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/usr/bin/memcached_exporter

Exports metrics from memcached servers for consumption by Prometheus.

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usage: memcached_exporter [<flags>]


Flags:
  -h, --[no-]help                Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
      --memcached.address="localhost:11211"
                                 Memcached server address.
      --memcached.timeout=1s     memcached connect timeout.
      --memcached.pid-file=""    Optional path to a file containing the memcached PID for additional
                                 metrics.
      --[no-]memcached.tls.enable
                                 Enable TLS connections to memcached
      --memcached.tls.cert-file=""
                                 Client certificate file.
      --memcached.tls.key-file=""
                                 Client private key file.
      --memcached.tls.ca-file=""
                                 Client root CA file.
      --[no-]memcached.tls.insecure-skip-verify
                                 Skip server certificate verification
      --memcached.tls.server-name=""
                                 Memcached TLS certificate servername
      --[no-]web.systemd-socket  Use systemd socket activation listeners instead of port listeners
                                 (Linux only).
      --web.listen-address=:9150 ...
                                 Addresses on which to expose metrics and web interface. Repeatable
                                 for multiple addresses. Examples: `:9100` or `[::1]:9100` for http,
                                 `vsock://:9100` for vsock
      --web.config.file=""       Path to configuration file that can
                                 enable TLS or authentication. See:
                                 https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/blob/master/docs/web-configuration.md
      --web.telemetry-path="/metrics"
                                 Path under which to expose metrics.
      --web.scrape-path="/scrape"
                                 Path under which to receive scrape requests.
      --[no-]collector.slab      Enable per-slab-class metrics (memcached_slab_*). These are
                                 high-cardinality; disable with --no-collector.slab to reduce the
                                 number of exported series.
      --log.level=info           Only log messages with the given severity or above. One of: [debug,
                                 info, warn, error]
      --log.format=logfmt        Output format of log messages. One of: [logfmt, json]
      --[no-]version             Show application version.
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hShow context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).help
--memcached.address "localhost:11211"Memcached server address.help
--memcached.timeout 1smemcached connect timeout.help
--memcached.pid-file ""Optional path to a file containing the memcached PID for additional metrics.help
--memcached.tls.cert-file ""Client certificate file.help
--memcached.tls.key-file ""Client private key file.help
--memcached.tls.ca-file ""Client root CA file.help
--memcached.tls.server-name ""Memcached TLS certificate servernamehelp
--web.listen-address :9150Addresses on which to expose metrics and web interface.help
--web.config.file ""Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication.help
--web.telemetry-path "/metrics"Path under which to expose metrics.help
--web.scrape-path "/scrape"Path under which to receive scrape requests.help
--log.level infoOnly log messages with the given severity or above.help
--log.format logfmtOutput format of log messages.help

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