app/vmctl: add command-line flag list to doc

This commit  adds documentation for  **Command-line flags** of vmctl.

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@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ var (
},
&cli.BoolFlag{
Name: vmNativeDisableBinaryProtocol,
Usage: "Whether to use https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-export-data-in-json-line-format" +
Usage: "Whether to use https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-export-data-in-json-line-format " +
"instead of https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-export-data-in-native-format API." +
"Binary export/import API protocol implies less network and resource usage, as it transfers compressed binary data blocks." +
"Non-binary export/import API is less efficient, but supports deduplication if it is configured on vm-native-src-addr side.",

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},
{
Name: "vm-native",
Usage: "Migrate time series between VictoriaMetrics installations via native binary format",
Usage: "Migrate time series between VictoriaMetrics installations",
Flags: mergeFlags(globalFlags, vmNativeFlags),
Before: beforeFn,
Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {

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1. [Install docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/).
1. Run `make vmctl-linux-arm-prod` or `make vmctl-linux-arm64-prod` from the root folder of [the repository](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics).
It builds `vmctl-linux-arm-prod` or `vmctl-linux-arm64-prod` binary respectively and puts it into the `bin` folder.
### Command-line flags
Run `vmctl -help` in order to see all the available options.
Commands:
```shellhelp
influx
Migrate time series from InfluxDB
opentsdb
Migrate time series from OpenTSDB.
prometheus
Migrate time series from Prometheus.
remote-read
Migrate time series via Prometheus remote-read protocol.
verify-block
Verifies exported block with VictoriaMetrics Native format.
vm-native
Migrate time series between VictoriaMetrics installations.
```
Flags available for all commands:
```shellhelp
-s
Whether to run in silent mode. If set to true no confirmation prompts will appear. (default false)
-verbose
Whether to enable verbosity in logs output. (default false)
-disable-progress-bar
Whether to disable progress bar during the import. (default false)
```
Flags available only for the `opentsdb` command:
```shellhelp
./vmctl influx -help
--influx-addr value
InfluxDB server addr (default: "http://localhost:8086")
--influx-user value
InfluxDB user [$INFLUX_USERNAME]
--influx-password value
InfluxDB user password [$INFLUX_PASSWORD]
--influx-database value
InfluxDB database
--influx-retention-policy value
InfluxDB retention policy (default: "autogen")
--influx-chunk-size value
The chunkSize defines max amount of series to be returned in one chunk (default: 10000)
--influx-concurrency value
Number of concurrently running fetch queries to InfluxDB (default: 1)
--influx-filter-series value
InfluxDB filter expression to select series. E.g. "from cpu where arch='x86' AND hostname='host_2753'".
See for details https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/query_language/schema_exploration#show-series
--influx-filter-time-start value
The time filter to select timeseries with timestamp equal or higher than provided value. E.g. '2020-01-01T20:07:00Z'
--influx-filter-time-end value
The time filter to select timeseries with timestamp equal or lower than provided value. E.g. '2020-01-01T20:07:00Z'
--influx-measurement-field-separator value
The {separator} symbol used to concatenate {measurement} and {field} names into series name {measurement}{separator}{field}. (default: "_")
--influx-skip-database-label
Wether to skip adding the label 'db' to timeseries. (default: false)
--influx-prometheus-mode
Whether to restore the original timeseries name previously written from Prometheus to InfluxDB v1 via remote_write. (default: false)
--influx-cert-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to -influx-addr
--influx-key-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS key to use when connecting to -influx-addr
--influx-CA-file value
Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to -influx-addr. By default, system CA is used
--influx-server-name value
Optional TLS server name to use for connections to -influx-addr. By default, the server name from -influx-addr is used
--influx-insecure-skip-verify
Whether to skip tls verification when connecting to -influx-addr (default: false)
# There are flags available for influx, opentsdb, prometheus and remote-read commands. See below.
```
Flags available only for the `opentsdb` command:
```shellhelp
./vmctl opentsdb -help
--otsdb-addr value
OpenTSDB server addr (default: "http://localhost:4242")
--otsdb-concurrency value
Number of concurrently running fetch queries to OpenTSDB per metric (default: 1)
--otsdb-retentions value [ --otsdb-retentions value ]
Retentions patterns to collect on. Each pattern should describe the aggregation performed for the query,
the row size (in HBase) that will define how long each individual query is, and the time range to query for.
e.g. sum-1m-avg:1h:3d. The first time range defined should be a multiple of the row size in HBase.
e.g. if the row size is 2 hours, 4h is good, 5h less so. We want each query to land on unique rows.
