VictoriaMetrics/docs/helm/victoria-metrics-single

Victoria Metrics Single version - high-performance, cost-effective and scalable TSDB, long-term remote storage for Prometheus

Prerequisites

• Install the follow packages: git, kubectl, helm, helm-docs. See this tutorial.
• PV support on underlying infrastructure.

Chart Details

This chart will do the following:

• Rollout Victoria Metrics Single.

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-single chart available to installation:

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

Install victoria-metrics-single chart

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

• For HTTPS repository

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

• For OCI repository

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

• For OCI repository

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

Install chart with command:

• For HTTPS repository

  helm install vms vm/victoria-metrics-single -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE
  

• For OCI repository

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

Get the pods lists by running this commands:

kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vms'

Get the application by running this command:

helm list -f vms -n NAMESPACE

See the history of versions of vms application with command.

helm history vms -n NAMESPACE

How to uninstall

Remove application with command.

helm uninstall vms -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-single

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-single/values.yaml file.

Key	Type	Default	Description
extraObjects	list	[]	Add extra specs dynamically to this chart
global.compatibility	object	openshift: adaptSecurityContext: auto	Openshift security context compatibility configuration
global.image.registry	string	""	Image registry, that can be shared across multiple helm charts
global.imagePullSecrets	list	[]	Image pull secrets, that can be shared across multiple helm charts
license	object	key: "" secret: key: "" name: ""	Enterprise license key configuration for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Required only for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Check docs here, for more information, visit site. Request a trial license here 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
podDisruptionBudget	object	enabled: false extraLabels: {}	See kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec for more. Details are here
printNotes	bool	true	Print chart notes
rbac.annotations	object	{}	Role/RoleBinding annotations
rbac.create	bool	true	Enables Role/RoleBinding creation
rbac.extraLabels	object	{}	Role/RoleBinding labels
rbac.namespaced	bool	false	If true and rbac.enabled, will deploy a Role/RoleBinding instead of a ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding
server.affinity	object	{}	Pod affinity
server.containerWorkingDir	string	""	Container workdir
server.emptyDir	object	{}	Use an alternate scheduler, e.g. “stork”. Check here for more details schedulerName:
server.enabled	bool	true	Enable deployment of server component. Deployed as StatefulSet
server.env	list	[]	Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Check here for more details
server.envFrom	list	[]	Specify alternative source for env variables
server.extraArgs	object	envflag.enable: "true" envflag.prefix: VM_ loggerFormat: json	Extra command line arguments for container of component
server.extraContainers	list	[]	Extra containers to run in a pod with VM single
server.extraHostPathMounts	list	[]
server.extraLabels	object	{}	Sts/Deploy additional labels
server.extraVolumeMounts	list	[]	Extra Volume Mounts for the container
server.extraVolumes	list	[]
server.fullnameOverride	string	null	Overrides the full name of server component
server.image.pullPolicy	string	IfNotPresent	Image pull policy
server.image.registry	string	""	Image registry
server.image.repository	string	victoriametrics/victoria-metrics	Image repository
server.image.tag	string	""	Image tag
server.image.variant	string	""
server.imagePullSecrets	list	[]	Image pull secrets
server.ingress.annotations	object	{}	Ingress annotations
server.ingress.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of ingress for server component
server.ingress.extraLabels	object	{}	Ingress extra labels
server.ingress.hosts	list	[]	Array of host objects
server.ingress.pathType	string	Prefix
server.ingress.tls	list	[]	Array of TLS objects
server.initContainers	list	[]	Init containers for VM single pod
server.name	string	null	Server resource name prefix
server.nodeSelector	object	{}	Pod’s node selector. Details are here
server.persistentVolume.accessModes	list	- ReadWriteOnce	Array of access modes. Must match those of existing PV or dynamic provisioner. Details are here
