Provided by: prometheus_2.1.0+ds-1_amd64 

NAME
promtool - Tooling for the Prometheus monitoring system
SYNOPSIS
promtool [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]
DESCRIPTION
Tooling for the Prometheus monitoring system.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
--version
Show application version.
COMMANDS
help [<command>...]
Show help.
check config <config-files>...
Check if the config files are valid or not.
check rules <rule-files>...
Check if the rule files are valid or not.
check metrics
Pass Prometheus metrics over stdin to lint them for consistency and correctness.
examples:
$ cat metrics.prom | promtool check metrics
$ curl -s http://localhost:9090/metrics | promtool check metrics
update rules <rule-files>...
Update rules from the 1.x to 2.x format.
version promtool, promtool(1)