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Victoria Metrics Single version - high-performance, cost-effective and scalable TSDB, long-term remote storage for Prometheus

Prerequisites #

  • Install the follow packages: git, kubectl, helm, helm-docs. See this tutorial.
  • PV support on underlying infrastructure.

Chart Details #

This chart will do the following:

  • Rollout Victoria Metrics Single.

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-single chart available to installation:

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

Install victoria-metrics-single chart #

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

  • For HTTPS repository

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

  • For OCI repository

          helm show values oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-single > 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 vms vm/victoria-metrics-single -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run

  • For OCI repository

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

Install chart with command:

  • For HTTPS repository

          helm install vms vm/victoria-metrics-single -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE

  • For OCI repository

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

Get the pods lists by running this commands:

      kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vms'

Get the application by running this command:

      helm list -f vms -n NAMESPACE

See the history of versions of vms application with command.

      helm history vms -n NAMESPACE

How to uninstall #

Remove application with command.

      helm uninstall vms -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-single

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-single/values.yaml file.

KeyDescription
extraObjects: []
(list)

Add extra specs dynamically to this chart

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

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

podDisruptionBudget:
    enabled: false
    labels: {}
(object)

See kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec for more. Details are here

printNotes: true
(bool)

Print chart notes

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

server.affinity: {}
(object)

Pod affinity

server.containerWorkingDir: ""
(string)

Container workdir

server.deployment:
    spec:
        strategy:
            type: Recreate
(object)

K8s Deployment specific variables

server.emptyDir: {}
(object)
server.enabled: true
(bool)

Enable deployment of server component. Deployed as StatefulSet

server.env: []
(list)

Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Check here for more details

server.envFrom: []
(list)

Specify alternative source for env variables

server.extraArgs:
    envflag.enable: true
    envflag.prefix: VM_
    httpListenAddr: :8428
    loggerFormat: json
(object)

Extra command line arguments for container of component

server.extraContainers: []
(list)

Extra containers to run in a pod with VM single

server.extraHostPathMounts: []
(list)
server.extraLabels: {}
(object)

Sts/Deploy additional labels

server.extraVolumeMounts: []
(list)

Extra Volume Mounts for the container

server.extraVolumes: []
(list)
server.fullnameOverride: null
(string)

Overrides the full name of server component

server.image.pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
(string)

Image pull policy

server.image.registry: ""
(string)

Image registry

server.image.repository: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics
(string)

Image repository

server.image.tag: ""
(string)

Image tag

server.image.variant: ""
(string)
server.imagePullSecrets: []
(list)

Image pull secrets

server.ingress.annotations: {}
(object)

Ingress annotations

server.ingress.enabled: false
(bool)

Enable deployment of ingress for server component

server.ingress.extraLabels: {}
(object)

Ingress extra labels

server.ingress.hosts:
    - name: vmsingle.local
      path:
        - /
      port: http
(list)

Array of host objects

server.ingress.pathType: Prefix
(string)
server.ingress.tls: []
(list)

Array of TLS objects

server.initContainers: []
(list)

Init containers for VM single pod

server.lifecycle: {}
(object)

Specify pod lifecycle

server.mode: statefulSet
(string)

VictoriaMetrics mode: deployment, statefulSet

server.name: null
(string)

Override default app label name

server.nodeSelector: {}
(object)

Pod’s node selector. Details are here

server.persistentVolume.accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
(list)

Array of access modes. Must match those of existing PV or dynamic provisioner. Details are here

server.persistentVolume.annotations: {}
(object)

Persistent volume annotations

server.persistentVolume.enabled: true
(bool)

Create/use Persistent Volume Claim for server component. Empty dir if false

server.persistentVolume.existingClaim: ""
(string)

Existing Claim name. If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound

server.persistentVolume.matchLabels: {}
(object)

Bind Persistent Volume by labels. Must match all labels of targeted PV.

server.persistentVolume.mountPath: /storage
(string)

Mount path. Server data Persistent Volume mount root path.

server.persistentVolume.name: ""
(string)

Override Persistent Volume Claim name

server.persistentVolume.size: 16Gi
(string)

Size of the volume. Should be calculated based on the metrics you send and retention policy you set.

server.persistentVolume.storageClassName: ""
(string)

StorageClass to use for persistent volume. Requires server.persistentVolume.enabled: true. If defined, PVC created automatically

server.persistentVolume.subPath: ""
(string)

