Hello, I ran into same problem starting prometheus service. Running the prometheus from the command line reveals the cause.
# sudo -u prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml --storage.tsdb.path=/var/lib/prometheus --storage.tsdb.retention.time=30d --storage.tsdb.retention.size=0 --web.console.libraries=/etc/prometheus/console_libraries --web.console.templates=/etc/prometheus/consoles --web.listen-address=:9090 --web.external-url= level=error ts=2023-01-30T08:27:05.043Z caller=main.go:290 msg="Error loading config (--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml)" err="open /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml: permission denied" This was clearly a permissions problem. I fixed it using chmod but in case SELinux is enabled on the node, you may need to check file contexts. On Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 7:52:03 AM UTC Brian Candler wrote: > On Saturday, 28 May 2022 at 05:27:37 UTC+1 Vanshika Sahgal wrote: > >> yeah, it finally worked. The paths were creating an issue and the >> prometheus user as well. Is it of importance? > > > I don't know what you mean. Describe what you had to do with "the paths" > and "the prometheus user" and maybe we can comment whether it is important > or not. > > If you ended up running prometheus as root (say), then that's a really bad > idea - for any software in general, not just prometheus. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/25f69c34-4853-49e0-89a1-eb58972a453bn%40googlegroups.com.
