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/usr/bin/pushgateway

Push acceptor for ephemeral and batch jobs.

From prometheus-pushgateway-1.4 1.4.3-r69 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running pushgateway --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: pushgateway [<flags>]

The Pushgateway

Flags:
  -h, --help                     Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
      --web.config.file=""       [EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or
                                 authentication.
      --web.listen-address=":9091"
                                 Address to listen on for the web interface, API, and telemetry.
      --web.telemetry-path="/metrics"
                                 Path under which to expose metrics.
      --web.external-url=        The URL under which the Pushgateway is externally reachable.
      --web.route-prefix=""      Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints. Defaults to the
                                 path of --web.external-url.
      --web.enable-lifecycle     Enable shutdown via HTTP request.
      --web.enable-admin-api     Enable API endpoints for admin control actions.
      --persistence.file=""      File to persist metrics. If empty, metrics are only kept in memory.
      --persistence.interval=5m  The minimum interval at which to write out the persistence file.
      --push.disable-consistency-check
                                 Do not check consistency of pushed metrics. DANGEROUS.
      --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]
      --version                  Show application version.
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).help
--web.config.file ""[EXPERIMENTAL] Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication.help
--web.listen-address ":9091"Address to listen on for the web interface, API, and telemetry.help
--web.telemetry-path "/metrics"Path under which to expose metrics.help
--web.external-urlThe URL under which the Pushgateway is externally reachable.help
--web.route-prefix ""Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints.help
--web.enable-lifecycleEnable shutdown via HTTP request.help
--web.enable-admin-apiEnable API endpoints for admin control actions.help
--persistence.file ""File to persist metrics.help
--persistence.interval 5mThe minimum interval at which to write out the persistence file.help
--push.disable-consistency-checkDo not check consistency of pushed metrics.help
--log.level infoOnly log messages with the given severity or above.help
--log.format logfmtOutput format of log messages.help
--versionShow application version.help

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