Command-line tool

prometheus

brew/prometheus

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Service monitoring system and time series database

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install prometheus

macOS

brew install prometheus

Linux

brew install prometheus

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

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