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Victoria Metrics Agent - collects metrics from various sources and stores them to VictoriaMetrics

Prerequisites #

Install the follow packages: git, kubectl, helm, helm-docs. See this tutorial.

How to install #

Access a Kubernetes cluster.

Setup chart repository (can be omitted for OCI repositories) #

Add a chart helm repository with follow commands:

      helm repo add vm https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts/

helm repo update

List versions of vm/victoria-metrics-agent chart available to installation:

      helm search repo vm/victoria-metrics-agent -l

Install `victoria-metrics-agent` chart #

Export default values of victoria-metrics-agent chart to file values.yaml:

For HTTPS repository

      helm show values vm/victoria-metrics-agent > values.yaml

For OCI repository

      helm show values oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-agent > values.yaml

Change the values according to the need of the environment in values.yaml file.

Test the installation with command:

For HTTPS repository

      helm install vma vm/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run

For OCI repository

      helm install vma oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run

Install chart with command:

For HTTPS repository

      helm install vma vm/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE

For OCI repository

      helm install vma oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE

Get the pods lists by running this commands:

      kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vma'

Get the application by running this command:

      helm list -f vma -n NAMESPACE

See the history of versions of vma application with command.

      helm history vma -n NAMESPACE

Upgrade guide #

Upgrade to 0.13.0 #

replace remoteWriteUrls to remoteWrite:

Given below config

      remoteWriteUrls:
- http://address1/api/v1/write
- http://address2/api/v1/write
    

should be changed to

      remoteWrite:
- url: http://address1/api/v1/write
- url: http://address2/api/v1/write
    

How to uninstall #

Remove application with command.

      helm uninstall vma -n NAMESPACE

Documentation of Helm Chart #

Install helm-docs following the instructions on this tutorial.

Generate docs with helm-docs command.

      cd charts/victoria-metrics-agent

helm-docs

The markdown generation is entirely go template driven. The tool parses metadata from charts and generates a number of sub-templates that can be referenced in a template file (by default README.md.gotmpl). If no template file is provided, the tool has a default internal template that will generate a reasonably formatted README.

Parameters #

The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the chart and their default values.

Change the values according to the need of the environment in victoria-metrics-agent/values.yaml file.

