Instant query from CLI prometheus

run PromQL without a browser; great for scripted top-N investigations

promtool query instant http://localhost:9090 'topk(5, sum by(pod)(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total[5m])))'

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Find cardinality offenders in TSDB promtool tsdb analyze /prometheus --limit 20 Query Prometheus via curl curl -sG 'http://prometheus:9090/api/v1/query' --data-urlencode 'query=up' | jq . Instant query via promtool promtool query instant http://prometheus:9090 'up{job="kubelet"}' Range query via curl curl -sG 'http://prometheus:9090/api/v1/query_range' --data-urlencode 'query=rate(http_requests_total[5m])' --data-urlencode 'start=2024-01-01T00:00:00Z' --data-urlencode 'end=2024-01-01T01:00:00Z' --data-urlencode 'step=60s' | jq . Check alert rules promtool check rules rules.yml