diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 144f9288..4e271a4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ server-migrate:
 	DJANGO_READ_DOT_ENV_FILE=True $(PYTHON) $(PYDIR)/manage.py migrate -v 3
 
 serve:
-	DJANGO_READ_DOT_ENV_FILE=True $(PYTHON) $(PYDIR)/manage.py runserver 127.0.0.1:8001
+	DJANGO_READ_DOT_ENV_FILE=True $(PYTHON) $(PYDIR)/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8001
 
 server-static:
 	mkdir -p ./yupana/static/client
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d1c4d9d5..32f57824 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ services:
           - '9090:9090'
       volumes:
           - './scripts/config/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
+          - './scripts/config/prometheus_rules.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus_rules.yml'
       image: prom/prometheus
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diff --git a/scripts/config/prometheus.yml b/scripts/config/prometheus.yml
index 732d910b..ea4c1ffc 100644
--- a/scripts/config/prometheus.yml
+++ b/scripts/config/prometheus.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ scrape_configs:
       # for docker versions under 18.03 onwards you can use host.docker.internal
       # to point at your localhost from the container
       # for version 17.06 - 18.03 we use docker.for.mac.localhost
-      - targets: ['docker.for.mac.localhost:8001'] # Uses /metrics by default
+      - targets: ['docker.for.mac.localhost:8001','172.17.0.1:8001'] # Uses /metrics by default
+
+rule_files:
+  - "prometheus_rules.yml"
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diff --git a/scripts/config/prometheus_rules.yml b/scripts/config/prometheus_rules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86044a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config/prometheus_rules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+groups:
+  - name: alerting_rules
+    rules:
+      - alert: YupanaProcessorDead
+        expr: rate(yupana_processor_dead_total[5m]) > 0
+        labels:
+          severity: major
+        annotations:
+          summary: "Yupana processor dead"
+          description: "Yupana processor dead."
diff --git a/yupana/api/status/view.py b/yupana/api/status/view.py
index c29d4018..6b25cde0 100644
--- a/yupana/api/status/view.py
+++ b/yupana/api/status/view.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from processor.processor_utils import (format_message,
                                        list_name_of_active_threads,
                                        list_name_of_processors)
+from prometheus_client import Counter
 from rest_framework import permissions, status as http_status
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, permission_classes
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
 from api.status.serializer import StatusSerializer
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+PROCESSOR_DEAD_EXCEPTION = Counter('yupana_processor_dead',
+                                   'Total number of time yupana process thread dies')
 
 
 @api_view(['GET', 'HEAD'])
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ def status(request):
     active_threads_names = list_name_of_active_threads()
     if not all(item in active_threads_names for item in total_processors_names):
         dead_processors = set(total_processors_names).difference(active_threads_names)
+        PROCESSOR_DEAD_EXCEPTION.inc()
         LOG.error(format_message('SERVICE STATUS', 'Dead processors - %s' % dead_processors))
         return Response('ERROR: Processor thread exited',
                         status=http_status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)