Merge branch 'master' into get-vllogs-tenants

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ body:
   
         For VictoriaMetrics health-state issues please provide full-length screenshots
         of Grafana dashboards if possible:
-          * [Grafana dashboard for single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229/)
-          * [Grafana dashboard for VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11176/)
+          * [Grafana dashboard for single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229)
+          * [Grafana dashboard for VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11176)
         
         See how to setup monitoring here:
           * [monitoring for single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#monitoring)

Makefile

@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ test-full:
 test-full-386:
 	DISABLE_FSYNC_FOR_TESTING=1 GOARCH=386 go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./lib/... ./app/...
 
-integration-test: all
-	go test ./apptest/...
+integration-test: victoria-metrics vmagent vmalert vmauth
+	go test ./apptest/... -skip="^TestCluster.*"
 
 benchmark:
 	go test -bench=. ./lib/...

app/victoria-metrics/testdata/graphite/subquery-aggregation.json

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "name": "subquery-aggregation",
   "issue": "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/184",
   "data": [
-    "forms_daily_count;item=x 1 {TIME_S-1m}",
-    "forms_daily_count;item=x 2 {TIME_S-2m}",
-    "forms_daily_count;item=y 3 {TIME_S-1m}",
-    "forms_daily_count;item=y 4 {TIME_S-2m}"],
+    "forms_daily_count;item=x 1 {TIME_S-59s}",
+    "forms_daily_count;item=x 2 {TIME_S-1m59s}",
+    "forms_daily_count;item=y 3 {TIME_S-59s}",
+    "forms_daily_count;item=y 4 {TIME_S-1m59s}"],
   "query": ["/api/v1/query?query=min%20by%20(item)%20(min_over_time(forms_daily_count[10m:1m]))&time={TIME_S-1m}&latency_offset=1ms"],
   "result_query": {
     "status":"success",

app/vlinsert/datadog/datadog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+package datadog
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+	"github.com/valyala/fastjson"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/insertutils"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlstorage"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter"
+)
+
+var parserPool fastjson.ParserPool
+
+// RequestHandler processes Datadog insert requests
+func RequestHandler(path string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
+	switch path {
+	case "/api/v1/validate":
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `{}`)
+		return true
+	case "/api/v2/logs":
+		return datadogLogsIngestion(w, r)
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func datadogLogsIngestion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
+	w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	v2LogsRequestsTotal.Inc()
+	reader := r.Body
+
+	var ts int64
+	if tsValue := r.Header.Get("dd-message-timestamp"); tsValue != "" && tsValue != "0" {
+		var err error
+		ts, err = strconv.ParseInt(tsValue, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "could not parse dd-message-timestamp header value: %s", err)
+			return true
+		}
+		ts *= 1e6
+	} else {
+		ts = startTime.UnixNano()
+	}
+
+	if r.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
+		zr, err := common.GetGzipReader(reader)
+		if err != nil {
+			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot read gzipped logs request: %s", err)
+			return true
+		}
+		defer common.PutGzipReader(zr)
+		reader = zr
+	}
+
+	wcr := writeconcurrencylimiter.GetReader(reader)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(wcr)
+	writeconcurrencylimiter.PutReader(wcr)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot read request body: %s", err)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	cp, err := insertutils.GetCommonParams(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if err := vlstorage.CanWriteData(); err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	lmp := cp.NewLogMessageProcessor()
+	n, err := readLogsRequest(ts, data, lmp.AddRow)
+	lmp.MustClose()
+	if n > 0 {
+		rowsIngestedTotal.Add(n)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warnf("cannot decode log message in /api/v2/logs request: %s, stream fields: %s", err, cp.StreamFields)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// update v2LogsRequestDuration only for successfully parsed requests
+	// There is no need in updating v2LogsRequestDuration for request errors,
+	// since their timings are usually much smaller than the timing for successful request parsing.
+	v2LogsRequestDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, `{}`)
+	return true
+}
+
+var (
+	v2LogsRequestsTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_http_requests_total{path="/insert/datadog/api/v2/logs"}`)
+	rowsIngestedTotal     = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_rows_ingested_total{type="datadog"}`)
+	v2LogsRequestDuration = metrics.NewHistogram(`vl_http_request_duration_seconds{path="/insert/datadog/api/v2/logs"}`)
+)
+
+// readLogsRequest parses data according to DataDog logs format
+// https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/logs/#send-logs
+func readLogsRequest(ts int64, data []byte, processLogMessage func(int64, []logstorage.Field)) (int, error) {
+	p := parserPool.Get()
+	defer parserPool.Put(p)
+	v, err := p.ParseBytes(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse JSON request body: %w", err)
+	}
+	records, err := v.Array()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot extract array from parsed JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var fields []logstorage.Field
+	for m, r := range records {
+		o, err := r.Object()
+		if err != nil {
+			return m + 1, fmt.Errorf("could not extract log record: %w", err)
+		}
+		o.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			val, e := v.StringBytes()
+			if e != nil {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
+				return
+			}
+			switch string(k) {
+			case "message":
+				fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+					Name:  "_msg",
+					Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
+				})
+			case "ddtags":
+				// https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/tagging/
+				var pair []byte
+				idx := 0
+				for idx >= 0 {
+					idx = bytes.IndexByte(val, ',')
+					if idx < 0 {
+						pair = val
+					} else {
+						pair = val[:idx]
+						val = val[idx+1:]
+					}
+					if len(pair) > 0 {
+						n := bytes.IndexByte(pair, ':')
+						if n < 0 {
+							// No tag value.
+							fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+								Name:  bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(pair),
+								Value: "no_label_value",
+							})
+						}
+						fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+							Name:  bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(pair[:n]),
+							Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(pair[n+1:]),
+						})
+					}
+				}
+			default:
+				fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+					Name:  bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(k),
+					Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(val),
+				})
+			}
+		})
+		processLogMessage(ts, fields)
+		fields = fields[:0]
+	}
+	return len(records), nil
+}

