tldr/pages/common/promtool.md

promtool

Tooling for the Prometheus monitoring system. More information: https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/getting_started/.

• Check if the configuration files are valid or not (if present report errors):

promtool check config {{config_file.yml}}

• Check if the rule files are valid or not (if present report errors):

promtool check rules {{rules_file.yml}}

• Pass Prometheus metrics over stdin to check them for consistency and correctness:

curl --silent {{http://example.com:9090/metrics/}} | promtool check metrics

• Unit tests for rules config:

promtool test rules {{test_file.yml}}