usage: prometheus [<flags>]
The Prometheus monitoring server
Flags:
-h, --[no-]help Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
--[no-]version Show application version.
--config.file="prometheus.yml"
Prometheus configuration file path.
--config.auto-reload-interval=30s
Specifies the interval for checking and automatically reloading the
Prometheus configuration file upon detecting changes.
--web.listen-address=0.0.0.0:9090 ...
Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry. Can be repeated.
--[no-]auto-gomaxprocs Automatically set GOMAXPROCS to match Linux container CPU quota
--[no-]auto-gomemlimit Automatically set GOMEMLIMIT to match Linux container or system
memory limit
--auto-gomemlimit.ratio=0.9
The ratio of reserved GOMEMLIMIT memory to the detected maximum
container or system memory
--web.config.file="" [EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or
authentication.
--web.read-timeout=5m Maximum duration before timing out read of the request, and closing
idle connections.
--web.max-connections=512 Maximum number of simultaneous connections across all listeners.
--web.max-notifications-subscribers=16
Limits the maximum number of subscribers that can concurrently
receive live notifications. If the limit is reached, new
subscription requests will be denied until existing connections
close.
--web.external-url=<URL> The URL under which Prometheus is externally reachable (for
example, if Prometheus is served via a reverse proxy). Used for
generating relative and absolute links back to Prometheus itself.
If the URL has a path portion, it will be used to prefix all HTTP
endpoints served by Prometheus. If omitted, relevant URL components
will be derived automatically.
--web.route-prefix=<path> Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints. Defaults to path
of --web.external-url.
--web.user-assets=<path> Path to static asset directory, available at /user.
--[no-]web.enable-lifecycle
Enable shutdown and reload via HTTP request.
--[no-]web.enable-admin-api
Enable API endpoints for admin control actions.
--[no-]web.enable-remote-write-receiver
Enable API endpoint accepting remote write requests.
--web.remote-write-receiver.accepted-protobuf-messages=prometheus.WriteRequest... ...
List of the remote write protobuf messages to accept when receiving
the remote writes. Supported values: prometheus.WriteRequest,
io.prometheus.write.v2.Request
--[no-]web.enable-otlp-receiver
Enable API endpoint accepting OTLP write requests.
--web.console.templates="consoles"
Path to the console template directory, available at /consoles.
--web.console.libraries="console_libraries"
Path to the console library directory.
--web.page-title="Prometheus Time Series Collection and Processing Server"
Document title of Prometheus instance.
--web.cors.origin=".*" Regex for CORS origin. It is fully anchored. Example:
'https?://(domain1|domain2)\.com'
--storage.tsdb.path="data/"
Base path for metrics storage. Use with server mode only.
--storage.tsdb.retention.time=STORAGE.TSDB.RETENTION.TIME
[DEPRECATED] How long to retain samples in storage. If neither this
flag nor "storage.tsdb.retention.size" is set, the retention time
defaults to 15d. Units Supported: y, w, d, h, m, s, ms. This flag
has been deprecated, use the storage.tsdb.retention.time field in
the config file instead. Use with server mode only.
--storage.tsdb.retention.size=STORAGE.TSDB.RETENTION.SIZE
[DEPRECATED] Maximum number of bytes that can be stored for blocks.
A unit is required, supported units: B, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB. Ex:
"512MB". Based on powers-of-2, so 1KB is 1024B. This flag has been
deprecated, use the storage.tsdb.retention.size field in the config
file instead. Use with server mode only.
--[no-]storage.tsdb.no-lockfile
Do not create lockfile in data directory. Use with server mode
only.
--storage.tsdb.head-chunks-write-queue-size=0
Size of the queue through which head chunks are written to the disk
to be m-mapped, 0 disables the queue completely. Experimental.
Use with server mode only.
--storage.tsdb.delay-compact-file.path=""
Path to a JSON file with uploaded TSDB blocks e.g. Thanos shipper
meta file. If set TSDB will only compact 1 level blocks that
are marked as uploaded in that file, improving external storage
integrations e.g. with Thanos sidecar. 1+ level compactions won't
be delayed. Use with server mode only.