app/vlinsert/datadog/datadog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package datadog
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
+)
+
+func TestReadLogsRequestFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(data string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		ts := time.Now().UnixNano()
+
+		processLogMessage := func(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected call to processLogMessage with timestamp=%d, fields=%s", timestamp, fields)
+		}
+
+		rows, err := readLogsRequest(ts, []byte(data), processLogMessage)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expecting non-empty error")
+		}
+		if rows != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected non-zero rows=%d", rows)
+		}
+	}
+	f("foobar")
+	f(`{}`)
+	f(`["create":{}]`)
+	f(`{"create":{}}
+foobar`)
+}
+
+func TestReadLogsRequestSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(data string, rowsExpected int, resultExpected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		ts := time.Now().UnixNano()
+		var result string
+		processLogMessage := func(_ int64, fields []logstorage.Field) {
+			a := make([]string, len(fields))
+			for i, f := range fields {
+				a[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q:%q", f.Name, f.Value)
+			}
+			if len(result) > 0 {
+				result = result + "\n"
+			}
+			s := "{" + strings.Join(a, ",") + "}"
+			result += s
+		}
+
+		// Read the request without compression
+		rows, err := readLogsRequest(ts, []byte(data), processLogMessage)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		if rows != rowsExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected rows read; got %d; want %d", rows, rowsExpected)
+		}
+
+		if result != resultExpected {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected result;\ngot\n%s\nwant\n%s", result, resultExpected)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify non-empty data
+	data := `[
+		{
+			"ddsource":"nginx",
+			"ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
+			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+			"message":"bar",
+			"service":"test"
+		}, {
+			"ddsource":"nginx",
+			"ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
+			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+			"message":"foobar",
+			"service":"test"
+		}, {
+			"ddsource":"nginx",
+			"ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
+			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+			"message":"baz",
+			"service":"test"
+		}, {
+			"ddsource":"nginx",
+			"ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
+			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+			"message":"xyz",
+			"service":"test"
+		}, {
+			"ddsource": "nginx",
+			"ddtags":"tag1:value1,tag2:value2,",
+			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+                        "message":"xyz",
+                        "service":"test"
+                }, {
+			"ddsource":"nginx",
+			"ddtags":",tag1:value1,tag2:value2",
+			"hostname":"127.0.0.1",
+                        "message":"xyz",
+                        "service":"test"
+		}
+	]`
+	rowsExpected := 6
+	resultExpected := `{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"bar","service":"test"}
+{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"foobar","service":"test"}
+{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"baz","service":"test"}
+{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"xyz","service":"test"}
+{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"xyz","service":"test"}
+{"ddsource":"nginx","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2","hostname":"127.0.0.1","_msg":"xyz","service":"test"}`
+	f(data, rowsExpected, resultExpected)
+}

