![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![Version: 0.28.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.28.4-informational?style=flat-square) [![Artifact Hub](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://artifacthub.io/badge/repository/victoriametrics)](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack) Kubernetes monitoring on VictoriaMetrics stack. Includes VictoriaMetrics Operator, Grafana dashboards, ServiceScrapes and VMRules * [Overview](#Overview) * [Configuration](#Configuration) * [Prerequisites](#Prerequisites) * [Dependencies](#Dependencies) * [Quick Start](#How-to-install) * [Uninstall](#How-to-uninstall) * [Version Upgrade](#Upgrade-guide) * [Troubleshooting](#Troubleshooting) * [Values](#Parameters) ## Overview This chart is an All-in-one solution to start monitoring kubernetes cluster. It installs multiple dependency charts like [grafana](https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/grafana), [node-exporter](https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/prometheus-node-exporter), [kube-state-metrics](https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/kube-state-metrics) and [victoria-metrics-operator](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/tree/master/charts/victoria-metrics-operator). Also it installs Custom Resources like [VMSingle](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start#vmsingle), [VMCluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start#vmcluster), [VMAgent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start#vmagent), [VMAlert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start#vmalert). By default, the operator [converts all existing prometheus-operator API objects](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start#migration-from-prometheus-operator-objects) into corresponding VictoriaMetrics Operator objects. To enable metrics collection for kubernetes this chart installs multiple scrape configurations for kubernetes components like kubelet and kube-proxy, etc. Metrics collection is done by [VMAgent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/quick-start#vmagent). So if want to ship metrics to external VictoriaMetrics database you can disable VMSingle installation by setting `vmsingle.enabled` to `false` and setting `vmagent.vmagentSpec.remoteWrite.url` to your external VictoriaMetrics database. This chart also installs bunch of dashboards and recording rules from [kube-prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus) project. ![Overview](img/k8s-stack-overview.webp) ## Configuration Configuration of this chart is done through helm values. ### Dependencies Dependencies can be enabled or disabled by setting `enabled` to `true` or `false` in `values.yaml` file. **!Important:** for dependency charts anything that you can find in values.yaml of dependency chart can be configured in this chart under key for that dependency. For example if you want to configure `grafana` you can find all possible configuration options in [values.yaml](https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/blob/main/charts/grafana/values.yaml) and you should set them in values for this chart under grafana: key. For example if you want to configure `grafana.persistence.enabled` you should set it in values.yaml like this: ```yaml ################################################# ### dependencies ##### ################################################# # Grafana dependency chart configuration. For possible values refer to https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/grafana#configuration grafana: enabled: true persistence: type: pvc enabled: false ``` ### VictoriaMetrics components This chart installs multiple VictoriaMetrics components using Custom Resources that are managed by [victoria-metrics-operator](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/design) Each resource can be configured using `spec` of that resource from API docs of [victoria-metrics-operator](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/api). For example if you want to configure `VMAgent` you can find all possible configuration options in [API docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/api#vmagent) and you should set them in values for this chart under `vmagent.spec` key. For example if you want to configure `remoteWrite.url` you should set it in values.yaml like this: ```yaml vmagent: spec: remoteWrite: - url: "https://insert.vmcluster.domain.com/insert/0/prometheus/api/v1/write" ``` ### ArgoCD issues #### Operator self signed certificates When deploying K8s stack using ArgoCD without Cert Manager (`.Values.victoria-metrics-operator.admissionWebhooks.certManager.enabled: false`) it will rerender operator's webhook certificates on each sync since Helm `lookup` function is not respected by ArgoCD. To prevent this please update you K8s stack Application `spec.syncPolicy` and `spec.ignoreDifferences` with a following: ```yaml apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1 kind: Application ... spec: ... syncPolicy: syncOptions: # https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/sync-options/#respect-ignore-difference-configs # argocd must also ignore difference during apply stage # otherwise it ll silently override changes and cause a problem - RespectIgnoreDifferences=true ignoreDifferences: - group: "" kind: Secret name: -validation namespace: kube-system jsonPointers: - /data - group: admissionregistration.k8s.io kind: ValidatingWebhookConfiguration name: -admission jqPathExpressions: - '.webhooks[]?.clientConfig.caBundle' ``` where `` is output of `{{ include "vm-operator.fullname" }}` for your setup #### `metadata.annotations: Too long: must have at most 262144 bytes` on dashboards If one of dashboards ConfigMap is failing with error `Too long: must have at most 262144 bytes`, please make sure you've added `argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: ServerSideApply=true` annotation to your dashboards: ```yaml grafana: sidecar: dashboards: additionalDashboardAnnotations argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: ServerSideApply=true ``` argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: ServerSideApply=true ### Rules and dashboards This chart by default install multiple dashboards and recording rules from [kube-prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus) you can disable dashboards with `defaultDashboardsEnabled: false` and `experimentalDashboardsEnabled: false` and rules can be configured under `defaultRules` ### Adding external dashboards By default, this chart uses sidecar in order to provision default dashboards. If you want to add you own dashboards there are two ways to do it: - Add dashboards by creating a ConfigMap. An example ConfigMap: ```yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: labels: grafana_dashboard: "1" name: grafana-dashboard data: dashboard.json: |- {...