the process for defining alerting rules. For granular alerting, you will fine-tune your rules based on specific metrics and conditions that are relevant to your AI pipelines.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# Step 1: Create an AMP Workspace.
# The workspace is where all metric data is stored and where the alerting configuration is applied.
amp_workspace = aws.amp.Workspace("ampWorkspace")

# Step 2: Create a Rule Group Namespace.
# A Rule Group Namespace is required to contain a set of Prometheus alerting and recording rules.
rule_group_namespace = aws.amp.RuleGroupNamespace("ruleGroupNamespace",
                                                  workspace_id=amp_workspace.id,
                                                  name="MyAIPipelineRuleGroupNamespace",
                                                  data="""groups: 
                                                  - name: ai_pipeline_rules
                                                    rules:
                                                      - alert: HighErrorRate
                                                        expr: job:request_latency_seconds:mean5m{job="my-ai-pipeline"} > 0.5
                                                        for: 2m
                                                        labels:
                                                          severity: critical
                                                        annotations:
                                                          summary: High request latency on my AI pipeline
                                                  """
                                                  )

# The `data` parameter includes the configuration for Prometheus alerting rules in YAML format.
# In this data section, we define a simple alert 'HighErrorRate' that fires when the mean request latency for the
# 'my-ai-pipeline' job is greater than 0.5 seconds over a 5-minute period.
# These rules can be as granular as needed for monitoring the AI pipeline metrics, and you can add more rules as per requirement.

# Finally, we export the AMP workspace ID and the Rule Group Namespace ID to be used in other operations or for reference.
pulumi.export('amp_workspace_id', amp_workspace.id)
pulumi.export('rule_group_namespace_id', rule_group_namespace.id)
```

In this program:
- We initialize a new AMP workspace using `aws.amp.Workspace`. This will hold your Prometheus monitoring configuration and metrics.
- We create a Rule Group Namespace in the AMP workspace to maintain our Prometheus alerting and recording rules.
- Within the Rule Group Namespace, we define the Prometheus alerting data in YAML format, which includes the condition for firing an alert.

The above example is very basic; Prometheus rules can be much more sophisticated depending on your needs. Adjust the `expr` field to match the metrics of your AI pipeline, and provide meaningful labels and annotations. The labels help in identifying the alerts, and the annotations provide useful information which can be used in notifications.

To apply the above configuration, you will need to have Pulumi installed and the AWS CLI configured with the required access permissions. Save the code in a file (`main.py` for example), then execute `pulumi up` to create or update the resources.