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/usr/bin/pushgateway

Push acceptor for ephemeral and batch jobs.

From prometheus-pushgateway 1.11.3-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running pushgateway --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: pushgateway [<flags>]

The Pushgateway


Flags:
  -h, --[no-]help                Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
      --[no-]web.systemd-socket  Use systemd socket activation listeners instead of port listeners
                                 (Linux only).
      --web.listen-address=:9091 ...
                                 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.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.
      --[no-]web.enable-lifecycle
                                 Enable shutdown via HTTP request.
      --[no-]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.
      --[no-]push.disable-consistency-check
                                 Do not check consistency of pushed metrics. DANGEROUS.
      --[no-]push.enable-utf8-names
                                 Allow UTF-8 characters in metric and label names.
      --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 (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hShow context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).help
--web.listen-address :9091Addresses 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.external-urlThe URL under which the Pushgateway is externally reachable.help
--web.route-prefix ""Prefix for the internal routes of web endpoints.help
--persistence.file ""File to persist metrics.help
--persistence.interval 5mThe minimum interval at which to write out the persistence file.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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