} ``` - Use init container provisioning. Note that this option requires disabling sidecar and will remove all default dashboards provided with this chart. An example configuration: ```yaml grafana: sidecar: dashboards: enabled: false dashboards: vmcluster: gnetId: 11176 revision: 38 datasource: VictoriaMetrics ``` When using this approach, you can find dashboards for VictoriaMetrics components published [here](https://grafana.com/orgs/victoriametrics). ### Prometheus scrape configs This chart installs multiple scrape configurations for kubernetes monitoring. They are configured under `#ServiceMonitors` section in `values.yaml` file. For example if you want to configure scrape config for `kubelet` you should set it in values.yaml like this: ```yaml kubelet: enabled: true # spec for VMNodeScrape crd # https://docs.victoriametrics.com/operator/api#vmnodescrapespec spec: interval: "30s" ``` ### Using externally managed Grafana If you want to use an externally managed Grafana instance but still want to use the dashboards provided by this chart you can set `grafana.enabled` to `false` and set `defaultDashboardsEnabled` to `true`. This will install the dashboards but will not install Grafana. For example: ```yaml defaultDashboardsEnabled: true grafana: enabled: false ``` This will create ConfigMaps with dashboards to be imported into Grafana. If additional configuration for labels or annotations is needed in order to import dashboard to an existing Grafana you can set `.grafana.sidecar.dashboards.additionalDashboardLabels` or `.grafana.sidecar.dashboards.additionalDashboardAnnotations` in `values.yaml`: For example: ```yaml defaultDashboardsEnabled: true grafana: enabled: false sidecar: dashboards: additionalDashboardLabels: key: value additionalDashboardAnnotations: key: value ``` ## Prerequisites * Install the follow packages: ``git``, ``kubectl``, ``helm``, ``helm-docs``. See this [tutorial](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/helm/requirements/). * Add dependency chart repositories ```console helm repo add grafana https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts helm repo update ``` * PV support on underlying infrastructure. ## How to install Access a Kubernetes cluster. ### Setup chart repository (can be omitted for OCI repositories) Add a chart helm repository with follow commands: ```console helm repo add vm https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts/ helm repo update ``` List versions of `vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack` chart available to installation: ```console helm search repo vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack -l ``` ### Install `victoria-metrics-k8s-stack` chart Export default values of `victoria-metrics-k8s-stack` chart to file `values.yaml`: - For HTTPS repository ```console helm show values vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack > values.yaml ``` - For OCI repository ```console helm show values oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack > values.yaml ``` Change the values according to the need of the environment in ``values.yaml`` file. Test the installation with command: - For HTTPS repository ```console helm install vmks vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run ``` - For OCI repository ```console helm install vmks oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run ``` Install chart with command: - For HTTPS repository ```console helm install vmks vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE ``` - For OCI repository ```console helm install vmks oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE ``` Get the pods lists by running this commands: ```console kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vmks' ``` Get the application by running this command: ```console helm list -f vmks -n NAMESPACE ``` See the history of versions of `vmks` application with command. ```console helm history vmks -n NAMESPACE ``` ### Install locally (Minikube) To run VictoriaMetrics stack locally it's possible to use [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube). To avoid dashboards and alert rules issues please follow the steps below: Run Minikube cluster ``` minikube start --container-runtime=containerd --extra-config=scheduler.bind-address=0.0.0.0 --extra-config=controller-manager.bind-address=0.0.0.0 --extra-config=etcd.listen-metrics-urls=http://0.0.0.0:2381 ``` Install helm chart ``` helm install [RELEASE_NAME] vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack -f values.yaml -f values.minikube.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run ``` ## How to uninstall Remove application with command. ```console helm uninstall vmks -n NAMESPACE ``` CRDs created by this chart are not removed by default and should be manually cleaned up: ```console kubectl get crd | grep victoriametrics.com | awk '{print $1 }' | xargs -i kubectl delete crd {} ``` ## Troubleshooting - If you cannot install helm chart with error `configmap already exist`. It could happen because of name collisions, if you set too long release name. Kubernetes by default, allows only 63 symbols at resource names and all resource names are trimmed by helm to 63 symbols. To mitigate it, use shorter name for helm chart release name, like: ```bash # stack - is short enough helm upgrade -i stack vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack ``` Or use override for helm chart release name: ```bash helm upgrade -i some-very-long-name vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack --set fullnameOverride=stack ``` ## Upgrade guide Usually, helm upgrade doesn't requires manual actions. Just execute command: ```console $ helm upgrade [RELEASE_NAME] vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack ``` But release with CRD update can only be patched manually with kubectl. Since helm does not perform a CRD update, we recommend that you always perform this when updating the helm-charts version: ```console # 1. check the changes in CRD $ helm show crds vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack --version [YOUR_CHART_VERSION] | kubectl diff -f - # 2. apply the changes (update CRD) $ helm show crds vm/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack --version [YOUR_CHART_VERSION] | kubectl apply -f - --server-side ``` All other manual actions upgrades listed below: ### Upgrade to 0.13.0 - node-exporter starting from version 4.0.0 is using the Kubernetes recommended labels. Therefore you have to delete the daemonset before you upgrade. ```bash kubectl delete daemonset -l app=prometheus-node-exporter ``` - scrape configuration for kubernetes components was moved from `vmServiceScrape.spec` section to `spec` section. If you previously modified scrape configuration you need to update your `values.yaml` - `grafana.defaultDashboardsEnabled` was renamed to `defaultDashboardsEnabled` (moved to top level). You may need to update it in your `values.yaml` ### Upgrade to 0.6.0 All `CRD` must be update to the lastest version with command: ```bash kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/master/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/crds/crd.yaml ``` ### Upgrade to 0.4.0 All `CRD` must be update to `v1` version with command: ```bash kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/master/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/crds/crd.yaml ``` ### Upgrade from 0.2.8 to 0.2.9 Update `VMAgent` crd command: ```bash kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.16.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmagents.yaml ``` ### Upgrade from 0.2.5 to 0.2.6 New CRD added to operator - `VMUser` and `VMAuth`, new fields added to exist crd. Manual commands: ```bash kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.15.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmusers.yaml kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.15.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmauths.yaml kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.15.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmalerts.yaml kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.15.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmagents.yaml kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.15.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmsingles.yaml kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/v0.15.0/config/crd/bases/operator.victoriametrics.com_vmclusters.yaml ``` ## Documentation of Helm Chart Install ``helm-docs`` following the instructions on this [tutorial](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/helm/requirements/). Generate docs with ``helm-docs`` command. ```bash cd charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack 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-k8s-stack/values.yaml`` file.
Key Type Default Description
additionalVictoriaMetricsMap string 
null