Mount subpath

server.podAnnotations: {}
(object)

Pod’s annotations

server.podLabels: {}
(object)

Pod’s additional labels

server.podSecurityContext:
    enabled: true
(object)

Pod’s security context. Details are here

server.priorityClassName: ""
(string)

Name of Priority Class

server.probe:
    liveness:
        failureThreshold: 10
        initialDelaySeconds: 30
        periodSeconds: 30
        tcpSocket: {}
        timeoutSeconds: 5
    readiness:
        failureThreshold: 3
        httpGet: {}
        initialDelaySeconds: 5
        periodSeconds: 15
        timeoutSeconds: 5
    startup: {}
(object)

Readiness & Liveness probes

server.probe.liveness:
    failureThreshold: 10
    initialDelaySeconds: 30
    periodSeconds: 30
    tcpSocket: {}
    timeoutSeconds: 5
(object)

Indicates whether the Container is running. If the liveness probe fails, the kubelet kills the Container, and the Container is subjected to its restart policy. If a Container does not provide a liveness probe, the default state is Success.

server.probe.readiness:
    failureThreshold: 3
    httpGet: {}
    initialDelaySeconds: 5
    periodSeconds: 15
    timeoutSeconds: 5
(object)

Indicates whether the Container is ready to service requests. If the readiness probe fails, the endpoints controller removes the Pod’s IP address from the endpoints of all Services that match the Pod. The default state of readiness before the initial delay is Failure. If a Container does not provide a readiness probe, the default state is Success.

server.probe.startup: {}
(object)

Indicates whether the Container is done with potentially costly initialization. If set it is executed first. If it fails Container is restarted. If it succeeds liveness and readiness probes takes over.

server.relabel:
    config: []
    configMap: ""
    enabled: false
(object)

Global relabel configuration

server.relabel.configMap: ""
(string)

Use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used. Relabel config should reside under relabel.yml key

server.replicaCount: 1
(int)

Number of victoriametrics single replicas

server.resources: {}
(object)

Resource object. Details are here

server.retentionPeriod: 1
(int)

Data retention period. Possible units character: h(ours), d(ays), w(eeks), y(ears), if no unit character specified - month. The minimum retention period is 24h. See these docs

server.schedulerName: ""
(string)

Use an alternate scheduler, e.g. “stork”. Check here for more details

server.scrape.config:
    global:
        scrape_interval: 15s
    scrape_configs:
        - job_name: victoriametrics
          static_configs:
            - targets:
                - localhost:8428
        - 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: endpoints
          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_(.+)
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
              target_label: namespace
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
              target_label: service
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name
              target_label: node
        - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints-slow
          kubernetes_sd_configs:
            - role: endpoints
          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_(.+)
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
              target_label: namespace
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
              target_label: service
            - 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_(.+)
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
              target_label: namespace
            - action: replace
              source_labels:
                - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name
              target_label: pod
(object)

Scrape config

server.scrape.configMap: ""
(string)

Use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used. Scrape config should reside under scrape.yml key

server.scrape.enabled: false
(bool)

If true scrapes targets, creates config map or use specified one with scrape targets

server.scrape.extraScrapeConfigs: []
(list)

Extra scrape configs that will be appended to server.scrape.config

server.securityContext:
    enabled: true
(object)

Security context to be added to server pods

server.service.annotations: {}
(object)

Service annotations

server.service.clusterIP: None
(string)

Service ClusterIP

server.service.externalIPs: []
(list)

Service external IPs. Details are here

server.service.externalTrafficPolicy: ""
(string)

Service external traffic policy. Check here for details

server.service.healthCheckNodePort: ""
(string)

Health check node port for a service. Check here for details

server.service.ipFamilies: []
(list)

List of service IP families. Check here for details.

server.service.ipFamilyPolicy: ""
(string)

Service IP family policy. Check here for details.

server.service.labels: {}
(object)

Service labels

server.service.loadBalancerIP: ""
(string)

Service load balancer IP

server.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges: []
(list)

Load balancer source range

server.service.servicePort: 8428
(int)

Service port

server.service.targetPort: http
(string)

Target port

server.service.type: ClusterIP
(string)

Service type

server.serviceMonitor.annotations: {}
(object)

Service Monitor annotations

server.serviceMonitor.basicAuth: {}
(object)

Basic auth params for Service Monitor

server.serviceMonitor.enabled: false
(bool)

