Document new status API endpoints (#6262)

* Document new status API endpoints

These were added in https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pull/6243
for the React UI.

Signed-off-by: Julius Volz <julius.volz@gmail.com>

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@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ The following endpoint returns flag values that Prometheus was configured with:
GET /api/v1/status/flags GET /api/v1/status/flags
``` ```
All values are in a form of "string". All values are of the result type `string`.
```json ```json
$ curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/status/flags $ curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/status/flags
@ -698,6 +698,70 @@ $ curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/status/flags
*New in v2.2* *New in v2.2*
### Runtime Information
The following endpoint returns various runtime information properties about the Prometheus server:
```
GET /api/v1/status/runtimeinfo
```
The returned values are of different types, depending on the nature of the runtime property.
```json
$ curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/status/runtimeinfo
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"startTime": "2019-11-02T17:23:59.301361365+01:00",
"CWD": "/",
"reloadConfigSuccess": true,
"lastConfigTime": "2019-11-02T17:23:59+01:00",
"chunkCount": 873,
"timeSeriesCount": 873,
"corruptionCount": 0,
"goroutineCount": 48,
"GOMAXPROCS": 4,
"GOGC": "",
"GODEBUG": "",
"storageRetention": "15d"
}
}
```
**NOTE**: The exact returned runtime properties may change without notice between Prometheus versions.
*New in v2.14*
### Build Information
The following endpoint returns various build information properties about the Prometheus server:
```
GET /api/v1/status/buildinfo
```
All values are of the result type `string`.
```json
$ curl http://localhost:9090/api/v1/status/buildinfo
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"version": "2.13.1",
"revision": "cb7cbad5f9a2823a622aaa668833ca04f50a0ea7",
"branch": "master",
"buildUser": "julius@desktop",
"buildDate": "20191102-16:19:59",
"goVersion": "go1.13.1"
}
}
```
**NOTE**: The exact returned build properties may change without notice between Prometheus versions.
*New in v2.14*
## TSDB Admin APIs ## TSDB Admin APIs
These are APIs that expose database functionalities for the advanced user. These APIs are not enabled unless the `--web.enable-admin-api` is set. These are APIs that expose database functionalities for the advanced user. These APIs are not enabled unless the `--web.enable-admin-api` is set.