Provide custom recording or alerting rules to be deployed into the cluster.
alertmanager.annotations object 
{}

Alertmanager annotations
alertmanager.config object 
receivers:
    - name: blackhole
route:
    receiver: blackhole
templates:
    - /etc/vm/configs/**/*.tmpl

Alertmanager configuration
alertmanager.enabled bool 
true

Create VMAlertmanager CR
alertmanager.ingress object 
annotations: {}
enabled: false
extraPaths: []
hosts:
    - alertmanager.domain.com
labels: {}
path: '{{ .Values.alertmanager.spec.routePrefix | default "/" }}'
pathType: Prefix
tls: []

Alertmanager ingress configuration
alertmanager.ingress.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
alertmanager.monzoTemplate object 
enabled: true

Better alert templates for slack source
alertmanager.spec object 
configSecret: ""
externalURL: ""
image:
    tag: v0.27.0
port: "9093"
replicaCount: 1
routePrefix: /
selectAllByDefault: true

Full spec for VMAlertmanager CRD. Allowed values described here
alertmanager.spec.configSecret string 
""

If this one defined, it will be used for alertmanager configuration and config parameter will be ignored
alertmanager.templateFiles object 
{}

Extra alert templates
argocdReleaseOverride string 
""

If this chart is used in “Argocd” with “releaseName” field then VMServiceScrapes couldn’t select the proper services. For correct working need set value ‘argocdReleaseOverride=$ARGOCD_APP_NAME’
coreDns.enabled bool 
true

Enabled CoreDNS metrics scraping
coreDns.service.enabled bool 
true

Create service for CoreDNS metrics
coreDns.service.port int 
9153

CoreDNS service port
coreDns.service.selector object 
k8s-app: kube-dns

CoreDNS service pod selector
coreDns.service.targetPort int 
9153

CoreDNS service target port
coreDns.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - kube-system

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
defaultDashboards.annotations object 
{}
defaultDashboards.dashboards object 
node-exporter-full:
    enabled: true
victoriametrics-operator:
    enabled: false
victoriametrics-vmalert:
    enabled: false

Create dashboards as ConfigMap despite dependency it requires is not installed
defaultDashboards.dashboards.node-exporter-full object 
enabled: true

In ArgoCD using client-side apply this dashboard reaches annotations size limit and causes k8s issues without server side apply See this issue
defaultDashboards.defaultTimezone string 
utc
defaultDashboards.enabled bool 
true

