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@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-denyQueryTracing
Whether to disable the ability to trace queries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#query-tracing
-downsampling.period array
Comma-separated downsampling periods in the format 'offset:period'. For example, '30d:10m' instructs to leave a single sample per 10 minutes for samples older than 30 days. When setting multiple downsampling periods, it is necessary for the periods to be multiples of each other. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling for details. This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Comma-separated downsampling periods in the format 'offset:period'. For example, '30d:10m' instructs to leave a single sample per 10 minutes for samples older than 30 days. When setting multiple downsampling periods, it is necessary for the periods to be multiples of each other. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-dryRun
Whether to check config files without running VictoriaMetrics. The following config files are checked: -promscrape.config, -relabelConfig and -streamAggr.config. Unknown config entries aren't allowed in -promscrape.config by default. This can be changed with -promscrape.config.strictParse=false command-line flag
@ -2662,6 +2662,9 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
Allowed percent of system memory VictoriaMetrics caches may occupy. See also -memory.allowedBytes. Too low a value may increase cache miss rate usually resulting in higher CPU and disk IO usage. Too high a value may evict too much data from the OS page cache which will result in higher disk IO usage (default 60)
-metricsAuthKey string
Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
-newrelic.maxInsertRequestSize size
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic request to /newrelic/infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 67108864)
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr string
TCP address to listen for OpenTSDB HTTP put requests. Usually :4242 must be set. Doesn't work if empty. See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
@ -2702,7 +2705,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-promscrape.config.strictParse
Whether to deny unsupported fields in -promscrape.config . Set to false in order to silently skip unsupported fields (default true)
-promscrape.configCheckInterval duration
Interval for checking for changes in '-promscrape.config' file. By default, the checking is disabled. Send SIGHUP signal in order to force config check for changes
Interval for checking for changes in -promscrape.config file. By default, the checking is disabled. See how to reload -promscrape.config file at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#configuration-update
-promscrape.consul.waitTime duration
Wait time used by Consul service discovery. Default value is used if not set
-promscrape.consulSDCheckInterval duration
@ -2785,11 +2788,11 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-relabelConfig string
Optional path to a file with relabeling rules, which are applied to all the ingested metrics. The path can point either to local file or to http url. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#relabeling for details. The config is reloaded on SIGHUP signal
-retentionFilter array
Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-retentionPeriod value
Data with timestamps outside the retentionPeriod is automatically deleted. The minimum retentionPeriod is 24h or 1d. See also -retentionFilter
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
-retentionTimezoneOffset duration
The offset for performing indexdb rotation. If set to 0, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am UTC time per each -retentionPeriod. If set to 2h, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am EET time (the timezone with +2h offset)
-search.cacheTimestampOffset duration
@ -2805,7 +2808,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-search.latencyOffset duration
The time when data points become visible in query results after the collection. It can be overridden on per-query basis via latency_offset arg. Too small value can result in incomplete last points for query results (default 30s)
-search.logQueryMemoryUsage size
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time when the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
-search.logSlowQueryDuration duration
Log queries with execution time exceeding this value. Zero disables slow query logging. See also -search.logQueryMemoryUsage (default 5s)
@ -2896,7 +2899,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
The timeout for creating new snapshot. If set, make sure that timeout is lower than backup period
-snapshotsMaxAge value
Automatically delete snapshots older than -snapshotsMaxAge if it is set to non-zero duration. Make sure that backup process has enough time to finish the backup before the corresponding snapshot is automatically deleted
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
-sortLabels
Whether to sort labels for incoming samples before writing them to storage. This may be needed for reducing memory usage at storage when the order of labels in incoming samples is random. For example, if m{k1="v1",k2="v2"} may be sent as m{k2="v2",k1="v1"}. Enabled sorting for labels can slow down ingestion performance a bit
-storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks size