--storage.agent.path="data-agent/"
Base path for metrics storage. Use with agent mode only.
--[no-]storage.agent.wal-compression
Compress the agent WAL. If false, the
--storage.agent.wal-compression-type flag is ignored. Use with
agent mode only.
--storage.agent.retention.min-time=STORAGE.AGENT.RETENTION.MIN-TIME
Minimum age samples may be before being considered for deletion
when the WAL is truncated Use with agent mode only.
--storage.agent.retention.max-time=STORAGE.AGENT.RETENTION.MAX-TIME
Maximum age samples may be before being forcibly deleted when the
WAL is truncated Use with agent mode only.
--[no-]storage.agent.no-lockfile
Do not create lockfile in data directory. Use with agent mode only.
--storage.remote.flush-deadline=<duration>
How long to wait flushing sample on shutdown or config reload.
--storage.remote.read-sample-limit=5e7
Maximum overall number of samples to return via the remote read
interface, in a single query. 0 means no limit. This limit is
ignored for streamed response types. Use with server mode only.
--storage.remote.read-concurrent-limit=10
Maximum number of concurrent remote read calls. 0 means no limit.
Use with server mode only.
--storage.remote.read-max-bytes-in-frame=1048576
Maximum number of bytes in a single frame for streaming remote
read response types before marshalling. Note that client might
have limit on frame size as well. 1MB as recommended by protobuf by
default. Use with server mode only.
--rules.alert.for-outage-tolerance=1h
Max time to tolerate prometheus outage for restoring "for" state of
alert. Use with server mode only.
--rules.alert.for-grace-period=10m
Minimum duration between alert and restored "for" state. This is
maintained only for alerts with configured "for" time greater than
grace period. Use with server mode only.
--rules.alert.resend-delay=1m
Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to
Alertmanager. Use with server mode only.
--rules.max-concurrent-evals=4
Global concurrency limit for independent rules that can run
concurrently. When set, "query.max-concurrency" may need to be
adjusted accordingly. Use with server mode only.
--alertmanager.notification-queue-capacity=10000
The capacity of the queue for pending Alertmanager notifications.
Use with server mode only.
--alertmanager.notification-batch-size=256
The maximum number of notifications per batch to send to the
Alertmanager. Use with server mode only.
--[no-]alertmanager.drain-notification-queue-on-shutdown
Send any outstanding Alertmanager notifications when shutting down.
If false, any outstanding Alertmanager notifications will be
dropped when shutting down. Use with server mode only.
--query.lookback-delta=5m The maximum lookback duration for retrieving metrics during
expression evaluations and federation. Use with server mode only.
--query.timeout=2m Maximum time a query may take before being aborted. Use with server
mode only.
--query.max-concurrency=20
Maximum number of queries executed concurrently. Use with server
mode only.
--query.max-samples=50000000
Maximum number of samples a single query can load into memory.
Note that queries will fail if they try to load more samples than
this into memory, so this also limits the number of samples a query
can return. Use with server mode only.
--enable-feature= ... Comma separated feature names to enable. Valid
options: exemplar-storage, expand-external-labels,
memory-snapshot-on-shutdown, promql-per-step-stats,
promql-experimental-functions, extra-scrape-metrics,
auto-gomaxprocs, created-timestamp-zero-ingestion,
st-storage, concurrent-rule-eval, delayed-compaction,
old-ui, otlp-deltatocumulative, promql-duration-expr,
use-uncached-io, promql-extended-range-selectors,
promql-binop-fill-modifiers, xor2-encoding. See
https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/feature_flags/ for
more details.
--[no-]agent Run Prometheus in 'Agent mode'.