Enable custom dashboards installation
defaultDashboards.grafanaOperator.enabled bool 
false

Create dashboards as CRDs (reuqires grafana-operator to be installed)
defaultDashboards.grafanaOperator.spec.allowCrossNamespaceImport bool 
false
defaultDashboards.grafanaOperator.spec.instanceSelector.matchLabels.dashboards string 
grafana
defaultDashboards.labels object 
{}
defaultDatasources.alertmanager object 
datasources:
    - access: proxy
      jsonData:
        implementation: prometheus
      name: Alertmanager
perReplica: false

List of alertmanager datasources. Alertmanager generated url will be added to each datasource in template if alertmanager is enabled
defaultDatasources.alertmanager.perReplica bool 
false

Create per replica alertmanager compatible datasource
defaultDatasources.extra list 
[]

Configure additional grafana datasources (passed through tpl). Check here for details
defaultDatasources.victoriametrics.datasources list 
- isDefault: true
  name: VictoriaMetrics
  type: prometheus
- isDefault: false
  name: VictoriaMetrics (DS)
  type: victoriametrics-datasource

List of prometheus compatible datasource configurations. VM url will be added to each of them in templates.
defaultDatasources.victoriametrics.perReplica bool 
false

Create per replica prometheus compatible datasource
defaultRules object 
alerting:
    spec:
        annotations: {}
        labels: {}
annotations: {}
create: true
group:
    spec:
        params: {}
groups:
    alertmanager:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    etcd:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    general:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sContainerCpuUsageSecondsTotal:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sContainerMemoryCache:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sContainerMemoryRss:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sContainerMemorySwap:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sContainerMemoryWorkingSetBytes:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sContainerResource:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    k8sPodOwner:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeApiserver:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeApiserverAvailability:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeApiserverBurnrate:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeApiserverHistogram:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeApiserverSlos:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubePrometheusGeneral:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubePrometheusNodeRecording:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeScheduler:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubeStateMetrics:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubelet:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubernetesApps:
        create: true
        rules: {}
        targetNamespace: .*
    kubernetesResources:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubernetesStorage:
        create: true
        rules: {}
        targetNamespace: .*
    kubernetesSystem:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubernetesSystemApiserver:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubernetesSystemControllerManager:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubernetesSystemKubelet:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    kubernetesSystemScheduler:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    node:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    nodeNetwork:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    vmHealth:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    vmagent:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    vmcluster:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    vmoperator:
        create: true
        rules: {}
    vmsingle:
        create: true
        rules: {}
labels: {}
recording:
    spec:
        annotations: {}
        labels: {}
rule:
    spec:
        annotations: {}
        labels: {}
rules: {}
runbookUrl: https://runbooks.prometheus-operator.dev/runbooks

Create default rules for monitoring the cluster
defaultRules.alerting object 
spec:
    annotations: {}
    labels: {}

Common properties for VMRules alerts
defaultRules.alerting.spec.annotations object 
{}

Additional annotations for VMRule alerts
defaultRules.alerting.spec.labels object 
{}

Additional labels for VMRule alerts
defaultRules.annotations object 
{}

Annotations for default rules
defaultRules.group object 
spec:
    params: {}

Common properties for VMRule groups
defaultRules.group.spec.params object 
{}

Optional HTTP URL parameters added to each rule request
defaultRules.groups object 
alertmanager:
    create: true
    rules: {}
etcd:
    create: true
    rules: {}
general:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sContainerCpuUsageSecondsTotal:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sContainerMemoryCache:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sContainerMemoryRss:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sContainerMemorySwap:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sContainerMemoryWorkingSetBytes:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sContainerResource:
    create: true
    rules: {}
k8sPodOwner:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeApiserver:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeApiserverAvailability:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeApiserverBurnrate:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeApiserverHistogram:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeApiserverSlos:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubePrometheusGeneral:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubePrometheusNodeRecording:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeScheduler:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubeStateMetrics:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubelet:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubernetesApps:
    create: true
    rules: {}
    targetNamespace: .*
kubernetesResources:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubernetesStorage:
    create: true
    rules: {}
    targetNamespace: .*
kubernetesSystem:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubernetesSystemApiserver:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubernetesSystemControllerManager:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubernetesSystemKubelet:
    create: true
    rules: {}
kubernetesSystemScheduler:
    create: true
    rules: {}
node:
    create: true
    rules: {}
nodeNetwork:
    create: true
    rules: {}
vmHealth:
    create: true
    rules: {}
vmagent:
    create: true
    rules: {}
vmcluster:
    create: true
    rules: {}
vmoperator:
    create: true
    rules: {}
vmsingle:
    create: true
    rules: {}

