PROMETHEUS-BIND-EXPORTER(1)

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version 0.8.0 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🦋 PROMETHEUS-BIND-EXPORTER 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Prometheus manual section, and it's all about prometheus-bind-exporter — the lil icon that grabs BIND metrics for you. no cap, she's serving observability realness.

✨ NAME ✨

prometheus-bind-exporter — Prometheus exporter for BIND metrics 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

prometheus-bind-exporter [<flags>]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. just the binary and some optional flags, periods, purr. 💖

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

bestie. the original page literally leaves this section blank. it's giving mysterious. it's giving silent protagonist. the author said "the flags speak for themselves" and honestly? they do. 🙈

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every single flag, right here, no skips, no edits, we keep them exactly as they are because that's the rule and I'm not about to break it:

  • -h, --help — shows you context-sensitive help. like, help that gets you, yk? also try --help-long and --help-man if you need the extended director's cut. 💅
  • --bind.stats-url — the HTTP XML API address of your BIND server. this is where she goes to get the tea. ☕
  • --bind.timeout=10s — how long we're willing to wait while trying to get stats from the BIND server before we're like "okay bestie, bye." default is 10s. ⌛
  • --bind.pid-file — path to BIND's pid file, so we can export process information. gotta know what the process is going through, fr fr. 🩺
  • --bind.stats-version=json — the BIND statistics channel. default is json. 🍓
  • --web.telemetry-path — the path under which the metrics get exposed. that's where the numbers live. 🏠
  • --web.systemd-socket — use systemd socket activation listeners instead of port listeners. Linux only, bestie, don't try it anywhere else. 🐧
  • --web.listen-address=:9119 — addresses on which to expose metrics and the web interface. it's repeatable for multiple addresses! examples: :9100 or [::1]:9100 for http, and vsock://:9100 for vsock. default is :9119. 🔥
  • --web.config.file — path to a configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication. the docs live at: https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/blob/master/docs/web-configuration.md — go read them, iykyk. 🔐
  • --bind.stats-groups=server,view — comma-separated list of statistics to collect. default is server,view. collect your faves. 💐
  • --log.level=info — only log messages with the given severity or above. one of: [debug, info, warn, error]. default is info. 📢
  • --log.format=logfmt — output format of log messages. one of: [logfmt, json]. default is logfmt. 🎀
  • --version — show application version. because sometimes you just gotta know. ⭐
heads up bestie: --web.systemd-socket is Linux only. no sneaky portability business. 💀

and that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind. this was prometheus-bind-exporter, version 0.8.0, dated January 2026, from the Prometheus manual. slay, stay exported, and remember: metrics are a love language. 💜🌈✨

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