Enable deployment of Service Monitor for server component. This is Prometheus operator object

server.serviceMonitor.extraLabels: {}
(object)

Service Monitor labels

server.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings: []
(list)

Service Monitor metricRelabelings

server.serviceMonitor.relabelings: []
(list)

Service Monitor relabelings

server.serviceMonitor.targetPort: http
(string)

Service Monitor target port

server.statefulSet:
    spec:
        podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
        updateStrategy: {}
(object)

K8s StatefulSet specific variables

server.statefulSet.spec.podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
(string)

Deploy order policy for StatefulSet pods

server.statefulSet.spec.updateStrategy: {}
(object)

StatefulSet update strategy. Check here for details.

server.terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
(int)

Pod’s termination grace period in seconds

server.tolerations: []
(list)

Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints. Details are here

server.vmbackupmanager.destination: ""
(string)

Backup destination at S3, GCS or local filesystem. Release name will be included to path!

server.vmbackupmanager.disableDaily: false
(bool)

Disable daily backups

server.vmbackupmanager.disableHourly: false
(bool)

Disable hourly backups

server.vmbackupmanager.disableMonthly: false
(bool)

Disable monthly backups

server.vmbackupmanager.disableWeekly: false
(bool)

Disable weekly backups

server.vmbackupmanager.enabled: false
(bool)

Enable automatic creation of backup via vmbackupmanager. vmbackupmanager is part of Enterprise packages

server.vmbackupmanager.env: []
(list)

Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Check here

server.vmbackupmanager.extraArgs:
    envflag.enable: true
    envflag.prefix: VM_
    loggerFormat: json
(object)

Extra command line arguments for container of component

server.vmbackupmanager.extraVolumeMounts: []
(list)
server.vmbackupmanager.image.registry: ""
(string)

VMBackupManager image registry

server.vmbackupmanager.image.repository: victoriametrics/vmbackupmanager
(string)

VMBackupManager image repository

server.vmbackupmanager.image.tag: ""
(string)

VMBackupManager image tag

server.vmbackupmanager.image.variant: ""
(string)
server.vmbackupmanager.probe:
    liveness:
        failureThreshold: 10
        initialDelaySeconds: 30
        periodSeconds: 30
        tcpSocket:
            port: manager-http
        timeoutSeconds: 5
    readiness:
        failureThreshold: 3
        httpGet:
            port: manager-http
        initialDelaySeconds: 5
        periodSeconds: 15
        timeoutSeconds: 5
    startup:
        httpGet:
            port: manager-http
(object)

Readiness & Liveness probes

server.vmbackupmanager.probe.liveness:
    failureThreshold: 10
    initialDelaySeconds: 30
    periodSeconds: 30
    tcpSocket:
        port: manager-http
    timeoutSeconds: 5
(object)

VMBackupManager liveness probe

server.vmbackupmanager.probe.readiness:
    failureThreshold: 3
    httpGet:
        port: manager-http
    initialDelaySeconds: 5
    periodSeconds: 15
    timeoutSeconds: 5
(object)

VMBackupManager readiness probe

server.vmbackupmanager.probe.startup:
    httpGet:
        port: manager-http
(object)

VMBackupManager startup probe

server.vmbackupmanager.resources: {}
(object)

Resource object. Details are here

server.vmbackupmanager.restore:
    onStart:
        enabled: false
(object)

Allows to enable restore options for pod. Read more here

server.vmbackupmanager.retention:
    keepLastDaily: 2
    keepLastHourly: 2
    keepLastMonthly: 2
    keepLastWeekly: 2
(object)

Backups’ retention settings

server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastDaily: 2
(int)

Keep last N daily backups. 0 means delete all existing daily backups. Specify -1 to turn off

server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastHourly: 2
(int)

Keep last N hourly backups. 0 means delete all existing hourly backups. Specify -1 to turn off

server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastMonthly: 2
(int)

Keep last N monthly backups. 0 means delete all existing monthly backups. Specify -1 to turn off

server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastWeekly: 2
(int)

Keep last N weekly backups. 0 means delete all existing weekly backups. Specify -1 to turn off

serviceAccount.annotations: {}
(object)

ServiceAccount annotations

serviceAccount.automountToken: true
(bool)

Mount API token to pod directly

serviceAccount.create: true
(bool)

Create service account.

serviceAccount.extraLabels: {}
(object)

ServiceAccount labels

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

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