3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/README.md
index cd5e1b817..ee1e59971 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/README.md
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ local:
     CRITICAL: 2
   # set to true to include a chart with calculated alarm values over time
   collect_alarm_values: false
+  # define the type of chart for plotting status over time e.g. 'line' or 'stacked'
+  alarm_status_chart_type: 'line'
+  # a "," separated list of words you want to filter alarm names for. For example 'cpu,load' would filter for only
+  # alarms with "cpu" or "load" in alarm name. Default includes all.
+  alarm_contains_words: ''
 ```
 
 It will default to pulling all alarms at each time step from the Netdata rest api at `http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/alarms?all`
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.chart.py b/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.chart.py
index 1eec40450..314b0e7a8 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.chart.py
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.chart.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DEFAULT_STATUS_MAP = {'CLEAR': 0, 'WARNING': 1, 'CRITICAL': 2}
 DEFAULT_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/alarms?all'
 DEFAULT_COLLECT_ALARM_VALUES = False
 DEFAULT_ALARM_STATUS_CHART_TYPE = 'line'
-
+DEFAULT_ALARM_CONTAINS_WORDS = ''
 
 class Service(UrlService):
     def __init__(self, configuration=None, name=None):
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class Service(UrlService):
         self.url = self.configuration.get('url', DEFAULT_URL)
         self.collect_alarm_values = bool(self.configuration.get('collect_alarm_values', DEFAULT_COLLECT_ALARM_VALUES))
         self.collected_dims = {'alarms': set(), 'values': set()}
+        self.alarm_contains_words = self.configuration.get('alarm_contains_words', DEFAULT_ALARM_CONTAINS_WORDS)
+        self.alarm_contains_words_list = [alarm_contains_word.lstrip(' ').rstrip(' ') for alarm_contains_word in self.alarm_contains_words.split(',')]
 
     def _get_data(self):
         raw_data = self._get_raw_data()
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ class Service(UrlService):
 
         raw_data = loads(raw_data)
         alarms = raw_data.get('alarms', {})
+        if self.alarm_contains_words != '':
+            alarms = {alarm_name: alarms[alarm_name] for alarm_name in alarms for alarm_contains_word in
+                      self.alarm_contains_words_list if alarm_contains_word in alarm_name}
 
         data = {a: self.sm[alarms[a]['status']] for a in alarms if alarms[a]['status'] in self.sm}
         self.update_charts('alarms', data)
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.conf b/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.conf
index 5e83d8f56..cd48d4411 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.conf
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/alarms/alarms.conf
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ local:
   collect_alarm_values: false
   # define the type of chart for plotting status over time e.g. 'line' or 'stacked'
   alarm_status_chart_type: 'line'
+  # a "," separated list of words you want to filter alarm names for. For example 'cpu,load' would filter for only
+  # alarms with "cpu" or "load" in alarm name. Default includes all.
+  alarm_contains_words: ''