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@ -1229,10 +1229,6 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html .
-cacheExpireDuration duration
Items are removed from in-memory caches after they aren't accessed for this duration. Lower values may reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -prevCacheRemovalPercent (default 30m0s)
-clients.docker
Decides whether a docker container be brought up automatically
-clients.semaphore
Tells if the job is running on Semaphore
-configAuthKey string
Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg
-csvTrimTimestamp duration
@ -1386,6 +1382,9 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html .
Allowed percent of system memory VictoriaMetrics caches may occupy. See also -memory.allowedBytes. Too low a value may increase cache miss rate usually resulting in higher CPU and disk IO usage. Too high a value may evict too much data from the OS page cache which will result in higher disk IO usage (default 60)
-metricsAuthKey string
Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
-newrelic.maxInsertRequestSize size
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic request to /newrelic/infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 67108864)
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr string
TCP address to listen for OpenTSDB HTTP put requests. Usually :4242 must be set. Doesn't work if empty. See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
@ -1424,7 +1423,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html .
-promscrape.config.strictParse
Whether to deny unsupported fields in -promscrape.config . Set to false in order to silently skip unsupported fields (default true)
-promscrape.configCheckInterval duration
Interval for checking for changes in '-promscrape.config' file. By default, the checking is disabled. Send SIGHUP signal in order to force config check for changes
Interval for checking for changes in -promscrape.config file. By default, the checking is disabled. See how to reload -promscrape.config file at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#configuration-update
-promscrape.consul.waitTime duration
Wait time used by Consul service discovery. Default value is used if not set
-promscrape.consulSDCheckInterval duration

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@ -1302,15 +1302,14 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#reading-rules-from-object-storage
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-rule.maxResolveDuration duration
Limits the maximum duration for automatic alert expiration, which by default is 4 times evaluationInterval of the parent group.
-rule.resendDelay duration
Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to notifier
-rule.evalDelay time
Adjustment of the time parameter for rule evaluation requests to compensate intentional data delay from the datasource.Normally, should be equal to `-search.latencyOffset` (cmd-line flag configured for VictoriaMetrics single-node or vmselect). (default 30s)
-rule.maxResolveDuration duration
Limits the maxiMum duration for automatic alert expiration, which by default is 4 times evaluationInterval of the parent group
-rule.resendDelay duration
MiniMum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to notifier
-rule.templates array
Path or glob pattern to location with go template definitions
for rules annotations templating. Flag can be specified multiple times.
Path or glob pattern to location with go template definitions for rules annotations templating. Flag can be specified multiple times.
Examples:
-rule.templates="/path/to/file". Path to a single file with go templates
-rule.templates="dir/*.tpl" -rule.templates="/*.tpl". Relative path to all .tpl files in "dir" folder,

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@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ var (
oauth2TokenURL = flag.String("datasource.oauth2.tokenUrl", "", "Optional OAuth2 tokenURL to use for -datasource.url.")
oauth2Scopes = flag.String("datasource.oauth2.scopes", "", "Optional OAuth2 scopes to use for -datasource.url. Scopes must be delimited by ';'")
lookBack = flag.Duration("datasource.lookback", 0, `Will be deprecated soon, please adjust "-search.latencyOffset" at datasource side or specify "latency_offset" in rule group's params.`+
`Lookback defines how far into the past to look when evaluating queries. For example, if the datasource.lookback=5m then param "time" with value now()-5m will be added to every query.`)
lookBack = flag.Duration("datasource.lookback", 0, `Will be deprecated soon, please adjust "-search.latencyOffset" at datasource side `+
`or specify "latency_offset" in rule group's params. Lookback defines how far into the past to look when evaluating queries. `+
`For example, if the datasource.lookback=5m then param "time" with value now()-5m will be added to every query.`)
queryStep = flag.Duration("datasource.queryStep", 5*time.Minute, "How far a value can fallback to when evaluating queries. "+
"For example, if -datasource.queryStep=15s then param \"step\" with value \"15s\" will be added to every query. "+
"If set to 0, rule's evaluation interval will be used instead.")

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@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ all files with prefix rule_ in folder dir.
See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#reading-rules-from-object-storage
`)
ruleTemplatesPath = flagutil.NewArrayString("rule.templates", `Path or glob pattern to location with go template definitions
for rules annotations templating. Flag can be specified multiple times.
ruleTemplatesPath = flagutil.NewArrayString("rule.templates", `Path or glob pattern to location with go template definitions `+
`for rules annotations templating. Flag can be specified multiple times.
Examples:
-rule.templates="/path/to/file". Path to a single file with go templates
-rule.templates="dir/*.tpl" -rule.templates="/*.tpl". Relative path to all .tpl files in "dir" folder,

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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var (
"Rule's updates are available on rule's Details page and are used for debugging purposes. The number of stored updates can be overridden per rule via update_entries_limit param.")
resendDelay = flag.Duration("rule.resendDelay", 0, "MiniMum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to notifier")
maxResolveDuration = flag.Duration("rule.maxResolveDuration", 0, "Limits the maxiMum duration for automatic alert expiration, "+
"which by default is 4 times evaluationInterval of the parent ")
"which by default is 4 times evaluationInterval of the parent group")
evalDelay = flag.Duration("rule.evalDelay", 30*time.Second, "Adjustment of the `time` parameter for rule evaluation requests to compensate intentional data delay from the datasource."+
"Normally, should be equal to `-search.latencyOffset` (cmd-line flag configured for VictoriaMetrics single-node or vmselect).")
disableAlertGroupLabel = flag.Bool("disableAlertgroupLabel", false, "Whether to disable adding group's Name as label to generated alerts and time series.")