Rule group properties
defaultRules.groups.etcd.rules object 
{}

Common properties for all rules in a group
defaultRules.labels object 
{}

Labels for default rules
defaultRules.recording object 
spec:
    annotations: {}
    labels: {}

Common properties for VMRules recording rules
defaultRules.recording.spec.annotations object 
{}

Additional annotations for VMRule recording rules
defaultRules.recording.spec.labels object 
{}

Additional labels for VMRule recording rules
defaultRules.rule object 
spec:
    annotations: {}
    labels: {}

Common properties for all VMRules
defaultRules.rule.spec.annotations object 
{}

Additional annotations for all VMRules
defaultRules.rule.spec.labels object 
{}

Additional labels for all VMRules
defaultRules.rules object 
{}

Per rule properties
defaultRules.runbookUrl string 
https://runbooks.prometheus-operator.dev/runbooks

Runbook url prefix for default rules
externalVM object 
read:
    url: ""
vmauth:
    read:
        - src_paths:
            - /select/.*
          url_prefix:
            - /
    write:
        - src_paths:
            - /insert/.*
          url_prefix:
            - /
write:
    url: ""

External VM read and write URLs
externalVM.vmauth object 
read:
    - src_paths:
        - /select/.*
      url_prefix:
        - /
write:
    - src_paths:
        - /insert/.*
      url_prefix:
        - /

Custom VMAuth config, url_prefix requires only path, which will be appended to a read and write base URL. To disable auth for read or write empty list for component config externalVM.vmauth.<component>: []
extraObjects list 
[]

Add extra objects dynamically to this chart
fullnameOverride string 
""

Resource full name prefix override
global.cluster.dnsDomain string 
cluster.local.

K8s cluster domain suffix, uses for building storage pods’ FQDN. Details are here
global.clusterLabel string 
cluster

Cluster label to use for dashboards and rules
global.license object 
key: ""
keyRef: {}

Global license configuration
grafana object 
enabled: true
forceDeployDatasource: false
ingress:
    annotations: {}
    enabled: false
    extraPaths: []
    hosts:
        - grafana.domain.com
    labels: {}
    path: /
    pathType: Prefix
    tls: []
sidecar:
    dashboards:
        defaultFolderName: default
        enabled: true
        folder: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
        multicluster: false
        provider:
            name: default
            orgid: 1
    datasources:
        enabled: true
        initDatasources: true
vmScrape:
    enabled: true
    spec:
        endpoints:
            - port: '{{ .Values.grafana.service.portName }}'
        selector:
            matchLabels:
                app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "grafana.name" .Subcharts.grafana }}'

Grafana dependency chart configuration. For possible values refer here
grafana.forceDeployDatasource bool 
false

Create datasource configmap even if grafana deployment has been disabled
grafana.ingress.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
grafana.vmScrape object 
enabled: true
spec:
    endpoints:
        - port: '{{ .Values.grafana.service.portName }}'
    selector:
        matchLabels:
            app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "grafana.name" .Subcharts.grafana }}'

Grafana VM scrape config
grafana.vmScrape.spec object 
endpoints:
    - port: '{{ .Values.grafana.service.portName }}'
selector:
    matchLabels:
        app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "grafana.name" .Subcharts.grafana }}'

Scrape configuration for Grafana
kube-state-metrics object 
enabled: true
vmScrape:
    enabled: true
    spec:
        endpoints:
            - honorLabels: true
              metricRelabelConfigs:
                - action: labeldrop
                  regex: (uid|container_id|image_id)
              port: http
        jobLabel: app.kubernetes.io/name
        selector:
            matchLabels:
                app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ include "vm.release" . }}'
                app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "kube-state-metrics.name" (index .Subcharts "kube-state-metrics") }}'

kube-state-metrics dependency chart configuration. For possible values check here
kube-state-metrics.vmScrape object 
enabled: true
spec:
    endpoints:
        - honorLabels: true
          metricRelabelConfigs:
            - action: labeldrop
              regex: (uid|container_id|image_id)
          port: http
    jobLabel: app.kubernetes.io/name
    selector:
        matchLabels:
            app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ include "vm.release" . }}'
            app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "kube-state-metrics.name" (index .Subcharts "kube-state-metrics") }}'

Scrape configuration for Kube State Metrics
kubeApiServer.enabled bool 
true

Enable Kube Api Server metrics scraping
kubeApiServer.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: https
          scheme: https
          tlsConfig:
            caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
            serverName: kubernetes
    jobLabel: component
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - default
    selector:
        matchLabels:
            component: apiserver
            provider: kubernetes

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
kubeControllerManager.enabled bool 
true

Enable kube controller manager metrics scraping
kubeControllerManager.endpoints list 
[]

If your kube controller manager is not deployed as a pod, specify IPs it can be found on
kubeControllerManager.service.enabled bool 
true