app/vlinsert/insertutils/common_params.go

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package insertutils
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ type CommonParams struct {
 	MsgFields    []string
 	StreamFields []string
 	IgnoreFields []string
+	ExtraFields  []logstorage.Field
 
 	Debug           bool
 	DebugRequestURI string
@@ -45,48 +48,25 @@ func GetCommonParams(r *http.Request) (*CommonParams, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Extract time field name from _time_field query arg or header
 	timeField := "_time"
-	if tf := r.FormValue("_time_field"); tf != "" {
-		timeField = tf
-	} else if tf = r.Header.Get("VL-Time-Field"); tf != "" {
+	if tf := httputils.GetRequestValue(r, "_time_field", "VL-Time-Field"); tf != "" {
 		timeField = tf
 	}
 
-	// Extract message field name from _msg_field query arg or header
-	msgField := ""
-	if msgf := r.FormValue("_msg_field"); msgf != "" {
-		msgField = msgf
-	} else if msgf = r.Header.Get("VL-Msg-Field"); msgf != "" {
-		msgField = msgf
-	}
-	var msgFields []string
-	if msgField != "" {
-		msgFields = strings.Split(msgField, ",")
+	msgFields := httputils.GetArray(r, "_msg_field", "VL-Msg-Field")
+	streamFields := httputils.GetArray(r, "_stream_fields", "VL-Stream-Fields")
+	ignoreFields := httputils.GetArray(r, "ignore_fields", "VL-Ignore-Fields")
+
+	extraFields, err := getExtraFields(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	streamFields := httputils.GetArray(r, "_stream_fields")
-	if len(streamFields) == 0 {
-		if sf := r.Header.Get("VL-Stream-Fields"); len(sf) > 0 {
-			streamFields = strings.Split(sf, ",")
-		}
-	}
-	ignoreFields := httputils.GetArray(r, "ignore_fields")
-	if len(ignoreFields) == 0 {
-		if f := r.Header.Get("VL-Ignore-Fields"); len(f) > 0 {
-			ignoreFields = strings.Split(f, ",")
-		}
-	}
-
-	debug := httputils.GetBool(r, "debug")
-	if !debug {
-		if dh := r.Header.Get("VL-Debug"); len(dh) > 0 {
-			hv := strings.ToLower(dh)
-			switch hv {
-			case "", "0", "f", "false", "no":
-			default:
-				debug = true
-			}
+	debug := false
+	if dv := httputils.GetRequestValue(r, "debug", "VL-Debug"); dv != "" {
+		debug, err = strconv.ParseBool(dv)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse debug=%q: %w", dv, err)
 		}
 	}
 	debugRequestURI := ""
@@ -102,6 +82,7 @@ func GetCommonParams(r *http.Request) (*CommonParams, error) {
 		MsgFields:       msgFields,
 		StreamFields:    streamFields,
 		IgnoreFields:    ignoreFields,
+		ExtraFields:     extraFields,
 		Debug:           debug,
 		DebugRequestURI: debugRequestURI,
 		DebugRemoteAddr: debugRemoteAddr,
@@ -110,20 +91,45 @@ func GetCommonParams(r *http.Request) (*CommonParams, error) {
 	return cp, nil
 }
 
+func getExtraFields(r *http.Request) ([]logstorage.Field, error) {
+	efs := httputils.GetArray(r, "extra_fields", "VL-Extra-Fields")
+	if len(efs) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	extraFields := make([]logstorage.Field, len(efs))
+	for i, ef := range efs {
+		n := strings.Index(ef, "=")
+		if n <= 0 || n == len(ef)-1 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(`invalid extra_field format: %q; must be in the form "field=value"`, ef)
+		}
+		extraFields[i] = logstorage.Field{
+			Name:  ef[:n],
+			Value: ef[n+1:],
+		}
+	}
+	return extraFields, nil
+}
+
 // GetCommonParamsForSyslog returns common params needed for parsing syslog messages and storing them to the given tenantID.
-func GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID logstorage.TenantID) *CommonParams {
+func GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID logstorage.TenantID, streamFields, ignoreFields []string, extraFields []logstorage.Field) *CommonParams {
 	// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#unpack_syslog-pipe
+	if streamFields == nil {
+		streamFields = []string{
+			"hostname",
+			"app_name",
+			"proc_id",
+		}
+	}
 	cp := &CommonParams{
 		TenantID:  tenantID,
 		TimeField: "timestamp",
 		MsgFields: []string{
 			"message",
 		},
-		StreamFields: []string{
-			"hostname",
-			"app_name",
-			"proc_id",
-		},
+		StreamFields: streamFields,
+		IgnoreFields: ignoreFields,
+		ExtraFields:  extraFields,
 	}
 
 	return cp
@@ -146,8 +152,6 @@ type logMessageProcessor struct {
 	stopCh        chan struct{}
 	lastFlushTime time.Time
 
-	tmpFields []logstorage.Field
-
 	cp *CommonParams
 	lr *logstorage.LogRows
 }
@@ -190,17 +194,6 @@ func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Fiel
 		return
 	}
 
-	if *defaultMsgValue != "" && !hasMsgField(fields) {
-		// The log entry doesn't contain mandatory _msg field. Add _msg field with default value then
-		// according to https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field .
-		lmp.tmpFields = append(lmp.tmpFields[:0], fields...)
-		lmp.tmpFields = append(lmp.tmpFields, logstorage.Field{
-			Name:  "_msg",
-			Value: *defaultMsgValue,
-		})
-		fields = lmp.tmpFields
-	}
-
 	lmp.lr.MustAdd(lmp.cp.TenantID, timestamp, fields)
 	if lmp.cp.Debug {
 		s := lmp.lr.GetRowString(0)
@@ -214,15 +207,6 @@ func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) AddRow(timestamp int64, fields []logstorage.Fiel
 	}
 }
 
-func hasMsgField(fields []logstorage.Field) bool {
-	for _, f := range fields {
-		if f.Name == "_msg" {
-			return len(f.Value) > 0
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // flushLocked must be called under locked lmp.mu.
 func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) flushLocked() {
 	lmp.lastFlushTime = time.Now()
@@ -244,7 +228,7 @@ func (lmp *logMessageProcessor) MustClose() {
 //
 // MustClose() must be called on the returned LogMessageProcessor when it is no longer needed.
 func (cp *CommonParams) NewLogMessageProcessor() LogMessageProcessor {
-	lr := logstorage.GetLogRows(cp.StreamFields, cp.IgnoreFields)
+	lr := logstorage.GetLogRows(cp.StreamFields, cp.IgnoreFields, cp.ExtraFields, *defaultMsgValue)
 	lmp := &logMessageProcessor{
 		cp: cp,
 		lr: lr,

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_json.go

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+	"github.com/valyala/fastjson"
+
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/insertutils"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
@@ -15,8 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
-	"github.com/valyala/fastjson"
 )
 
 var parserPool fastjson.ParserPool
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func handleJSON(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 	n, err := parseJSONRequest(data, lmp)
 	lmp.MustClose()
 	if err != nil {
-		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot parse Loki json request: %s", err)
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot parse Loki json request: %s; data=%s", err, data)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 
 	streamsV := v.Get("streams")
 	if streamsV == nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("missing `streams` item in the parsed JSON: %q", v)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("missing `streams` item in the parsed JSON")
 	}
 	streams, err := streamsV.Array()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -107,9 +108,6 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 			labels = o
 		}
 		labels.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
 			vStr, errLocal := v.StringBytes()
 			if errLocal != nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
@@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 		// populate messages from `values` array
 		linesV := stream.Get("values")
 		if linesV == nil {
-			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("missing `values` item in the parsed JSON %q", stream)
+			return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("missing `values` item in the parsed `stream` object %q", stream)
 		}
 		lines, err := linesV.Array()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -140,8 +138,8 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 			if err != nil {
 				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected contents of `values` item; want array; got %q", line)
 			}
-			if len(lineA) != 2 {
-				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of values in `values` item array %q; got %d want 2", line, len(lineA))
+			if len(lineA) < 2 || len(lineA) > 3 {
+				return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of values in `values` item array %q; got %d want 2 or 3", line, len(lineA))
 			}
 
 			// parse timestamp
@@ -167,6 +165,30 @@ func parseJSONRequest(data []byte, lmp insertutils.LogMessageProcessor) (int, er
 				Name:  "_msg",
 				Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(msg),
 			})
+
+			// parse structured metadata - see https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/reference/loki-http-api/#ingest-logs
+			if len(lineA) > 2 {
+				structuredMetadata, err := lineA[2].Object()
+				if err != nil {
+					return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("unexpected structured metadata type for %q; want JSON object", lineA[2])
+				}
+
+				structuredMetadata.Visit(func(k []byte, v *fastjson.Value) {
+					vStr, errLocal := v.StringBytes()
+					if errLocal != nil {
+						err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected label value type for %q:%q; want string", k, v)
+						return
+					}
+
+					fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+						Name:  bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(k),
+						Value: bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(vStr),
+					})
+				})
+				if err != nil {
+					return rowsIngested, fmt.Errorf("error when parsing `structuredMetadata` object: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
 			lmp.AddRow(ts, fields)
 		}
 		rowsIngested += len(lines)

app/vlinsert/loki/loki_json_test.go

@@ -45,13 +45,19 @@ func TestParseJSONRequest_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 	// Invalid length of `values` individual item
 	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[[]]}]}`)
 	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["123"]]}]}`)
-	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["123","456","789"]]}]}`)
+	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["123","456","789","8123"]]}]}`)
 
 	// Invalid type for timestamp inside `values` individual item
 	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[[123,"456"]}]}`)
 
 	// Invalid type for log message
 	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["123",1234]]}]}`)
+
+	// invalid structured metadata type
+	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["1577836800000000001", "foo bar", ["metadata_1", "md_value"]]]}]}`)
+
+	// structured metadata with unexpected value type
+	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["1577836800000000001", "foo bar", {"metadata_1": 1}]] }]}`)
 }
 
 func TestParseJSONRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
@@ -116,4 +122,8 @@ func TestParseJSONRequest_Success(t *testing.T) {
 }`, []int64{1577836800000000001, 1577836900005000002, 1877836900005000002}, `{"foo":"bar","a":"b","_msg":"foo bar"}
 {"foo":"bar","a":"b","_msg":"abc"}
 {"x":"y","_msg":"yx"}`)
+
+	// values with metadata
+	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["1577836800000000001", "foo bar", {"metadata_1": "md_value"}]]}]}`, []int64{1577836800000000001}, `{"_msg":"foo bar","metadata_1":"md_value"}`)
+	f(`{"streams":[{"values":[["1577836800000000001", "foo bar", {}]]}]}`, []int64{1577836800000000001}, `{"_msg":"foo bar"}`)
 }

app/vlinsert/loki/pb.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var mp easyproto.MarshalerPool
 
 // PushRequest represents Loki PushRequest
 //
-// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/4220737a52da7ab6c9346b12d5a5d7bedbcd641d/pkg/push/push.proto#L14C1-L14C20
+// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/ada4b7b8713385fbe9f5984a5a0aaaddf1a7b851/pkg/push/push.proto#L14
 type PushRequest struct {
 	Streams []Stream
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (pr *PushRequest) unmarshalProtobuf(entriesBuf []Entry, labelPairBuf []Labe
 
 // Stream represents Loki stream.
 //
-// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/4220737a52da7ab6c9346b12d5a5d7bedbcd641d/pkg/push/push.proto#L23
+// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/ada4b7b8713385fbe9f5984a5a0aaaddf1a7b851/pkg/push/push.proto#L23
 type Stream struct {
 	Labels  string
 	Entries []Entry
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (s *Stream) unmarshalProtobuf(entriesBuf []Entry, labelPairBuf []LabelPair,
 
 // Entry represents Loki entry.
 //
-// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/4220737a52da7ab6c9346b12d5a5d7bedbcd641d/pkg/push/push.proto#L38
+// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/ada4b7b8713385fbe9f5984a5a0aaaddf1a7b851/pkg/push/push.proto#L38
 type Entry struct {
 	Timestamp          time.Time
 	Line               string
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (e *Entry) unmarshalProtobuf(labelPairBuf []LabelPair, src []byte) ([]Label
 
 // LabelPair represents Loki label pair.
 //
-// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/4220737a52da7ab6c9346b12d5a5d7bedbcd641d/pkg/push/push.proto#L33
+// See https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/ada4b7b8713385fbe9f5984a5a0aaaddf1a7b851/pkg/push/push.proto#L33
 type LabelPair struct {
 	Name  string
 	Value string

app/vlinsert/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/datadog"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/elasticsearch"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/journald"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vlinsert/jsonline"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func Stop() {
 // RequestHandler handles insert requests for VictoriaLogs
 func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	path := r.URL.Path
+
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/insert/") {
 		// Skip requests, which do not start with /insert/, since these aren't our requests.
 		return false
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/journald/"):
 		path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/journald")
 		return journald.RequestHandler(path, w, r)
+	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/datadog/"):
+		path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/datadog")
+		return datadog.RequestHandler(path, w, r)
 	default:
 		return false
 	}

app/vlinsert/syslog/syslog.go

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package syslog
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -35,10 +37,25 @@ var (
 	syslogTimezone = flag.String("syslog.timezone", "Local", "Timezone to use when parsing timestamps in RFC3164 syslog messages. Timezone must be a valid IANA Time Zone. "+
 		"For example: America/New_York, Europe/Berlin, Etc/GMT+3 . See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/")
 
-	syslogTenantIDTCP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.tenantID.tcp", "TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. "+
-		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/")
-	syslogTenantIDUDP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.tenantID.udp", "TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. "+
-		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/")
+	streamFieldsTCP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.streamFields.tcp", "Fields to use as log stream labels for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. "+
+		`See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#stream-fields`)
+	streamFieldsUDP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.streamFields.udp", "Fields to use as log stream labels for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. "+
+		`See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#stream-fields`)
+
+	ignoreFieldsTCP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.ignoreFields.tcp", "Fields to ignore at logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. "+
+		`See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#dropping-fields`)
+	ignoreFieldsUDP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.ignoreFields.udp", "Fields to ignore at logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. "+
+		`See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#dropping-fields`)
+
+	extraFieldsTCP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.extraFields.tcp", "Fields to add to logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. "+
+		`See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#adding-extra-fields`)
+	extraFieldsUDP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.extraFields.udp", "Fields to add to logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. "+
+		`See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#adding-extra-fields`)
+
+	tenantIDTCP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.tenantID.tcp", "TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. "+
+		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#multitenancy")
+	tenantIDUDP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.tenantID.udp", "TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. "+
+		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#multitenancy")
 
 	listenAddrTCP = flagutil.NewArrayString("syslog.listenAddr.tcp", "Comma-separated list of TCP addresses to listen to for Syslog messages. "+
 		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/")
@@ -150,7 +167,7 @@ func runUDPListener(addr string, argIdx int) {
 		logger.Fatalf("cannot start UDP syslog server at %q: %s", addr, err)
 	}
 
-	tenantIDStr := syslogTenantIDUDP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	tenantIDStr := tenantIDUDP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
 	tenantID, err := logstorage.ParseTenantID(tenantIDStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.tenantID.udp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.udp=%q: %s", tenantIDStr, addr, err)
@@ -161,9 +178,27 @@ func runUDPListener(addr string, argIdx int) {
 
 	useLocalTimestamp := useLocalTimestampUDP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
 
+	streamFieldsStr := streamFieldsUDP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	streamFields, err := parseFieldsList(streamFieldsStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.streamFields.udp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.udp=%q: %s", streamFieldsStr, addr, err)
+	}
+
+	ignoreFieldsStr := ignoreFieldsUDP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	ignoreFields, err := parseFieldsList(ignoreFieldsStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.ignoreFields.udp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.udp=%q: %s", ignoreFieldsStr, addr, err)
+	}
+
+	extraFieldsStr := extraFieldsUDP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	extraFields, err := parseExtraFields(extraFieldsStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.extraFields.udp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.udp=%q: %s", extraFieldsStr, addr, err)
+	}
+
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
-		serveUDP(ln, tenantID, compressMethod, useLocalTimestamp)
+		serveUDP(ln, tenantID, compressMethod, useLocalTimestamp, streamFields, ignoreFields, extraFields)
 		close(doneCh)
 	}()
 
@@ -193,7 +228,7 @@ func runTCPListener(addr string, argIdx int) {
 		logger.Fatalf("syslog: cannot start TCP listener at %s: %s", addr, err)
 	}
 
-	tenantIDStr := syslogTenantIDTCP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	tenantIDStr := tenantIDTCP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
 	tenantID, err := logstorage.ParseTenantID(tenantIDStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.tenantID.tcp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.tcp=%q: %s", tenantIDStr, addr, err)
@@ -204,9 +239,27 @@ func runTCPListener(addr string, argIdx int) {
 
 	useLocalTimestamp := useLocalTimestampTCP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
 
+	streamFieldsStr := streamFieldsTCP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	streamFields, err := parseFieldsList(streamFieldsStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.streamFields.tcp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.tcp=%q: %s", streamFieldsStr, addr, err)
+	}
+
+	ignoreFieldsStr := ignoreFieldsTCP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	ignoreFields, err := parseFieldsList(ignoreFieldsStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.ignoreFields.tcp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.tcp=%q: %s", ignoreFieldsStr, addr, err)
+	}
+
+	extraFieldsStr := extraFieldsTCP.GetOptionalArg(argIdx)
+	extraFields, err := parseExtraFields(extraFieldsStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("cannot parse -syslog.extraFields.tcp=%q for -syslog.listenAddr.tcp=%q: %s", extraFieldsStr, addr, err)
+	}
+
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
-		serveTCP(ln, tenantID, compressMethod, useLocalTimestamp)
+		serveTCP(ln, tenantID, compressMethod, useLocalTimestamp, streamFields, ignoreFields, extraFields)
 		close(doneCh)
 	}()
 