Key	Description
`affinity: {}`	`(object)` Pod affinity
`allowedMetricsEndpoints[0]: /metrics`	`(string)`
`annotations: {}`	`(object)` Annotations to be added to the deployment
config: global: scrape_interval: 10s scrape_configs: - job_name: vmagent static_configs: - targets: - localhost:8429 - bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token job_name: kubernetes-apiservers kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: endpoints relabel_configs: - action: keep regex: default;kubernetes;https source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace - __meta_kubernetes_service_name - __meta_kubernetes_endpoint_port_name scheme: https tls_config: ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt insecure_skip_verify: true - bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token job_name: kubernetes-nodes kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: node relabel_configs: - action: labelmap regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+) - replacement: kubernetes.default.svc:443 target_label: __address__ - regex: (.+) replacement: /api/v1/nodes/$1/proxy/metrics source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_node_name target_label: __metrics_path__ scheme: https tls_config: ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt insecure_skip_verify: true - bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token honor_timestamps: false job_name: kubernetes-nodes-cadvisor kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: node relabel_configs: - action: labelmap regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+) - replacement: kubernetes.default.svc:443 target_label: __address__ - regex: (.+) replacement: /api/v1/nodes/$1/proxy/metrics/cadvisor source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_node_name target_label: __metrics_path__ scheme: https tls_config: ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt insecure_skip_verify: true - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: endpointslices relabel_configs: - action: drop regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init - action: keep_if_equal source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number - action: keep regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape - action: replace regex: (https?) source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scheme target_label: __scheme__ - action: replace regex: (.+) source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_path target_label: __metrics_path__ - action: replace regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+) replacement: $1:$2 source_labels: - __address__ - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port target_label: __address__ - action: labelmap regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name target_label: container - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - replacement: ${1} source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: job - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name target_label: node - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints-slow kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: endpointslices relabel_configs: - action: drop regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init - action: keep_if_equal source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number - action: keep regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape_slow - action: replace regex: (https?) source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scheme target_label: __scheme__ - action: replace regex: (.+) source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_path target_label: __metrics_path__ - action: replace regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+) replacement: $1:$2 source_labels: - __address__ - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port target_label: __address__ - action: labelmap regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name target_label: container - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - replacement: ${1} source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: job - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name target_label: node scrape_interval: 5m scrape_timeout: 30s - job_name: kubernetes-services kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: service metrics_path: /probe params: module: - http_2xx relabel_configs: - action: keep regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_probe - source_labels: - __address__ target_label: __param_target - replacement: blackbox target_label: __address__ - source_labels: - __param_target target_label: instance - action: labelmap regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - job_name: kubernetes-pods kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: pod relabel_configs: - action: drop regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init - action: keep_if_equal source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number - action: keep regex: true source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape - action: replace regex: (.+) source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_path target_label: __metrics_path__ - action: replace regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+) replacement: $1:$2 source_labels: - __address__ - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port target_label: __address__ - action: labelmap regex: __meta_kubernetes_pod_label_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name target_label: container - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name target_label: node	`(object)` VMAgent scrape configuration
`configMap: ""`	`(string)` VMAgent scraping configuration use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used
`containerWorkingDir: /`	`(string)` Container working directory
`daemonSet: spec: {}`	`(object)` K8s DaemonSet specific variables
`deployment: spec: strategy: {}`	`(object)` K8s Deployment specific variables
`deployment.spec.strategy: {}`	`(object)` Deployment strategy. Check here for details
`emptyDir: {}`	`(object)` Empty dir configuration for a case, when persistence is disabled
`env: []`	`(list)` Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Check here for more details.
`envFrom: []`	`(list)` Specify alternative source for env variables
`extraArgs: envflag.enable: true envflag.prefix: VM_ httpListenAddr: :8429 loggerFormat: json`	`(object)` VMAgent extra command line arguments
`extraContainers: []`	`(list)` Extra containers to run in a pod with vmagent
`extraHostPathMounts: []`	`(list)` Additional hostPath mounts
`extraLabels: {}`	`(object)` Extra labels for Deployment and Statefulset
`extraObjects: []`	`(list)` Add extra specs dynamically to this chart
`extraScrapeConfigs: []`	`(list)` Extra scrape configs that will be appended to `config`
`extraVolumeMounts: []`	`(list)` Extra Volume Mounts for the container
`extraVolumes: []`	`(list)` Extra Volumes for the pod
`fullnameOverride: ""`	`(string)` Override resources fullname
`global.cluster.dnsDomain: cluster.local.`	`(string)` K8s cluster domain suffix, uses for building storage pods’ FQDN. Details are here
`global.compatibility: openshift: adaptSecurityContext: auto`	`(object)` Openshift security context compatibility configuration
`global.image.registry: ""`	`(string)` Image registry, that can be shared across multiple helm charts
`global.imagePullSecrets: []`	`(list)` Image pull secrets, that can be shared across multiple helm charts
