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Expand Up @@ -604,6 +604,8 @@ is set to vmalert url. For example, the following command instructs proxying `ht
This allows accessing [vmalert web UI](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/vmalert/#web) via VictoriaLogs
at the `/select/vmalert/*` paths.

> Currently, Grafana Alerting UI cannot display datasource-managed rules through the VictoriaLogs datasource plugin, even when `-vmalert.proxyURL` is configured. This is because Grafana currently supports datasource-managed rules only for the `Prometheus` and `Loki` datasource types. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/issues/59#issuecomment-2694191642) for details.

## List of command-line flags

Pass `-help` to VictoriaLogs in order to see the list of supported command-line flags with their description:
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- "/select/logsql/.*"
url_prefix: "http://victorialogs:9428"
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### How to display rules in Grafana Alerting UI?

Currently, Grafana Alerting UI cannot display datasource-managed rules through the VictoriaLogs datasource plugin, even when `-vmalert.proxyURL` is configured. This is because Grafana currently supports datasource-managed rules only for the `Prometheus` and `Loki` datasource types. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/issues/59#issuecomment-2694191642) for details.