VictoriaMetrics/snap/local/README.md

Snap integration

https://snapcraft.io/

snap link: https://snapcraft.io/victoriametrics

develop

Install snapcraft or docker

build snap package with command

make build-snap

It produces snap package with current git version - victoriametrics_v1.46.0+git1.1bebd021a-dirty_all.snap. You can install it with command: snap install victoriametrics_v1.46.0+git1.1bebd021a-dirty_all.snap --dangerous

usage

installation and configuration:

# install
snap install victoriametrics
# logs
snap logs victoriametrics
# restart
 snap restart victoriametrics

Configuration management:

Prometheus scrape config can be edited with your favorite editor, its located at

vi /var/snap/victoriametrics/current/etc/victoriametrics-scrape-config.yaml

after changes, you can trigger config reread with curl localhost:8428/-/reload.

Configuration tuning is possible with editing extra_flags:

echo 'FLAGS="-selfScrapeInterval=10s -search.logSlowQueryDuration=20s"' > /var/snap/victoriametrics/current/extra_flags
snap restart victoriametrics

Data folder located at /var/snap/victoriametrics/current/var/lib/victoriametrics/