--otsdb-filters value [ --otsdb-filters value ]
Filters to process for discovering metrics in OpenTSDB (default: "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z")
--otsdb-offset-days value
Days to offset our 'starting' point for collecting data from OpenTSDB (default: 0)
--otsdb-hard-ts-start value
A specific timestamp to start from, will override using an offset (default: 0)
--otsdb-query-limit value
Result limit on meta queries to OpenTSDB (affects both metric name and tag value queries, recommended to use a value exceeding your largest series) (default: 100000000)
--otsdb-msecstime
Whether OpenTSDB is writing values in milliseconds or seconds (default: false)
--otsdb-normalize
Whether to normalize all data received to lower case before forwarding to VictoriaMetrics (default: false)
--otsdb-cert-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to -otsdb-addr
--otsdb-key-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS key to use when connecting to -otsdb-addr
--otsdb-CA-file value
Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to -otsdb-addr. By default, system CA is used
--otsdb-server-name value
Optional TLS server name to use for connections to -otsdb-addr. By default, the server name from -otsdb-addr is used
--otsdb-insecure-skip-verify
Whether to skip tls verification when connecting to -otsdb-addr (default: false)
# There are flags available for influx, opentsdb, prometheus and remote-read commands. See below.
```
Flags available only for the `prometheus` command:
```shellhelp
./vmctl prometheus -help
--prom-snapshot value
Path to Prometheus snapshot. Pls see for details https://www.robustperception.io/taking-snapshots-of-prometheus-data
--prom-concurrency value
Number of concurrently running snapshot readers (default: 1)
--prom-filter-time-start value
The time filter in RFC3339 format to select timeseries with timestamp equal or higher than provided value. E.g. '2020-01-01T20:07:00Z'
--prom-filter-time-end value
The time filter in RFC3339 format to select timeseries with timestamp equal or lower than provided value. E.g. '2020-01-01T20:07:00Z'
--prom-filter-label value
Prometheus label name to filter timeseries by. E.g. '__name__' will filter timeseries by name.
--prom-filter-label-value value
Prometheus regular expression to filter label from "prom-filter-label" flag. (default: ".*")
# There are flags available for influx, opentsdb, prometheus and remote-read commands. See below.
```
Flags available only for the `remote-read` command:
```shellhelp
./vmctl remote-read -help
--remote-read-concurrency value
Number of concurrently running remote read readers (default: 1)
--remote-read-filter-time-start value
The time filter in RFC3339 format to select timeseries with timestamp equal or higher than provided value. E.g. '2020-01-01T20:07:00Z'
--remote-read-filter-time-end value
The time filter in RFC3339 format to select timeseries with timestamp equal or lower than provided value. E.g. '2020-01-01T20:07:00Z'
--remote-read-filter-label value
Prometheus label name to filter timeseries by. E.g. '__name__' will filter timeseries by name. (default: "__name__")
--remote-read-filter-label-value value
Prometheus regular expression to filter label from "remote-read-filter-label-value" flag. (default: ".*")
--remote-read
Use Prometheus remote read protocol (default: false)
--remote-read-use-stream
Defines whether to use SAMPLES or STREAMED_XOR_CHUNKS mode. By default, is uses SAMPLES mode. See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/remote_read_api/#streamed-chunks (default: false)
--remote-read-step-interval value
The time interval to split the migration into steps. For example, to migrate 1y of data with '--remote-read-step-interval=month' vmctl will execute it in 12 separate requests from the beginning of the time range to its end. To reverse the order use '--remote-read-filter-time-reverse'. Requires setting '--remote-read-filter-time-start'. Valid values are 'month','week','day','hour','minute'.
--remote-read-filter-time-reverse
Whether to reverse the order of time intervals split by '--remote-read-step-interval' cmd-line flag. When set, the migration will start from the newest to the oldest data. (default: false)
--remote-read-src-addr value
Remote read address to perform read from.
--remote-read-user value
Remote read username for basic auth [$REMOTE_READ_USERNAME]
--remote-read-password value
Remote read password for basic auth [$REMOTE_READ_PASSWORD]
--remote-read-http-timeout value
Timeout defines timeout for HTTP requests made by remote read client (default: 0s)
--remote-read-headers value
Optional HTTP headers to send with each request to the corresponding remote source storage
For example, --remote-read-headers='My-Auth:foobar' would send 'My-Auth: foobar' HTTP header with every request to the corresponding remote source storage.