Create service for kube controller manager metrics scraping
kubeControllerManager.service.port int 
10257

Kube controller manager service port
kubeControllerManager.service.selector object 
component: kube-controller-manager

Kube controller manager service pod selector
kubeControllerManager.service.targetPort int 
10257

Kube controller manager service target port
kubeControllerManager.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics
          scheme: https
          tlsConfig:
            caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
            serverName: kubernetes
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - kube-system

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
kubeDns.enabled bool 
false

Enabled KubeDNS metrics scraping
kubeDns.service.enabled bool 
false

Create Service for KubeDNS metrics
kubeDns.service.ports object 
dnsmasq:
    port: 10054
    targetPort: 10054
skydns:
    port: 10055
    targetPort: 10055

KubeDNS service ports
kubeDns.service.selector object 
k8s-app: kube-dns

KubeDNS service pods selector
kubeDns.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics-dnsmasq
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics-skydns
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - kube-system

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
kubeEtcd.enabled bool 
true

Enabled KubeETCD metrics scraping
kubeEtcd.endpoints list 
[]

If your etcd is not deployed as a pod, specify IPs it can be found on
kubeEtcd.service.enabled bool 
true

Enable service for ETCD metrics scraping
kubeEtcd.service.port int 
2379

ETCD service port
kubeEtcd.service.selector object 
component: etcd

ETCD service pods selector
kubeEtcd.service.targetPort int 
2379

ETCD service target port
kubeEtcd.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics
          scheme: https
          tlsConfig:
            caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - kube-system

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
kubeProxy.enabled bool 
false

Enable kube proxy metrics scraping
kubeProxy.endpoints list 
[]

If your kube proxy is not deployed as a pod, specify IPs it can be found on
kubeProxy.service.enabled bool 
true

Enable service for kube proxy metrics scraping
kubeProxy.service.port int 
10249

Kube proxy service port
kubeProxy.service.selector object 
k8s-app: kube-proxy

Kube proxy service pod selector
kubeProxy.service.targetPort int 
10249

Kube proxy service target port
kubeProxy.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics
          scheme: https
          tlsConfig:
            caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - kube-system

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
kubeScheduler.enabled bool 
true

Enable KubeScheduler metrics scraping
kubeScheduler.endpoints list 
[]

If your kube scheduler is not deployed as a pod, specify IPs it can be found on
kubeScheduler.service.enabled bool 
true

Enable service for KubeScheduler metrics scrape
kubeScheduler.service.port int 
10259

KubeScheduler service port
kubeScheduler.service.selector object 
component: kube-scheduler

KubeScheduler service pod selector
kubeScheduler.service.targetPort int 
10259

KubeScheduler service target port
kubeScheduler.vmScrape object 
spec:
    endpoints:
        - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
          port: http-metrics
          scheme: https
          tlsConfig:
            caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    namespaceSelector:
        matchNames:
            - kube-system

Spec for VMServiceScrape CRD is here
kubelet object 
enabled: true
vmScrape:
    kind: VMNodeScrape
    spec:
        bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
        honorLabels: true
        honorTimestamps: false
        interval: 30s
        metricRelabelConfigs:
            - action: labeldrop
              regex: (uid)
            - action: labeldrop
              regex: (id|name)
            - action: drop
              regex: (rest_client_request_duration_seconds_bucket|rest_client_request_duration_seconds_sum|rest_client_request_duration_seconds_count)
              source_labels:
                - __name__
        relabelConfigs:
            - action: labelmap
              regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
            - sourceLabels:
                - __metrics_path__
              targetLabel: metrics_path
            - replacement: kubelet
              targetLabel: job
        scheme: https
        scrapeTimeout: 5s
        tlsConfig:
            caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
            insecureSkipVerify: true
vmScrapes:
    cadvisor:
        enabled: true
        spec:
            path: /metrics/cadvisor
    kubelet:
        spec: {}
    probes:
        enabled: true
        spec:
            path: /metrics/probes

Component scraping the kubelets
kubelet.vmScrape object 
kind: VMNodeScrape
spec:
    bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
    honorLabels: true
    honorTimestamps: false
    interval: 30s
    metricRelabelConfigs:
        - action: labeldrop
          regex: (uid)
        - action: labeldrop
          regex: (id|name)
        - action: drop
          regex: (rest_client_request_duration_seconds_bucket|rest_client_request_duration_seconds_sum|rest_client_request_duration_seconds_count)
          source_labels:
            - __name__
    relabelConfigs:
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
        - sourceLabels:
            - __metrics_path__
          targetLabel: metrics_path
        - replacement: kubelet
          targetLabel: job
    scheme: https
    scrapeTimeout: 5s
    tlsConfig:
        caFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
        insecureSkipVerify: true

Spec for VMNodeScrape CRD is here
kubelet.vmScrapes.cadvisor object 
enabled: true
spec:
    path: /metrics/cadvisor