server.persistentVolume.annotations	object	{}	Persistant volume annotations
server.persistentVolume.enabled	bool	true	Create/use Persistent Volume Claim for server component. Empty dir if false
server.persistentVolume.existingClaim	string	""	Existing Claim name. If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound
server.persistentVolume.matchLabels	object	{}	Bind Persistent Volume by labels. Must match all labels of targeted PV.
server.persistentVolume.mountPath	string	/storage	Mount path. Server data Persistent Volume mount root path.
server.persistentVolume.name	string	""	Override Persistent Volume Claim name
server.persistentVolume.size	string	16Gi	Size of the volume. Should be calculated based on the metrics you send and retention policy you set.
server.persistentVolume.storageClassName	string	""	StorageClass to use for persistent volume. Requires server.persistentVolume.enabled: true. If defined, PVC created automatically
server.persistentVolume.subPath	string	""	Mount subpath
server.podAnnotations	object	{}	Pod’s annotations
server.podLabels	object	{}	Pod’s additional labels
server.podManagementPolicy	string	OrderedReady	Pod’s management policy
server.podSecurityContext	object	enabled: true	Pod’s security context. Details are here
server.priorityClassName	string	""	Name of Priority Class
server.probe	object	liveness: failureThreshold: 10 initialDelaySeconds: 30 periodSeconds: 30 tcpSocket: {} timeoutSeconds: 5 readiness: failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: {} initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 timeoutSeconds: 5 startup: {}	Readiness & Liveness probes
server.probe.liveness	object	failureThreshold: 10 initialDelaySeconds: 30 periodSeconds: 30 tcpSocket: {} timeoutSeconds: 5	Indicates whether the Container is running. If the liveness probe fails, the kubelet kills the Container, and the Container is subjected to its restart policy. If a Container does not provide a liveness probe, the default state is Success.
server.probe.readiness	object	failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: {} initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 timeoutSeconds: 5	Indicates whether the Container is ready to service requests. If the readiness probe fails, the endpoints controller removes the Pod’s IP address from the endpoints of all Services that match the Pod. The default state of readiness before the initial delay is Failure. If a Container does not provide a readiness probe, the default state is Success.
server.probe.startup	object	{}	Indicates whether the Container is done with potentially costly initialization. If set it is executed first. If it fails Container is restarted. If it succeeds liveness and readiness probes takes over.
server.relabel	object	config: [] configMap: "" enabled: false	Global relabel configuration
server.relabel.configMap	string	""	Use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used. Relabel config should reside under relabel.yml key
server.replicaCount	int	1	Number of victoriametrics single replicas
server.resources	object	{}	Resource object. Details are here
server.retentionPeriod	int	1	Data retention period in month
server.scrape.config	object	global: scrape_interval: 15s scrape_configs: - job_name: victoriametrics static_configs: - targets: - localhost:8428 - 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: endpoints 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_(.+) - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name target_label: node - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints-slow kubernetes_sd_configs: - role: endpoints 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_(.+) - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_service_name target_label: service - 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_(.+) - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_namespace target_label: namespace - action: replace source_labels: - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name target_label: pod	Scrape config
server.scrape.configMap	string	""	Use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used. Scrape config should reside under scrape.yml key
server.scrape.enabled	bool	false	If true scrapes targets, creates config map or use specified one with scrape targets
server.scrape.extraScrapeConfigs	list	[]	Extra scrape configs that will be appended to server.scrape.config
server.securityContext	object	enabled: true	Security context to be added to server pods
server.service.annotations	object	{}	Service annotations
server.service.clusterIP	string	""	Service ClusterIP
server.service.externalIPs	list	[]	Service external IPs. Details are here
server.service.externalTrafficPolicy	string	""	Service external traffic policy. Check here for details
server.service.healthCheckNodePort	string	""	Health check node port for a service. Check here for details
server.service.ipFamilies	list	[]	List of service IP families. Check here for details.
server.service.ipFamilyPolicy	string	""	Service IP family policy. Check here for details.
server.service.labels	object	{}	Service labels
server.service.loadBalancerIP	string	""	Service load balacner IP
server.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	list	[]	Load balancer source range
server.service.servicePort	int	8428	Service port
server.service.type	string	ClusterIP	Service type
server.serviceMonitor.annotations	object	{}	Service Monitor annotations
server.serviceMonitor.basicAuth	object	{}	Basic auth params for Service Monitor
server.serviceMonitor.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of Service Monitor for server component. This is Prometheus operator object
server.serviceMonitor.extraLabels	object	{}	Service Monitor labels
server.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings	list	[]	Service Monitor metricRelabelings
server.serviceMonitor.relabelings	list	[]	Service Monitor relabelings
server.statefulSet.enabled	bool	true	Creates statefulset instead of deployment, useful when you want to keep the cache
server.statefulSet.podManagementPolicy	string	OrderedReady	Deploy order policy for StatefulSet pods
server.terminationGracePeriodSeconds	int	60	Pod’s termination grace period in seconds
server.tolerations	list	[]	Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints. Details are here
server.vmbackupmanager.destination	string	""	Backup destination at S3, GCS or local filesystem. Release name will be included to path!
server.vmbackupmanager.disableDaily	bool	false	Disable daily backups
server.vmbackupmanager.disableHourly	bool	false	Disable hourly backups
server.vmbackupmanager.disableMonthly	bool	false	Disable monthly backups
server.vmbackupmanager.disableWeekly	bool	false	Disable weekly backups
server.vmbackupmanager.enabled	bool	false	Enable automatic creation of backup via vmbackupmanager. vmbackupmanager is part of Enterprise packages
server.vmbackupmanager.env	list	[]	Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Check here
server.vmbackupmanager.extraArgs	object	envflag.enable: "true" envflag.prefix: VM_ loggerFormat: json	Extra command line arguments for container of component
server.vmbackupmanager.extraVolumeMounts	list	[]
server.vmbackupmanager.image.registry	string	""	VMBackupManager image registry
server.vmbackupmanager.image.repository	string	victoriametrics/vmbackupmanager	VMBackupManager image repository
server.vmbackupmanager.image.tag	string	""	VMBackupManager image tag
server.vmbackupmanager.image.variant	string	""
server.vmbackupmanager.probe	object	liveness: failureThreshold: 10 initialDelaySeconds: 30 periodSeconds: 30 tcpSocket: port: manager-http timeoutSeconds: 5 readiness: failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: port: manager-http initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 timeoutSeconds: 5 startup: httpGet: port: manager-http	Readiness & Liveness probes
server.vmbackupmanager.probe.liveness	object	failureThreshold: 10 initialDelaySeconds: 30 periodSeconds: 30 tcpSocket: port: manager-http timeoutSeconds: 5	VMBackupManager liveness probe
server.vmbackupmanager.probe.readiness	object	failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: port: manager-http initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 timeoutSeconds: 5	VMBackupManager readiness probe
server.vmbackupmanager.probe.startup	object	httpGet: port: manager-http	VMBackupManager startup probe
server.vmbackupmanager.resources	object	{}	Resource object. Details are here
server.vmbackupmanager.restore	object	onStart: enabled: false	Allows to enable restore options for pod. Read more here
server.vmbackupmanager.retention	object	keepLastDaily: 2 keepLastHourly: 2 keepLastMonthly: 2 keepLastWeekly: 2	Backups’ retention settings
server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastDaily	int	2	Keep last N daily backups. 0 means delete all existing daily backups. Specify -1 to turn off
server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastHourly	int	2	Keep last N hourly backups. 0 means delete all existing hourly backups. Specify -1 to turn off
server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastMonthly	int	2	Keep last N monthly backups. 0 means delete all existing monthly backups. Specify -1 to turn off
server.vmbackupmanager.retention.keepLastWeekly	int	2	Keep last N weekly backups. 0 means delete all existing weekly backups. Specify -1 to turn off
serviceAccount.annotations	object	{}	ServiceAccount annotations
serviceAccount.automountToken	bool	true	Mount API token to pod directly
serviceAccount.create	bool	true	Create service account.
serviceAccount.extraLabels	object	{}	ServiceAccount labels
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