Multiple headers must be delimited by '^^': --remote-read-headers='header1:value1^^header2:value2'
--remote-read-cert-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to -remote-read-src-addr
--remote-read-key-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS key to use when connecting to -remote-read-src-addr
--remote-read-CA-file value
Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to -remote-read-src-addr. By default, system CA is used
--remote-read-server-name value
Optional TLS server name to use for connections to remoteReadSrcAddr. By default, the server name from -remote-read-src-addr is used
--remote-read-insecure-skip-verify
Whether to skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the remote read address (default: false)
--remote-read-disable-path-append
Whether to disable automatic appending of the /api/v1/read suffix to --remote-read-src-addr (default: false)
# There are flags available for influx, opentsdb, prometheus and remote-read commands. See below.
```
Flags available only for the `verify-block` command:
```shellhelp
./vmctl verify-block -help
--gunzip
Use GNU zip decompression for exported block (default: false)
```
Flags available only for the `vm-native` command:
```shellhelp
./vmctl vm-native -help
--vm-native-filter-match value
Time series selector to match series for export. For example, select {instance!="localhost"} will match all series with "instance" label different to "localhost".
See more details here https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics#how-to-export-data-in-native-format (default: "{__name__!=\"\"}")
--vm-native-filter-time-start value
The time filter may contain different timestamp formats. See more details here https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#timestamp-formats
--vm-native-filter-time-end value
The time filter may contain different timestamp formats. See more details here https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#timestamp-formats
--vm-native-step-interval value
The time interval to split the migration into steps. For example, to migrate 1y of data with '--vm-native-step-interval=month' vmctl will execute it in 12 separate requests from the beginning of the time range to its end. To reverse the order use '--vm-native-filter-time-reverse'. Requires setting '--vm-native-filter-time-start'. Valid values are 'month','week','day','hour','minute'. (default: "month")
--vm-native-filter-time-reverse
Whether to reverse the order of time intervals split by '--vm-native-step-interval' cmd-line flag. When set, the migration will start from the newest to the oldest data. (default: false)
--vm-native-disable-http-keep-alive
Disable HTTP persistent connections for requests made to VictoriaMetrics components during export (default: false)
--vm-native-src-addr value
VictoriaMetrics address to perform export from.
Should be the same as --httpListenAddr value for single-node version or vmselect component. If exporting from cluster version see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#url-format
--vm-native-src-user value
VictoriaMetrics username for basic auth [$VM_NATIVE_SRC_USERNAME]
--vm-native-src-password value
VictoriaMetrics password for basic auth [$VM_NATIVE_SRC_PASSWORD]
--vm-native-src-headers value
Optional HTTP headers to send with each request to the corresponding source address.
For example, --vm-native-src-headers='My-Auth:foobar' would send 'My-Auth: foobar' HTTP header with every request to the corresponding source address.
Multiple headers must be delimited by '^^': --vm-native-src-headers='header1:value1^^header2:value2'
--vm-native-src-bearer-token --vm-native-src-addr
Optional bearer auth token to use for the corresponding --vm-native-src-addr
--vm-native-src-cert-file --vm-native-src-addr
Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to --vm-native-src-addr
--vm-native-src-key-file --vm-native-src-addr
Optional path to client-side TLS key to use when connecting to --vm-native-src-addr
--vm-native-src-ca-file --vm-native-src-addr
Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to --vm-native-src-addr. By default, system CA is used
--vm-native-src-server-name --vm-native-src-addr
Optional TLS server name to use for connections to --vm-native-src-addr. By default, the server name from `--vm-native-src-addr` is used
--vm-native-src-insecure-skip-verify --vm-native-src-addr
Whether to skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to --vm-native-src-addr (default: false)
--vm-native-dst-addr value
VictoriaMetrics address to perform import to.
Should be the same as --httpListenAddr value for single-node version or vminsert component.
If importing into cluster version see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#url-format
--vm-native-dst-user value
VictoriaMetrics username for basic auth [$VM_NATIVE_DST_USERNAME]
--vm-native-dst-password value
VictoriaMetrics password for basic auth [$VM_NATIVE_DST_PASSWORD]
--vm-native-dst-headers value
Optional HTTP headers to send with each request to the corresponding destination address.
For example, --vm-native-dst-headers='My-Auth:foobar' would send 'My-Auth: foobar' HTTP header with every request to the corresponding destination address.
Multiple headers must be delimited by '^^': --vm-native-dst-headers='header1:value1^^header2:value2'
--vm-native-dst-bearer-token --vm-native-dst-addr
Optional bearer auth token to use for the corresponding --vm-native-dst-addr
--vm-native-dst-cert-file --vm-native-dst-addr
Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to --vm-native-dst-addr
--vm-native-dst-key-file --vm-native-dst-addr
Optional path to client-side TLS key to use when connecting to --vm-native-dst-addr
--vm-native-dst-ca-file --vm-native-dst-addr
Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to --vm-native-dst-addr. By default, system CA is used
--vm-native-dst-server-name --vm-native-dst-addr
Optional TLS server name to use for connections to --vm-native-dst-addr. By default, the server name from `--vm-native-dst-addr` is used
--vm-native-dst-insecure-skip-verify --vm-native-dst-addr
Whether to skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to --vm-native-dst-addr (default: false)
--vm-extra-label value [ --vm-extra-label value ]
Extra labels, that will be added to imported timeseries. In case of collision, label value defined by flagwill have priority.
