diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md index 776ab43428..6c01ccb40e 100644 --- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md +++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md @@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ Cluster version is available [here](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaM * Storage is protected from corruption on unclean shutdown (i.e. OOM, hardware reset or `kill -9`) thanks to [the storage architecture](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282). * Supports metrics' ingestion and [backfilling](#backfilling) via the following protocols: * [Prometheus remote write API](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_write) - * [InfluxDB line protocol](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/write_protocols/line_protocol_tutorial/) - * [Graphite plaintext protocol](https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/feeding-carbon.html) with [tags](https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tags.html#carbon) + * [InfluxDB line protocol](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#how-to-send-data-from-influxdb-compatible-agents-such-as-telegraf) + * [Graphite plaintext protocol](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#how-to-send-data-from-graphite-compatible-agents-such-as-statsd) with [tags](https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tags.html#carbon) if `-graphiteListenAddr` is set. - * [OpenTSDB put message](http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/api_telnet/put.html) if `-opentsdbListenAddr` is set. - * [HTTP OpenTSDB /api/put requests](http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/api_http/put.html) if `-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr` is set. + * [OpenTSDB put message](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#sending-data-via-telnet-put-protocol) if `-opentsdbListenAddr` is set. + * [HTTP OpenTSDB /api/put requests](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#sending-opentsdb-data-via-http-apiput-requests) if `-opentsdbHTTPListenAddr` is set. + * [/api/v1/import](#how-to-import-time-series-data) * Ideally works with big amounts of time series data from Kubernetes, IoT sensors, connected cars, industrial telemetry, financial data and various Enterprise workloads. * Has open source [cluster version](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/cluster). @@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ Cluster version is available [here](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaM - [How to work with snapshots?](#how-to-work-with-snapshots) - [How to delete time series?](#how-to-delete-time-series) - [How to export time series?](#how-to-export-time-series) + - [How to import time series data?](#how-to-import-time-series-data) - [Federation](#federation) - [Capacity planning](#capacity-planning) - [High availability](#high-availability) @@ -498,6 +500,33 @@ Each JSON line would contain data for a single time series. An example output: Optional `start` and `end` args may be added to the request in order to limit the time frame for the exported data. These args may contain either unix timestamp in seconds or [RFC3339](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt) values. +Exported data can be imported via POST'ing it to [/api/v1/import](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#how-to-import-time-series-data). + + +### How to import time series data? + +Time series data can be imported via any supported ingestion protocol: + +* [Prometheus remote_write API](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_write) +* [Influx line protocol](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#how-to-send-data-from-influxdb-compatible-agents-such-as-telegraf) +* [Graphite plaintext protocol](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#how-to-send-data-from-graphite-compatible-agents-such-as-statsd) +* [OpenTSDB telnet put protocol](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#sending-data-via-telnet-put-protocol) +* [OpenTSDB http /api/put](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#sending-opentsdb-data-via-http-apiput-requests) +* `/api/v1/import` http POST handler, which accepts data from [/api/v1/export](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#how-to-export-time-series). + +The most efficient protocol for importing data into VictoriaMetrics is `/api/v1/import`. Example for importing data obtained via `/api/v1/export`: + +``` +# Export the data from : +curl -s 'http://source-victoriametrics:8428/api/v1/export' -d 'match={__name__!=""}' > exported_data.jsonl + +# Import the data to : +curl -X POST 'http://destination-victoriametrics:8428/api/v1/import' -T exported_data.jsonl +``` + +Each request to `/api/v1/import` can load up to a single vCPU core on VictoriaMetrics. Import speed can be improved by splitting the original file into smaller parts +and importing them concurrently. Note that the original file must be split on newlines. + ### Federation