From 9216d00a6cf4aa8b660b76500d748075228e11b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@victoriametrics.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 18:49:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs/{vmagent,vmalert}: mention that /-/reload endpoint may
be protected with -reloadAuthKey command-line flag
Updates https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1172
---
docs/vmagent.md | 2 +-
docs/vmalert.md | 5 ++---
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/vmagent.md b/docs/vmagent.md
index 6b0680ae5b..1dda7be65c 100644
--- a/docs/vmagent.md
+++ b/docs/vmagent.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ additionally to pull-based Prometheus-compatible targets' scraping:
kill -SIGHUP `pidof vmagent`
```
-* Sending HTTP request to `http://vmagent:8429/-/reload` endpoint.
+* Sending HTTP request to `http://vmagent:8429/-/reload` endpoint. This endpoint can be protected with `-reloadAuthKey` command-line flag.
There is also `-promscrape.configCheckInterval` command-line option, which can be used for automatic reloading configs from updated `-promscrape.config` file.
diff --git a/docs/vmalert.md b/docs/vmalert.md
index cbcdc55429..20a88a3507 100644
--- a/docs/vmalert.md
+++ b/docs/vmalert.md
@@ -1420,9 +1420,8 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
`vmalert` supports "hot" config reload via the following methods:
* send SIGHUP signal to `vmalert` process;
-* send GET request to `/-/reload` endpoint;
-* configure `-configCheckInterval` flag for periodic reload
- on config change.
+* send GET request to `/-/reload` endpoint (this endpoint can be protected with `-reloadAuthKey` command-line flag);
+* configure `-configCheckInterval` flag for periodic reload on config change.
### URL params