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@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ Feel free asking any questions regarding VictoriaMetrics:
* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/VictoriaMetrics/)
* [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/victoriametrics/)
* [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaMetrics/)
* [Telegram-en](https://t.me/VictoriaMetrics_en?)
* [Telegram-en](https://t.me/VictoriaMetrics_en)
* [Telegram-ru](https://t.me/VictoriaMetrics_ru1)
* [Google groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/victorametrics-users)
* [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@victoriametrics/)
@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vminsert -help`:
-metricsAuthKey string
Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
-newrelic.maxInsertRequestSize size
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic POST request to /infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic request to /newrelic/infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 67108864)
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr string
TCP address to listen for OpenTSDB HTTP put requests. Usually :4242 must be set. Doesn't work if empty. See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmselect -help`:
-search.latencyOffset duration
The time when data points become visible in query results after the collection. It can be overridden on per-query basis via latency_offset arg. Too small value can result in incomplete last points for query results (default 30s)
-search.logQueryMemoryUsage size
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time when the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
-search.logSlowQueryDuration duration
Log queries with execution time exceeding this value. Zero disables slow query logging. See also -search.logQueryMemoryUsage (default 5s)
@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmstorage -help`:
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-retentionPeriod value
Data with timestamps outside the retentionPeriod is automatically deleted. The minimum retentionPeriod is 24h or 1d. See also -retentionFilter
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
-retentionTimezoneOffset duration
The offset for performing indexdb rotation. If set to 0, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am UTC time per each -retentionPeriod. If set to 2h, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am EET time (the timezone with +2h offset)
-rpc.disableCompression
@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmstorage -help`:
The timeout for creating new snapshot. If set, make sure that timeout is lower than backup period
-snapshotsMaxAge value
Automatically delete snapshots older than -snapshotsMaxAge if it is set to non-zero duration. Make sure that backup process has enough time to finish the backup before the corresponding snapshot is automatically deleted
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
-storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks size
Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocks cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.html#cache-tuning
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)

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@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-denyQueryTracing
Whether to disable the ability to trace queries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#query-tracing
-downsampling.period array
Comma-separated downsampling periods in the format 'offset:period'. For example, '30d:10m' instructs to leave a single sample per 10 minutes for samples older than 30 days. When setting multiple downsampling periods, it is necessary for the periods to be multiples of each other. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling for details. This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Comma-separated downsampling periods in the format 'offset:period'. For example, '30d:10m' instructs to leave a single sample per 10 minutes for samples older than 30 days. When setting multiple downsampling periods, it is necessary for the periods to be multiples of each other. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-dryRun
Whether to check config files without running VictoriaMetrics. The following config files are checked: -promscrape.config, -relabelConfig and -streamAggr.config. Unknown config entries aren't allowed in -promscrape.config by default. This can be changed with -promscrape.config.strictParse=false command-line flag
@ -2665,6 +2665,9 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
Allowed percent of system memory VictoriaMetrics caches may occupy. See also -memory.allowedBytes. Too low a value may increase cache miss rate usually resulting in higher CPU and disk IO usage. Too high a value may evict too much data from the OS page cache which will result in higher disk IO usage (default 60)
-metricsAuthKey string
Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
-newrelic.maxInsertRequestSize size
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic request to /newrelic/infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 67108864)
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr string
TCP address to listen for OpenTSDB HTTP put requests. Usually :4242 must be set. Doesn't work if empty. See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
@ -2705,7 +2708,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-promscrape.config.strictParse
Whether to deny unsupported fields in -promscrape.config . Set to false in order to silently skip unsupported fields (default true)
-promscrape.configCheckInterval duration
Interval for checking for changes in '-promscrape.config' file. By default, the checking is disabled. Send SIGHUP signal in order to force config check for changes
Interval for checking for changes in -promscrape.config file. By default, the checking is disabled. See how to reload -promscrape.config file at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#configuration-update
-promscrape.consul.waitTime duration
Wait time used by Consul service discovery. Default value is used if not set
-promscrape.consulSDCheckInterval duration
@ -2788,11 +2791,11 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-relabelConfig string
Optional path to a file with relabeling rules, which are applied to all the ingested metrics. The path can point either to local file or to http url. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#relabeling for details. The config is reloaded on SIGHUP signal
-retentionFilter array
Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-retentionPeriod value
Data with timestamps outside the retentionPeriod is automatically deleted. The minimum retentionPeriod is 24h or 1d. See also -retentionFilter
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
-retentionTimezoneOffset duration
The offset for performing indexdb rotation. If set to 0, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am UTC time per each -retentionPeriod. If set to 2h, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am EET time (the timezone with +2h offset)
-search.cacheTimestampOffset duration
@ -2808,7 +2811,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-search.latencyOffset duration
The time when data points become visible in query results after the collection. It can be overridden on per-query basis via latency_offset arg. Too small value can result in incomplete last points for query results (default 30s)
-search.logQueryMemoryUsage size
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time when the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
-search.logSlowQueryDuration duration
Log queries with execution time exceeding this value. Zero disables slow query logging. See also -search.logQueryMemoryUsage (default 5s)
@ -2899,7 +2902,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
The timeout for creating new snapshot. If set, make sure that timeout is lower than backup period
-snapshotsMaxAge value
Automatically delete snapshots older than -snapshotsMaxAge if it is set to non-zero duration. Make sure that backup process has enough time to finish the backup before the corresponding snapshot is automatically deleted
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
-sortLabels
Whether to sort labels for incoming samples before writing them to storage. This may be needed for reducing memory usage at storage when the order of labels in incoming samples is random. For example, if m{k1="v1",k2="v2"} may be sent as m{k2="v2",k1="v1"}. Enabled sorting for labels can slow down ingestion performance a bit
-storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks size