`horizontalPodAutoscaling: enabled: false maxReplicas: 10 metrics: [] minReplicas: 1`	`(object)` Horizontal Pod Autoscaling. Note that it is not intended to be used for vmagents which perform scraping. In order to scale scraping vmagents check here
`horizontalPodAutoscaling.enabled: false`	`(bool)` Use HPA for vmagent
`horizontalPodAutoscaling.maxReplicas: 10`	`(int)` Maximum replicas for HPA to use to to scale vmagent
`horizontalPodAutoscaling.metrics: []`	`(list)` Metric for HPA to use to scale vmagent
`horizontalPodAutoscaling.minReplicas: 1`	`(int)` Minimum replicas for HPA to use to scale vmagent
`image.pullPolicy: IfNotPresent`	`(string)` Image pull policy
`image.registry: ""`	`(string)` Image registry
`image.repository: victoriametrics/vmagent`	`(string)` Image repository
`image.tag: ""`	`(string)` Image tag, set to `Chart.AppVersion` by default
`image.variant: ""`	`(string)` Variant of the image to use. e.g. enterprise, scratch
`imagePullSecrets: []`	`(list)` Image pull secrets
`ingress.annotations: {}`	`(object)` Ingress annotations
`ingress.enabled: false`	`(bool)` Enable deployment of ingress for agent
`ingress.extraLabels: {}`	`(object)` Ingress extra labels
`ingress.hosts: - name: vmagent.local path: - / port: http`	`(list)` Array of host objects
`ingress.ingressClassName: ""`	`(string)` Ingress controller class name
`ingress.pathType: Prefix`	`(string)` Ingress path type
`ingress.tls: []`	`(list)` Array of TLS objects
`initContainers: []`	`(list)` Init containers for vmagent
`license: key: "" secret: key: "" name: ""`	`(object)` Enterprise license key configuration for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Required only for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Check docs here, for more information, visit site. Request a trial license here Supported starting from VictoriaMetrics v1.94.0
`license.key: ""`	`(string)` License key
`license.secret: key: "" name: ""`	`(object)` Use existing secret with license key
`license.secret.key: ""`	`(string)` Key in secret with license key
`license.secret.name: ""`	`(string)` Existing secret name
`lifecycle: {}`	`(object)` Specify pod lifecycle
`mode: deployment`	`(string)` VMAgent mode: daemonSet, deployment, statefulSet
`nameOverride: ""`	`(string)` Override chart name
`nodeSelector: {}`	`(object)` Pod’s node selector. Details are here
`persistentVolume.accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce`	`(list)` Array of access modes. Must match those of existing PV or dynamic provisioner. Details are here
`persistentVolume.annotations: {}`	`(object)` Persistent volume annotations
`persistentVolume.enabled: false`	`(bool)` Create/use Persistent Volume Claim for server component. Empty dir if false
`persistentVolume.existingClaim: ""`	`(string)` Existing Claim name. If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound
`persistentVolume.extraLabels: {}`	`(object)` Persistent volume additional labels
`persistentVolume.matchLabels: {}`	`(object)` Bind Persistent Volume by labels. Must match all labels of targeted PV.
`persistentVolume.size: 10Gi`	`(string)` Size of the volume. Should be calculated based on the logs you send and retention policy you set.
`persistentVolume.storageClassName: ""`	`(string)` StorageClass to use for persistent volume. Requires server.persistentVolume.enabled: true. If defined, PVC created automatically
`podAnnotations: {}`	`(object)` Annotations to be added to pod
`podDisruptionBudget: enabled: false labels: {}`	`(object)` See `kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec` for more or check official documentation
`podLabels: {}`	`(object)` Extra labels for Pods only
`podSecurityContext: enabled: true`	`(object)` Security context to be added to pod
`priorityClassName: ""`	`(string)` Priority class to be assigned to the pod(s)
`probe.liveness: initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 tcpSocket: {} timeoutSeconds: 5`	`(object)` Liveness probe
`probe.readiness: httpGet: {} initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15`	`(object)` Readiness probe
`probe.startup: {}`	`(object)` Startup probe
`rbac.annotations: {}`	`(object)` Role/RoleBinding annotations
`rbac.create: true`	`(bool)` Enables Role/RoleBinding creation
`rbac.extraLabels: {}`	`(object)` Role/RoleBinding labels
`rbac.namespaced: false`	`(bool)` If true and `rbac.enabled`, will deploy a Role/RoleBinding instead of a ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding
`remoteWrite: []`	`(list)` Generates `remoteWrite.*` flags and config maps with value content for values, that are of type list of map. Each item should contain `url` param to pass validation.
`replicaCount: 1`	`(int)` Replica count
`resources: {}`	`(object)` Resource object. Details are here
`schedulerName: ""`	`(string)` Use an alternate scheduler, e.g. “stork”. Check details here
`securityContext: enabled: true`	`(object)` Security context to be added to pod’s containers
`service.annotations: {}`	`(object)` Service annotations
`service.clusterIP: ""`	`(string)` Service ClusterIP
`service.enabled: false`	`(bool)` Enable agent service
`service.externalIPs: []`	`(list)` Service external IPs. Check here for details
`service.externalTrafficPolicy: ""`	`(string)` Service external traffic policy. Check here for details
`service.extraLabels: {}`	`(object)` Service labels
`service.healthCheckNodePort: ""`	`(string)` Health check node port for a service. Check here for details
`service.ipFamilies: []`	`(list)` List of service IP families. Check here for details.
`service.ipFamilyPolicy: ""`	`(string)` Service IP family policy. Check here for details.
`service.loadBalancerIP: ""`	`(string)` Service load balancer IP
`service.loadBalancerSourceRanges: []`	`(list)` Load balancer source range
`service.servicePort: 8429`	`(int)` Service port
`service.targetPort: http`	`(string)` Target port
`service.type: ClusterIP`	`(string)` Service type
`serviceAccount.annotations: {}`	`(object)` Annotations to add to the service account
`serviceAccount.automountToken: true`	`(bool)` mount API token to pod directly
`serviceAccount.create: true`	`(bool)` Specifies whether a service account should be created
`serviceAccount.name: null`	`(string)` The name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
`serviceMonitor.annotations: {}`	`(object)` Service Monitor annotations
`serviceMonitor.basicAuth: {}`	`(object)` Basic auth params for Service Monitor
`serviceMonitor.enabled: false`	`(bool)` Enable deployment of Service Monitor for server component. This is Prometheus operator object
`serviceMonitor.extraLabels: {}`	`(object)` Service Monitor labels
`serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings: []`	`(list)` Service Monitor metricRelabelings
`serviceMonitor.relabelings: []`	`(list)` Service Monitor relabelings
`serviceMonitor.targetPort: http`	`(string)` Service Monitor targetPort
`statefulSet: clusterMode: false replicationFactor: 1 spec: updateStrategy: {}`	`(object)` K8s StatefulSet specific variables
`statefulSet.clusterMode: false`	`(bool)` create cluster of vmagents. Check here available since v1.77.2
`statefulSet.replicationFactor: 1`	`(int)` replication factor for vmagent in cluster mode
`statefulSet.spec.updateStrategy: {}`	`(object)` StatefulSet update strategy. Check here for details.
`tolerations: []`	`(list)` Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints. Details are here
`topologySpreadConstraints: []`	`(list)` Pod topologySpreadConstraints

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Prerequisites #

How to install #

Setup chart repository (can be omitted for OCI repositories) #

Install victoria-metrics-agent chart #

Upgrade guide #

Upgrade to 0.13.0 #

How to uninstall #

Documentation of Helm Chart #

Parameters #

Install `victoria-metrics-agent` chart #