Remote read/write sections

Added the ability to add remote_read and remote_write configuration sections through environment variables. Please consult Remote Read Configuration and Remote Write Configuration sections for more info.

Service and alert name separation

The full alert name, composed of the name of a service and the alert name is now separate with _. Furthermore, _ is no longer stripped from names.

Support for loading scrapes from files

Scrapes can now added by placing configuration files to a directory inside containers. For more info, please see Scrapes section of the Configuration documentation.

Nested global variables

Nested values can be specified by separating them with -.

Please consult GLOBAL Variables documentation for more info.

Initial Release

The first public version of the project.