VictoriaMetrics Metrics Query

Query VictoriaMetrics HTTP API directly via curl. Covers instant/range queries, label/series discovery, alerts, rules, instance diagnostics, raw data export, metric usage statistics, and config debugging tools.

Environment

# $VM_METRICS_URL - base URL
#   cluster: export VM_METRICS_URL="https://vmselect.example.com/select/0/prometheus"
#   single: export VM_METRICS_URL="http://localhost:8428"
# $VM_CURL_CONFIG - curl config file with auth header (set for remote, unset for local)
#   Remote: export VM_CURL_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/victoriametrics/curl.conf"
#   Local:  leave unset (defaults to /dev/null - no auth)

Auth Pattern

All curl commands load auth from a curl config file - works for both remote and local: