VLAgent is VictoriaMetrics’ native log collection agent for Kubernetes. Deployed as a DaemonSet via Helm chart or the VictoriaMetrics operator, it runs on every node, automatically discovers and collects logs from all pod containers on that node, enriches them with Kubernetes metadata (pod name, namespace, labels), and forwards them to VictoriaLogs using the native protocol.
This integration is useful for collecting Kubernetes pod logs cluster-wide without per-application configuration.
Integrating with VLAgent #
All VictoriaMetrics Cloud integrations, including this one, require an access token for authentication.
The configuration examples below contain two placeholders: <DEPLOYMENT_ENDPOINT_URL> and
<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>. These need to be replaced with your actual access token.
To generate your access token (with write access, since VLAgent pushes data), follow the steps in the Access Tokens documentation .
To set up VLAgent to forward logs to VictoriaMetrics Cloud, visit the cloud console , or follow this interactive guide: