VictoriaMetrics/docs/helm/victoria-metrics-agent

Victoria Metrics Agent - collects metrics from various sources and stores them to VictoriaMetrics

Prerequisites

• Install the follow packages: git, kubectl, helm, helm-docs. See this tutorial.

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-agent chart available to installation:

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

Install victoria-metrics-agent chart

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

• For HTTPS repository

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

• For OCI repository

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

• For OCI repository

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

Install chart with command:

• For HTTPS repository

  helm install vma vm/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE
  

• For OCI repository

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

Get the pods lists by running this commands:

kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vma'

Get the application by running this command:

helm list -f vma -n NAMESPACE

See the history of versions of vma application with command.

helm history vma -n NAMESPACE

How to uninstall

Remove application with command.

helm uninstall vma -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-agent

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-agent/values.yaml file.

Key	Type	Default	Description
affinity	object	{}
annotations	object	{}	Annotations to be added to the deployment
config.global.scrape_interval	string	10s
config.scrape_configs	list	- job_name: vmagent static_configs: - targets: - localhost:8429 - 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: endpointslices 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_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name target_label: container - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - replacement: ${1} source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: job - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name target_label: node - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints-slow kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: endpointslices 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_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name target_label: container - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - replacement: ${1} source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: job - 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_(.+) - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name target_label: container - source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name target_label: node	scrape configuration. scrape self by default
configMap	string	""	vmagent scraping configuration: https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/docs/vmagent.md#how-to-collect-metrics-in-prometheus-format use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used
containerWorkingDir	string	/
deployment	object	enabled: true strategy: {}	ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/
emptyDir	object	{}
env	list	[]	Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags) https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#environment-variables
envFrom	list	[]
extraArgs	object	envflag.enable: "true" envflag.prefix: VM_ loggerFormat: json	vmagent extra command line arguments
extraContainers	list	[]
extraHostPathMounts	list	[]	Additional hostPath mounts
extraLabels	object	{}	extra Labels for Pods, Deployment and Statefulset
extraObjects	list	[]	Add extra specs dynamically to this chart
extraScrapeConfigs	list	[]	Extra scrape configs that will be appended to config
extraVolumeMounts	list	[]	Extra Volume Mounts for the container
extraVolumes	list	[]	Extra Volumes for the pod
fullnameOverride	string	""
global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext	string	auto
global.image.registry	string	""
global.imagePullSecrets	list	[]
horizontalPodAutoscaling	object	enabled: false maxReplicas: 10 metrics: [] minReplicas: 1	Horizontal Pod Autoscaling. Note that it is not intended to be used for vmagents which perform scraping. In order to scale scraping vmagents see: https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#scraping-big-number-of-targets
horizontalPodAutoscaling.enabled	bool	false	Use HPA for vmagent
horizontalPodAutoscaling.maxReplicas	int	10	Maximum replicas for HPA to use to to scale vmagent
horizontalPodAutoscaling.metrics	list	[]	Metric for HPA to use to scale vmagent
horizontalPodAutoscaling.minReplicas	int	1	Minimum replicas for HPA to use to scale vmagent
image.pullPolicy	string	IfNotPresent
image.registry	string	""	Image registry
image.repository	string	victoriametrics/vmagent	Image repository
image.tag	string	""	Image tag, set to Chart.AppVersion by default
image.variant	string	""	Variant of the image to use. e.g. enterprise, scratch
imagePullSecrets	list	[]
ingress.annotations	object	{}
ingress.enabled	bool	false
ingress.extraLabels	object	{}
ingress.hosts	list	[]
ingress.pathType	string	Prefix	pathType is only for k8s >= 1.1=
ingress.tls	list	[]
initContainers	list	[]
license	object	key: "" secret: key: "" name: ""	Enterprise license key configuration for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Required only for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Documentation - https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise, for more information, visit https://victoriametrics.com/products/enterprise/ . To request a trial license, go to https://victoriametrics.com/products/enterprise/trial/ Supported starting from VictoriaMetrics v1.94.0
license.key	string	""	License key
license.secret	object	key: "" name: ""	Use existing secret with license key
license.secret.key	string	""	Key in secret with license key
license.secret.name	string	""	Existing secret name
multiTenantUrls	list	[]
nameOverride	string	""
nodeSelector	object	{}
persistence.accessModes[0]	string	ReadWriteOnce
persistence.annotations	object	{}
persistence.enabled	bool	false
persistence.existingClaim	string	""
persistence.extraLabels	object	{}
persistence.matchLabels	object	{}	Bind Persistent Volume by labels. Must match all labels of targeted PV.
persistence.size	string	10Gi
podAnnotations	object	{}	Annotations to be added to pod
podDisruptionBudget	object	enabled: false labels: {}	See kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec for more ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/configure-pdb/
podLabels	object	{}	extra Labels for Pods only
podSecurityContext.enabled	bool	true
priorityClassName	string	""	priority class to be assigned to the pod(s)
probe.liveness	object	initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 tcpSocket: {} timeoutSeconds: 5	liveness probe
probe.readiness	object	httpGet: {} initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15	readiness probe
probe.startup	object	{}	startup probe
rbac.annotations	object	{}
rbac.create	bool	true
rbac.extraLabels	object	{}
rbac.namespaced	bool	false	if true and rbac.enabled, will deploy a Role/Rolebinding instead of a ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding
remoteWriteUrls	list	[]	WARN: need to specify at least one remote write url or one multi tenant url
replicaCount	int	1
resources	object	{}
securityContext.enabled	bool	true
service.annotations	object	{}
service.clusterIP	string	""
service.enabled	bool	false
service.externalIPs	list	[]
service.externalTrafficPolicy	string	""
service.extraLabels	object	{}
service.healthCheckNodePort	string	""
service.ipFamilies	list	[]
service.ipFamilyPolicy	string	""
service.loadBalancerIP	string	""
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	list	[]
service.servicePort	int	8429
service.type	string	ClusterIP
serviceAccount.annotations	object	{}	Annotations to add to the service account
serviceAccount.create	bool	true	Specifies whether a service account should be created
serviceAccount.name	string	null	The name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
serviceMonitor.annotations	object	{}	Service Monitor annotations
serviceMonitor.basicAuth	object	{}	Basic auth params for Service Monitor
serviceMonitor.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of Service Monitor for server component. This is Prometheus operator object
serviceMonitor.extraLabels	object	{}	Service Monitor labels
serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings	list	[]	Service Monitor metricRelabelings
serviceMonitor.relabelings	list	[]	Service Monitor relabelings
statefulset	object	clusterMode: false enabled: false replicationFactor: 1 updateStrategy: {}	ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/
statefulset.clusterMode	bool	false	create cluster of vmagents. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent#scraping-big-number-of-targets available since 1.77.2 version https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.77.2
statefulset.replicationFactor	int	1	replication factor for vmagent in cluster mode
tolerations	list	[]
topologySpreadConstraints	list	[]