Flag can be set multiple times, to add few additional labels.
--vm-rate-limit value
Optional data transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
By default, the rate limit is disabled. It can be useful for limiting load on source or destination databases. (default: 0)
--vm-intercluster Enables cluster-to-cluster migration mode with automatic tenants data migration.
In this mode --vm-native-src-addr flag format is: 'http://vmselect:8481/'. --vm-native-dst-addr flag format is: http://vminsert:8480/.
TenantID will be appended automatically after discovering tenants from src. (default: false)
--vm-concurrency value
Number of workers concurrently performing import requests to VM (default: 2)
--vm-native-disable-per-metric-migration
Defines whether to disable per-metric migration and migrate all data via one connection.
In this mode, vmctl makes less export/import requests, but can't provide a progress bar or retry failed requests. (default: false)
--vm-native-disable-binary-protocol
Whether to use https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-export-data-in-json-line-format instead of
https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-export-data-in-native-format API.
Binary export/import API protocol implies less network and resource usage, as it transfers compressed binary data blocks.
Non-binary export/import API is less efficient, but supports deduplication if it is configured on vm-native-src-addr side. (default: false)
--vm-native-backoff-retries value
How many export/import retries to perform before giving up. (default: 10)
--vm-native-backoff-factor value
Factor to multiply the base duration after each failed export/import retry. Must be greater than 1.0 (default: 1.8)
--vm-native-backoff-min-duration value
Minimum duration to wait before the first export/import retry. Each subsequent export/import retry will be multiplied by the '--vm-native-backoff-factor'. (default: 2s)
```
Flags available for the `influx`, `opentsdb`, `prometheus` and `remote-read` commands:
```shellhelp
--vm-addr vmctl
VictoriaMetrics address to perform import requests.
Should be the same as --httpListenAddr value for single-node version or vminsert component.
When importing into the clustered version do not forget to set additionally --vm-account-id flag.
Please note, that vmctl performs initial readiness check for the given address by checking `/health` endpoint. (default: "http://localhost:8428")
--vm-user value
VictoriaMetrics username for basic auth [$VM_USERNAME]
--vm-password value
VictoriaMetrics password for basic auth [$VM_PASSWORD]
--vm-account-id value
AccountID is an arbitrary 32-bit integer identifying namespace for data ingestion (aka tenant).
AccountID is required when importing into the clustered version of VictoriaMetrics.
It is possible to set it as accountID:projectID, where projectID is also arbitrary 32-bit integer.
If projectID isn't set, then it equals to 0
--vm-concurrency value
Number of workers concurrently performing import requests to VM (default: 2)
--vm-compress
Whether to apply gzip compression to import requests (default: true)
--vm-batch-size value
How many samples importer collects before sending the import request to VM (default: 200000)
--vm-significant-figures value
The number of significant figures to leave in metric values before importing. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures.
Zero value saves all the significant figures. This option may be used for increasing on-disk compression level for the stored metrics.
See also --vm-round-digits option (default: 0)
--vm-round-digits value
Round metric values to the given number of decimal digits after the point. This option may be used for increasing
on-disk compression level for the stored metrics (default: 100)
--vm-extra-label value [ --vm-extra-label value ]
Extra labels, that will be added to imported timeseries. In case of collision, label value defined by flagwill have priority.
Flag can be set multiple times, to add few additional labels.
--vm-rate-limit value
Optional data transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
By default, the rate limit is disabled. It can be useful for limiting load on configured via '--vmAddr' destination. (default: 0)
--vm-cert-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS certificate file to use when connecting to '--vmAddr'
--vm-key-file value
Optional path to client-side TLS key to use when connecting to '--vmAddr'
--vm-CA-file value
Optional path to TLS CA file to use for verifying connections to '--vmAddr'. By default, system CA is used
--vm-server-name value
Optional TLS server name to use for connections to '--vmAddr'. By default, the server name from '--vmAddr' is used
--vm-insecure-skip-verify
Whether to skip tls verification when connecting to '--vmAddr' (default: false)
--vm-backoff-retries value
How many import retries to perform before giving up. (default: 10)
--vm-backoff-factor value
Factor to multiply the base duration after each failed import retry. Must be greater than 1.0 (default: 1.8)
--vm-backoff-min-duration value
Minimum duration to wait before the first import retry. Each subsequent import retry will be multiplied by the '--vm-backoff-factor'. (default: 2s)
```