Prometheus · Capability

Prometheus Server — Admin TSDB

Prometheus Server HTTP API — administrative TSDB operations. Snapshots, series deletion within a time window, and tombstone clean-up. Requires the server to have been started with --web.enable-admin-api.

Prometheus Server — Admin TSDB is a Naftiko capability published by Prometheus, one of 7 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider.

Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Prometheus, Admin, TSDB, and Backup.

Run with Naftiko PrometheusAdminTSDBBackup

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Prometheus Server — Admin TSDB
  description: 'Prometheus Server HTTP API — administrative TSDB operations. Snapshots,
    series deletion within a time window, and tombstone clean-up. Requires the server to
    have been started with --web.enable-admin-api.'
  tags:
  - Prometheus
  - Admin
  - TSDB
  - Backup
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL: PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: prometheus-admin-tsdb
    baseUri: '{{env.PROMETHEUS_BASE_URL}}'
    description: TSDB administrative operations.
    resources:
    - name: snapshot
      path: /api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot
      operations:
      - name: create-snapshot
        method: POST
        description: Create a TSDB snapshot under the data directory. skip_head optional.
        outputRawFormat: json
    - name: delete-series
      path: /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series
      operations:
      - name: delete-series
        method: POST
        description: Mark matching series for deletion within an optional [start, end] window.
        outputRawFormat: json
    - name: clean-tombstones
      path: /api/v1/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones
      operations:
      - name: clean-tombstones
        method: POST
        description: Physically delete data behind existing tombstones from disk.
        outputRawFormat: json
    authentication:
      type: none