Cannot launch with --web.enable-lifecycle

[astronaute77]

Hi,

If I launch prometheus without --web.enable-lifecycle, it works as expected:

astronaute@instance-2 ~ $ docker run -p 9090:9090 -v /home/astronaute/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml prom/prometheus level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.545Z caller=main.go:293 msg="no time or size retention was set so using the default time retention" duration=15d level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.546Z caller=main.go:329 msg="Starting Prometheus" version="(version=2.11.1, branch=HEAD, revision=e5b22494857deca4b806f74f6e3a6ee30c251763)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.547Z caller=main.go:330 build_context="(go=go1.12.7, user=root@d94406f2bb6f, date=20190710-13:51:17)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.547Z caller=main.go:331 host_details="(Linux 4.14.111+ #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 23:21:58 PDT 2019 x86_64 4bd463d34ca6 (none))" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.547Z caller=main.go:332 fd_limits="(soft=1048576, hard=1048576)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.547Z caller=main.go:333 vm_limits="(soft=unlimited, hard=unlimited)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.551Z caller=main.go:652 msg="Starting TSDB ..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.565Z caller=main.go:667 fs_type=EXT4_SUPER_MAGIC level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.566Z caller=main.go:668 msg="TSDB started" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.566Z caller=main.go:738 msg="Loading configuration file" filename=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.603Z caller=web.go:448 component=web msg="Start listening for connections" address=0.0.0.0:9090 level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.759Z caller=main.go:766 msg="Completed loading of configuration file" filename=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:10:03.760Z caller=main.go:621 msg="Server is ready to receive web requests."

but with it, it looks for configuration in wrong location for some reason:
astronaute@instance-2 ~ $ docker run -p 9090:9090 -v /home/astronaute/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml prom/prometheus --web.enable-lifecycle level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.158Z caller=main.go:293 msg="no time or size retention was set so using the default time retention" duration=15d level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.159Z caller=main.go:329 msg="Starting Prometheus" version="(version=2.11.1, branch=HEAD, revision=e5b22494857deca4b806f74f6e3a6ee30c251763)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.159Z caller=main.go:330 build_context="(go=go1.12.7, user=root@d94406f2bb6f, date=20190710-13:51:17)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.159Z caller=main.go:331 host_details="(Linux 4.14.111+ #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 23:21:58 PDT 2019 x86_64 4f1450ce295a (none))" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.159Z caller=main.go:332 fd_limits="(soft=1048576, hard=1048576)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.160Z caller=main.go:333 vm_limits="(soft=unlimited, hard=unlimited)" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.165Z caller=main.go:652 msg="Starting TSDB ..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.168Z caller=web.go:448 component=web msg="Start listening for connections" address=0.0.0.0:9090 level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.196Z caller=main.go:667 fs_type=EXT4_SUPER_MAGIC level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.196Z caller=main.go:668 msg="TSDB started" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.197Z caller=main.go:738 msg="Loading configuration file" filename=prometheus.yml level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.198Z caller=main.go:521 msg="Stopping scrape discovery manager..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.198Z caller=main.go:535 msg="Stopping notify discovery manager..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.198Z caller=main.go:557 msg="Stopping scrape manager..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.199Z caller=main.go:531 msg="Notify discovery manager stopped" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.199Z caller=main.go:517 msg="Scrape discovery manager stopped" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.199Z caller=manager.go:776 component="rule manager" msg="Stopping rule manager..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.199Z caller=manager.go:782 component="rule manager" msg="Rule manager stopped" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.202Z caller=notifier.go:602 component=notifier msg="Stopping notification manager..." level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.205Z caller=main.go:722 msg="Notifier manager stopped" level=info ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.205Z caller=main.go:551 msg="Scrape manager stopped" level=error ts=2019-09-04T19:09:25.206Z caller=main.go:731 err="error loading config from \"prometheus.yml\": couldn't load configuration (--config.file=\"prometheus.yml\"): open prometheus.yml: no such file or directory"

Am I doing something wrong?

[simonpasquier]

You need to pass all the other command flags too:

docker run -p 9090:9090 -v /home/astronaute/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml prom/prometheus \
--web.enable-lifecycle \
--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \
--storage.tsdb.path=/prometheus \
--web.console.libraries=/usr/share/prometheus/console_libraries --web.console.templates=/usr/share/prometheus/consoles

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