Enable scraping /metrics/cadvisor from kubelet’s service
kubelet.vmScrapes.probes object 
enabled: true
spec:
    path: /metrics/probes

Enable scraping /metrics/probes from kubelet’s service
nameOverride string 
""

Resource full name suffix override
prometheus-node-exporter object 
enabled: true
extraArgs:
    - --collector.filesystem.ignored-mount-points=^/(dev|proc|sys|var/lib/docker/.+|var/lib/kubelet/.+)($|/)
    - --collector.filesystem.ignored-fs-types=^(autofs|binfmt_misc|bpf|cgroup2?|configfs|debugfs|devpts|devtmpfs|fusectl|hugetlbfs|iso9660|mqueue|nsfs|overlay|proc|procfs|pstore|rpc_pipefs|securityfs|selinuxfs|squashfs|sysfs|tracefs)$
service:
    labels:
        jobLabel: node-exporter
vmScrape:
    enabled: true
    spec:
        endpoints:
            - metricRelabelConfigs:
                - action: drop
                  regex: /var/lib/kubelet/pods.+
                  source_labels:
                    - mountpoint
              port: metrics
        jobLabel: jobLabel
        selector:
            matchLabels:
                app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "prometheus-node-exporter.name" (index .Subcharts "prometheus-node-exporter") }}'

prometheus-node-exporter dependency chart configuration. For possible values check here
prometheus-node-exporter.vmScrape object 
enabled: true
spec:
    endpoints:
        - metricRelabelConfigs:
            - action: drop
              regex: /var/lib/kubelet/pods.+
              source_labels:
                - mountpoint
          port: metrics
    jobLabel: jobLabel
    selector:
        matchLabels:
            app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "prometheus-node-exporter.name" (index .Subcharts "prometheus-node-exporter") }}'

Node Exporter VM scrape config
prometheus-node-exporter.vmScrape.spec object 
endpoints:
    - metricRelabelConfigs:
        - action: drop
          regex: /var/lib/kubelet/pods.+
          source_labels:
            - mountpoint
      port: metrics
jobLabel: jobLabel
selector:
    matchLabels:
        app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "prometheus-node-exporter.name" (index .Subcharts "prometheus-node-exporter") }}'

Scrape configuration for Node Exporter
prometheus-operator-crds object 
enabled: false

Install prometheus operator CRDs
tenant string 
"0"

Tenant to use for Grafana datasources and remote write
victoria-metrics-operator object 
crds:
    cleanup:
        enabled: true
        image:
            pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
            repository: bitnami/kubectl
    plain: true
enabled: true
operator:
    disable_prometheus_converter: false
serviceMonitor:
    enabled: true

VictoriaMetrics Operator dependency chart configuration. More values can be found here. Also checkout here possible ENV variables to configure operator behaviour
victoria-metrics-operator.crds.plain bool 
true

added temporary, till new operator version released
victoria-metrics-operator.operator.disable_prometheus_converter bool 
false

By default, operator converts prometheus-operator objects.
vmagent.additionalRemoteWrites list 
[]

Remote write configuration of VMAgent, allowed parameters defined in a spec
vmagent.annotations object 
{}

VMAgent annotations
vmagent.enabled bool 
true

Create VMAgent CR
vmagent.ingress object 
annotations: {}
enabled: false
extraPaths: []
hosts:
    - vmagent.domain.com
labels: {}
path: ""
pathType: Prefix
tls: []

VMAgent ingress configuration
vmagent.spec object 
externalLabels: {}
extraArgs:
    promscrape.dropOriginalLabels: "true"
    promscrape.streamParse: "true"
port: "8429"
scrapeInterval: 20s
selectAllByDefault: true

Full spec for VMAgent CRD. Allowed values described here
vmalert.additionalNotifierConfigs object 
{}

Allows to configure static notifiers, discover notifiers via Consul and DNS, see specification here. This configuration will be created as separate secret and mounted to VMAlert pod.
vmalert.annotations object 
{}

VMAlert annotations
vmalert.enabled bool 
true

Create VMAlert CR
vmalert.ingress object 
annotations: {}
enabled: false
extraPaths: []
hosts:
    - vmalert.domain.com
labels: {}
path: ""
pathType: Prefix
tls: []

VMAlert ingress config
vmalert.ingress.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
vmalert.remoteWriteVMAgent bool 
false

Controls whether VMAlert should use VMAgent or VMInsert as a target for remotewrite
vmalert.spec object 
evaluationInterval: 15s
externalLabels: {}
extraArgs:
    http.pathPrefix: /
port: "8080"
selectAllByDefault: true

Full spec for VMAlert CRD. Allowed values described here
vmalert.templateFiles object 
{}