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@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-denyQueryTracing
Whether to disable the ability to trace queries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#query-tracing
-downsampling.period array
Comma-separated downsampling periods in the format 'offset:period'. For example, '30d:10m' instructs to leave a single sample per 10 minutes for samples older than 30 days. When setting multiple downsampling periods, it is necessary for the periods to be multiples of each other. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling for details. This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Comma-separated downsampling periods in the format 'offset:period'. For example, '30d:10m' instructs to leave a single sample per 10 minutes for samples older than 30 days. When setting multiple downsampling periods, it is necessary for the periods to be multiples of each other. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-dryRun
Whether to check config files without running VictoriaMetrics. The following config files are checked: -promscrape.config, -relabelConfig and -streamAggr.config. Unknown config entries aren't allowed in -promscrape.config by default. This can be changed with -promscrape.config.strictParse=false command-line flag
@ -2673,6 +2673,9 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
Allowed percent of system memory VictoriaMetrics caches may occupy. See also -memory.allowedBytes. Too low a value may increase cache miss rate usually resulting in higher CPU and disk IO usage. Too high a value may evict too much data from the OS page cache which will result in higher disk IO usage (default 60)
-metricsAuthKey string
Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
-newrelic.maxInsertRequestSize size
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic request to /newrelic/infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 67108864)
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr string
TCP address to listen for OpenTSDB HTTP put requests. Usually :4242 must be set. Doesn't work if empty. See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
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-promscrape.config.strictParse
Whether to deny unsupported fields in -promscrape.config . Set to false in order to silently skip unsupported fields (default true)
-promscrape.configCheckInterval duration
Interval for checking for changes in '-promscrape.config' file. By default, the checking is disabled. Send SIGHUP signal in order to force config check for changes
Interval for checking for changes in -promscrape.config file. By default, the checking is disabled. See how to reload -promscrape.config file at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#configuration-update
-promscrape.consul.waitTime duration
Wait time used by Consul service discovery. Default value is used if not set
-promscrape.consulSDCheckInterval duration
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-relabelConfig string
Optional path to a file with relabeling rules, which are applied to all the ingested metrics. The path can point either to local file or to http url. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#relabeling for details. The config is reloaded on SIGHUP signal
-retentionFilter array
Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-retentionPeriod value
Data with timestamps outside the retentionPeriod is automatically deleted. The minimum retentionPeriod is 24h or 1d. See also -retentionFilter
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 1)
-retentionTimezoneOffset duration
The offset for performing indexdb rotation. If set to 0, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am UTC time per each -retentionPeriod. If set to 2h, then the indexdb rotation is performed at 4am EET time (the timezone with +2h offset)
-search.cacheTimestampOffset duration
@ -2816,7 +2819,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
-search.latencyOffset duration
The time when data points become visible in query results after the collection. It can be overridden on per-query basis via latency_offset arg. Too small value can result in incomplete last points for query results (default 30s)
-search.logQueryMemoryUsage size
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time when the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Log query and increment vm_memory_intensive_queries_total metric each time the query requires more memory than specified by this flag. This may help detecting and optimizing heavy queries. Query logging is disabled by default. See also -search.logSlowQueryDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
-search.logSlowQueryDuration duration
Log queries with execution time exceeding this value. Zero disables slow query logging. See also -search.logQueryMemoryUsage (default 5s)
@ -2907,7 +2910,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
The timeout for creating new snapshot. If set, make sure that timeout is lower than backup period
-snapshotsMaxAge value
Automatically delete snapshots older than -snapshotsMaxAge if it is set to non-zero duration. Make sure that backup process has enough time to finish the backup before the corresponding snapshot is automatically deleted
The following optional suffixes are supported: h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
The following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months (default 0)
-sortLabels
Whether to sort labels for incoming samples before writing them to storage. This may be needed for reducing memory usage at storage when the order of labels in incoming samples is random. For example, if m{k1="v1",k2="v2"} may be sent as m{k2="v2",k1="v1"}. Enabled sorting for labels can slow down ingestion performance a bit
-storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks size

