/etc/default/prometheus

/etc/default/prometheus

# Set the command-line arguments to pass to the server.
ARGS=""

# Prometheus supports the following options:
#  --config.file="/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml"
#                             Prometheus configuration file path.
#  --web.listen-address="0.0.0.0:9090"
#                             Address to listen on for UI, API, and telemetry.
#  --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.
#  --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.local-assets="/usr/share/prometheus/web/"
#                             Path to static asset/templates directory.
#  --web.user-assets=<path>   Path to static asset directory, available at
#                             /user.
#  --web.enable-lifecycle     Enable shutdown and reload via HTTP request.
#  --web.enable-admin-api     Enables API endpoints for admin control actions.
#  --web.console.templates="/etc/prometheus/consoles"
#                             Path to the console template directory,
#                             available at /consoles.
#  --web.console.libraries="/etc/prometheus/console_libraries"
#                             Path to the console library directory.
#  --storage.tsdb.path="/var/lib/prometheus/metrics2/"
#                             Base path for metrics storage.
#  --storage.tsdb.min-block-duration=2h
#                             Minimum duration of a data block before being
#                             persisted.
#  --storage.tsdb.max-block-duration=<duration>
#                             Maximum duration compacted blocks may span.
#                             (Defaults to 10% of the retention period)
#  --storage.tsdb.retention=15d
#                             How long to retain samples in the storage.
#  --storage.tsdb.no-lockfile
#                             Do not create lockfile in data directory.
#  --alertmanager.notification-queue-capacity=10000
#                             The capacity of the queue for pending alert
#                             manager notifications.
#  --alertmanager.timeout=10s
#                             Timeout for sending alerts to Alertmanager.
#  --query.lookback-delta=5m  The delta difference allowed for retrieving
#                             metrics during expression evaluations.
#  --query.timeout=2m         Maximum time a query may take before being
#                             aborted.
#  --query.max-concurrency=20
#                             Maximum number of queries executed concurrently.
#  --log.level=info           Only log messages with the given severity or
#                             above. One of: [debug, info, warn, error]

See also

• Prometheus: Prometheus installation, 9090, storage, Prometheus exporters: Node exporter 9100, Blackbox exporter, Prometheus alertmanager (changelog), Prometheus versions, Prometheus Node exporter releases, promtool, amtool, tsdb, /etc/default/prometheus, /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml, journalctl -u prometheus, /etc/default/prometheus-node-exporter, PromQL, alert:, Prometheus Operator, Thanos, VictoriaMetrics, PushGateway, Prometheus API, values.yml, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus