VictoriaMetrics/docs/Quick-Start.md

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# Quick Start

The following commands download the latest available [Docker image of VictoriaMetrics](https://hub.docker.com/r/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics) and start it at port 8428, while storing the ingested data at `victoria-metrics-data` subdirectory under the current directory:

```bash
docker pull victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:latest
docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`/victoria-metrics-data:/victoria-metrics-data -p 8428:8428 victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:latest
```

Open `http://localhost:8428` in web browser and read [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#operation).

VictoriaMetrics is also available in binaries (see [this page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases)) and in source code (see [how to build VictoriaMetrics from sources](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.html#how-to-build-from-sources)).

There are also the following versions of VictoriaMetrics available:
* [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html) - horizontally scalable VictoriaMetrics, which scales to multiple nodes.
* [Managed VictoriaMetrics at AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-4tbfq5icmbmyc).
docs: update docs ordering and formatting (#1192) The major change is adding `sort` directive to docs. For those docs which are copied from internal packages `sort` is added via makefile command. For the rest it is added manually since they're updated manually as well. The rest of changes is connected with markdown formatting. For example, changing headers in some files (`##` => `#`) makes navigation on .github.io to look better. This especially useful for `changelog` docs. Table of contents for `vmctl` is dropped, since we already have it autogenerated on .github.io. No link changes expected. The corresponding PR to `cluster` branch will be made in follow-up PR. 2021-04-07 10:39:16 +00:00			`---`
docs: update docs order 2021-04-23 22:27:13 +00:00			`sort: 12`
docs: update docs ordering and formatting (#1192) The major change is adding `sort` directive to docs. For those docs which are copied from internal packages `sort` is added via makefile command. For the rest it is added manually since they're updated manually as well. The rest of changes is connected with markdown formatting. For example, changing headers in some files (`##` => `#`) makes navigation on .github.io to look better. This especially useful for `changelog` docs. Table of contents for `vmctl` is dropped, since we already have it autogenerated on .github.io. No link changes expected. The corresponding PR to `cluster` branch will be made in follow-up PR. 2021-04-07 10:39:16 +00:00			`---`

docs: add docs as in the single-node branch 2019-12-05 17:28:21 +00:00			`# Quick Start`

docs/Quick-Start.md: simplify quick start guide 2022-01-03 15:28:38 +00:00			The following commands download the latest available [Docker image of VictoriaMetrics](https://hub.docker.com/r/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics) and start it at port 8428, while storing the ingested data at `victoria-metrics-data` subdirectory under the current directory:
docs: add docs as in the single-node branch 2019-12-05 17:28:21 +00:00
docs/Quick-Start.md: simplify quick start guide 2022-01-03 15:28:38 +00:00			```bash
			`docker pull victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:latest`
			docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`/victoria-metrics-data:/victoria-metrics-data -p 8428:8428 victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:latest
			```
docs: add docs as in the single-node branch 2019-12-05 17:28:21 +00:00
docs/Quick-Start.md: simplify quick start guide 2022-01-03 15:28:38 +00:00			Open `http://localhost:8428` in web browser and read [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#operation).
docs: add docs as in the single-node branch 2019-12-05 17:28:21 +00:00
docs/Quick-Start.md: simplify quick start guide 2022-01-03 15:28:38 +00:00			`VictoriaMetrics is also available in binaries (see [this page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases)) and in source code (see [how to build VictoriaMetrics from sources](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.html#how-to-build-from-sources)).`
docs: add docs as in the single-node branch 2019-12-05 17:28:21 +00:00
docs/Quick-Start.md: simplify quick start guide 2022-01-03 15:28:38 +00:00			`There are also the following versions of VictoriaMetrics available:`
			`* [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html) - horizontally scalable VictoriaMetrics, which scales to multiple nodes.`
			`* [Managed VictoriaMetrics at AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-4tbfq5icmbmyc).`