Commit b0977c38 authored by Julius Volz's avatar Julius Volz

Merge pull request #113 from sdurrheimer/next-release

Change default storage.local.path mentions
parents a7eb9d68 bbcf1994
...@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Prometheus build directory and run: ...@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Prometheus build directory and run:
```language-bash ```language-bash
# Start Prometheus. # Start Prometheus.
# By default, Prometheus stores its database in /tmp/metrics (flag -storage.local.path). # By default, Prometheus stores its database in ./data (flag -storage.local.path).
./prometheus -config.file=prometheus.yml ./prometheus -config.file=prometheus.yml
``` ```
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...@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ index via the following flags: ...@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ index via the following flags:
Prometheus stores its on-disk time series data under the directory Prometheus stores its on-disk time series data under the directory
specified by the flag `storage.local.path`. The default path is specified by the flag `storage.local.path`. The default path is
`/tmp/metrics`, which is good to try something out quickly but most `./data`, which is good to try something out quickly but most
likely not what you want for actual operations. The flag likely not what you want for actual operations. The flag
`storage.local.retention` allows you to configure the retention time `storage.local.retention` allows you to configure the retention time
for samples. Adjust it to your needs and your available disk space. for samples. Adjust it to your needs and your available disk space.
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