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Werk #18268: agent_prometheus: fix missing --config argument error

Component Checks & agents
Title agent_prometheus: fix missing --config argument error
Date Sep 2, 2025
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.5.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.4.0p12 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.3.0p37 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The prometheus special agent was failing with the error:

agent_prometheus: error: the following arguments are required: --config

Thanks to github user sven-ruess for the contribution.

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