--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]
Options (41)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
-h | Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man). | help |
--config.file "prometheus.yml" | Prometheus configuration file path. | help |
--config.auto-reload-interval 30s | Specifies the interval for checking and automatically reloading the Prometheus configuration file upon detecting changes. | help |
--web.listen-address 0.0.0.0:9090 | Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry. | help |
--auto-gomemlimit.ratio 0.9 | The ratio of reserved GOMEMLIMIT memory to the detected maximum container or system memory | help |
--web.config.file "" | [EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication. | help |
--web.read-timeout 5m | Maximum duration before timing out read of the request, and closing idle connections. | help |
--web.max-connections 512 | Maximum number of simultaneous connections across all listeners. | help |
--web.max-notifications-subscribers 16 | Limits the maximum number of subscribers that can concurrently receive live notifications. | help |
--web.external-url URL | The URL under which Prometheus is externally reachable (for example, if Prometheus is served via a reverse proxy). | help |
--web.route-prefix path | Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints. | help |
--web.user-assets path | Path to static asset directory, available at /user. | help |
--web.remote-write-receiver.accepted-protobuf-messages prometheus.WriteRequest... | List of the remote write protobuf messages to accept when receiving the remote writes. | help |
--web.console.templates "consoles" | Path to the console template directory, available at /consoles. | help |
--web.console.libraries "console_libraries" | Path to the console library directory. | help |
--web.cors.origin ".*" | Regex for CORS origin. | help |
--storage.tsdb.path "data/" | Base path for metrics storage. | help |
--storage.tsdb.retention.time STORAGE.TSDB.RETENTION.TIME | [DEPRECATED] How long to retain samples in storage. | help |
--storage.tsdb.retention.size STORAGE.TSDB.RETENTION.SIZE | [DEPRECATED] Maximum number of bytes that can be stored for blocks. | help |
--storage.tsdb.head-chunks-write-queue-size 0 | Size of the queue through which head chunks are written to the disk to be m-mapped, 0 disables the queue completely. | help |
--storage.tsdb.delay-compact-file.path "" | Path to a JSON file with uploaded TSDB blocks e.g. Thanos shipper meta file. | help |
--storage.agent.path "data-agent/" | Base path for metrics storage. | help |
--storage.agent.retention.min-time STORAGE.AGENT.RETENTION.MIN-TIME | Minimum age samples may be before being considered for deletion when the WAL is truncated Use with agent mode only. | help |
--storage.agent.retention.max-time STORAGE.AGENT.RETENTION.MAX-TIME | Maximum age samples may be before being forcibly deleted when the WAL is truncated Use with agent mode only. | help |
--storage.remote.flush-deadline duration | How long to wait flushing sample on shutdown or config reload. | help |
--storage.remote.read-sample-limit 5e7 | Maximum overall number of samples to return via the remote read interface, in a single query. | help |
--storage.remote.read-concurrent-limit 10 | Maximum number of concurrent remote read calls. | help |
--storage.remote.read-max-bytes-in-frame 1048576 | Maximum number of bytes in a single frame for streaming remote read response types before marshalling. | help |
--rules.alert.for-outage-tolerance 1h | Max time to tolerate prometheus outage for restoring "for" state of alert. | help |
--rules.alert.for-grace-period 10m | Minimum duration between alert and restored "for" state. | help |
--rules.alert.resend-delay 1m | Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to Alertmanager. | help |
--rules.max-concurrent-evals 4 | Global concurrency limit for independent rules that can run concurrently. | help |
--alertmanager.notification-queue-capacity 10000 | The capacity of the queue for pending Alertmanager notifications. | help |
--alertmanager.notification-batch-size 256 | The maximum number of notifications per batch to send to the Alertmanager. | help |
--query.lookback-delta 5m | The maximum lookback duration for retrieving metrics during expression evaluations and federation. | help |
--query.timeout 2m | Maximum time a query may take before being aborted. | help |
--query.max-concurrency 20 | Maximum number of queries executed concurrently. | help |
--query.max-samples 50000000 | Maximum number of samples a single query can load into memory. | help |
--enable-feature ... | Comma separated feature names to enable. | help |
--log.level info | Only log messages with the given severity or above. | help |
--log.format logfmt | Output format of log messages. | help |