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-cacheExpireDuration duration
Items are removed from in-memory caches after they aren't accessed for this duration. Lower values may reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -prevCacheRemovalPercent (default 30m0s)
-clients.docker
Decides whether a docker container be brought up automatically
-clients.semaphore
Tells if the job is running on Semaphore
-configAuthKey string
Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg
-csvTrimTimestamp duration
@ -1397,6 +1393,9 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html .
Allowed percent of system memory VictoriaMetrics caches may occupy. See also -memory.allowedBytes. Too low a value may increase cache miss rate usually resulting in higher CPU and disk IO usage. Too high a value may evict too much data from the OS page cache which will result in higher disk IO usage (default 60)
-metricsAuthKey string
Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
-newrelic.maxInsertRequestSize size
The maximum size in bytes of a single NewRelic request to /newrelic/infra/v2/metrics/events/bulk
Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 67108864)
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr string
TCP address to listen for OpenTSDB HTTP put requests. Usually :4242 must be set. Doesn't work if empty. See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol
@ -1435,7 +1434,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html .
-promscrape.config.strictParse
Whether to deny unsupported fields in -promscrape.config . Set to false in order to silently skip unsupported fields (default true)
-promscrape.configCheckInterval duration
Interval for checking for changes in '-promscrape.config' file. By default, the checking is disabled. Send SIGHUP signal in order to force config check for changes
Interval for checking for changes in -promscrape.config file. By default, the checking is disabled. See how to reload -promscrape.config file at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#configuration-update
-promscrape.consul.waitTime duration
Wait time used by Consul service discovery. Default value is used if not set
-promscrape.consulSDCheckInterval duration

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See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#reading-rules-from-object-storage
Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
-rule.maxResolveDuration duration
Limits the maximum duration for automatic alert expiration, which by default is 4 times evaluationInterval of the parent group.
-rule.resendDelay duration
Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to notifier
-rule.evalDelay time
Adjustment of the time parameter for rule evaluation requests to compensate intentional data delay from the datasource.Normally, should be equal to `-search.latencyOffset` (cmd-line flag configured for VictoriaMetrics single-node or vmselect). (default 30s)
-rule.maxResolveDuration duration
Limits the maxiMum duration for automatic alert expiration, which by default is 4 times evaluationInterval of the parent group
-rule.resendDelay duration
MiniMum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to notifier
-rule.templates array
Path or glob pattern to location with go template definitions
for rules annotations templating. Flag can be specified multiple times.
Path or glob pattern to location with go template definitions for rules annotations templating. Flag can be specified multiple times.
Examples:
-rule.templates="/path/to/file". Path to a single file with go templates
-rule.templates="dir/*.tpl" -rule.templates="/*.tpl". Relative path to all .tpl files in "dir" folder,

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//
// DefaultValue is in months.
func NewDuration(name string, defaultValue string, description string) *Duration {
description += "\nThe following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). "+
description += "\nThe following optional suffixes are supported: s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day), w (week), y (year). " +
"If suffix isn't set, then the duration is counted in months"
d := &Duration{}
if err := d.Set(defaultValue); err != nil {