Extra VMAlert annotation templates
vmauth.annotations object 
{}

VMAuth annotations
vmauth.enabled bool 
false

Enable VMAuth CR
vmauth.spec object 
discover_backend_ips: true
port: "8427"

Full spec for VMAuth CRD. Allowed values described here
vmcluster.annotations object 
{}

VMCluster annotations
vmcluster.enabled bool 
false

Create VMCluster CR
vmcluster.ingress.insert.annotations object 
{}

Ingress annotations
vmcluster.ingress.insert.enabled bool 
false

Enable deployment of ingress for server component
vmcluster.ingress.insert.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
vmcluster.ingress.insert.hosts list 
[]

Array of host objects
vmcluster.ingress.insert.ingressClassName string 
""

Ingress controller class name
vmcluster.ingress.insert.labels object 
{}

Ingress extra labels
vmcluster.ingress.insert.path string 
'{{ dig "extraArgs" "http.pathPrefix" "/" .Values.vmcluster.spec.vminsert }}'

Ingress default path
vmcluster.ingress.insert.pathType string 
Prefix

Ingress path type
vmcluster.ingress.insert.tls list 
[]

Array of TLS objects
vmcluster.ingress.select.annotations object 
{}

Ingress annotations
vmcluster.ingress.select.enabled bool 
false

Enable deployment of ingress for server component
vmcluster.ingress.select.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
vmcluster.ingress.select.hosts list 
[]

Array of host objects
vmcluster.ingress.select.ingressClassName string 
""

Ingress controller class name
vmcluster.ingress.select.labels object 
{}

Ingress extra labels
vmcluster.ingress.select.path string 
'{{ dig "extraArgs" "http.pathPrefix" "/" .Values.vmcluster.spec.vmselect }}'

Ingress default path
vmcluster.ingress.select.pathType string 
Prefix

Ingress path type
vmcluster.ingress.select.tls list 
[]

Array of TLS objects
vmcluster.ingress.storage.annotations object 
{}

Ingress annotations
vmcluster.ingress.storage.enabled bool 
false

Enable deployment of ingress for server component
vmcluster.ingress.storage.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
vmcluster.ingress.storage.hosts list 
[]

Array of host objects
vmcluster.ingress.storage.ingressClassName string 
""

Ingress controller class name
vmcluster.ingress.storage.labels object 
{}

Ingress extra labels
vmcluster.ingress.storage.path string 
""

Ingress default path
vmcluster.ingress.storage.pathType string 
Prefix

Ingress path type
vmcluster.ingress.storage.tls list 
[]

Array of TLS objects
vmcluster.spec object 
replicationFactor: 2
retentionPeriod: "1"
vminsert:
    extraArgs: {}
    port: "8480"
    replicaCount: 2
    resources: {}
vmselect:
    cacheMountPath: /select-cache
    extraArgs: {}
    port: "8481"
    replicaCount: 2
    resources: {}
    storage:
        volumeClaimTemplate:
            spec:
                resources:
                    requests:
                        storage: 2Gi
vmstorage:
    replicaCount: 2
    resources: {}
    storage:
        volumeClaimTemplate:
            spec:
                resources:
                    requests:
                        storage: 10Gi
    storageDataPath: /vm-data

Full spec for VMCluster CRD. Allowed values described here
vmcluster.spec.retentionPeriod string 
"1"

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
vmcluster.vmauth object 
vminsert:
    - src_paths:
        - /insert/.*
      url_prefix:
        - /
vmselect:
    - src_paths:
        - /select/.*
      url_prefix:
        - /

Custom VMAuth config, url_prefix requires only path, which will be appended to a select and insert base URL. To disable auth for vmselect or vminsert empty list for component config vmcluster.vmauth.<component>: []
vmsingle.annotations object 
{}

VMSingle annotations
vmsingle.enabled bool 
true

Create VMSingle CR
vmsingle.ingress.annotations object 
{}

Ingress annotations
vmsingle.ingress.enabled bool 
false

Enable deployment of ingress for server component
vmsingle.ingress.extraPaths list 
[]

Extra paths to prepend to every host configuration. This is useful when working with annotation based services.
vmsingle.ingress.hosts list 
[]

Array of host objects
vmsingle.ingress.ingressClassName string 
""

Ingress controller class name
vmsingle.ingress.labels object 
{}

Ingress extra labels
vmsingle.ingress.path string 
""

Ingress default path
vmsingle.ingress.pathType string 
Prefix

Ingress path type
vmsingle.ingress.tls list 
[]

Array of TLS objects
vmsingle.spec object 
extraArgs: {}
port: "8429"
replicaCount: 1
retentionPeriod: "1"
storage:
    accessModes:
        - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
        requests:
            storage: 20Gi

Full spec for VMSingle CRD. Allowed values describe here
vmsingle.spec.retentionPeriod string 
"1"

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