@@ -228,7 +281,7 @@ func checkCompressMethod(compressMethod, addr, protocol string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func serveUDP(ln net.PacketConn, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod string, useLocalTimestamp bool) {
+func serveUDP(ln net.PacketConn, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod string, useLocalTimestamp bool, streamFields, ignoreFields []string, extraFields []logstorage.Field) {
 	gomaxprocs := cgroup.AvailableCPUs()
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	localAddr := ln.LocalAddr()
@@ -236,7 +289,7 @@ func serveUDP(ln net.PacketConn, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod st
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			cp := insertutils.GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID)
+			cp := insertutils.GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID, streamFields, ignoreFields, extraFields)
 			var bb bytesutil.ByteBuffer
 			bb.B = bytesutil.ResizeNoCopyNoOverallocate(bb.B, 64*1024)
 			for {
@@ -270,7 +323,7 @@ func serveUDP(ln net.PacketConn, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod st
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
-func serveTCP(ln net.Listener, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod string, useLocalTimestamp bool) {
+func serveTCP(ln net.Listener, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod string, useLocalTimestamp bool, streamFields, ignoreFields []string, extraFields []logstorage.Field) {
 	var cm ingestserver.ConnsMap
 	cm.Init("syslog")
 
@@ -300,7 +353,7 @@ func serveTCP(ln net.Listener, tenantID logstorage.TenantID, compressMethod stri
 
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
-			cp := insertutils.GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID)
+			cp := insertutils.GetCommonParamsForSyslog(tenantID, streamFields, ignoreFields, extraFields)
 			if err := processStream(c, compressMethod, useLocalTimestamp, cp); err != nil {
 				logger.Errorf("syslog: cannot process TCP data at %q: %s", addr, err)
 			}
@@ -531,3 +584,35 @@ var (
 	udpRequestsTotal = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_udp_reqests_total{type="syslog"}`)
 	udpErrorsTotal   = metrics.NewCounter(`vl_udp_errors_total{type="syslog"}`)
 )
+
+func parseFieldsList(s string) ([]string, error) {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var a []string
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &a)
+	return a, err
+}
+
+func parseExtraFields(s string) ([]logstorage.Field, error) {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var m map[string]string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &m); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	fields := make([]logstorage.Field, 0, len(m))
+	for k, v := range m {
+		fields = append(fields, logstorage.Field{
+			Name:  k,
+			Value: v,
+		})
+	}
+	sort.Slice(fields, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return fields[i].Name < fields[j].Name
+	})
+	return fields, nil
+}

app/vlogscli/less_wrapper.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func isTerminal() bool {
 	return isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()) && isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stderr.Fd())
 }
 
-func readWithLess(r io.Reader) error {
+func readWithLess(r io.Reader, wrapLongLines bool) error {
 	if !isTerminal() {
 		// Just write everything to stdout if no terminal is available.
 		_, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, r)
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ func readWithLess(r io.Reader) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot find 'less' command: %w", err)
 	}
-	p, err := os.StartProcess(path, []string{"less", "-F", "-X"}, &os.ProcAttr{
+	opts := []string{"less", "-F", "-X"}
+	if !wrapLongLines {
+		opts = append(opts, "-S")
+	}
+	p, err := os.StartProcess(path, opts, &os.ProcAttr{
 		Env:   append(os.Environ(), "LESSCHARSET=utf-8"),
 		Files: []*os.File{pr, os.Stdout, os.Stderr},
 	})

app/vlogscli/main.go

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func runReadlineLoop(rl *readline.Instance, incompleteLine *string) {
 	}
 
 	outputMode := outputModeJSONMultiline
+	wrapLongLines := false
 	s := ""
 	for {
 		line, err := rl.ReadLine()
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func runReadlineLoop(rl *readline.Instance, incompleteLine *string) {
 			case io.EOF:
 				if s != "" {
 					// This is non-interactive query execution.
-					executeQuery(context.Background(), rl, s, outputMode)
+					executeQuery(context.Background(), rl, s, outputMode, wrapLongLines)
 				}
 				return
 			case readline.ErrInterrupt:
@@ -163,6 +164,18 @@ func runReadlineLoop(rl *readline.Instance, incompleteLine *string) {
 			s = ""
 			continue
 		}
+		if s == `\wrap_long_lines` {
+			if wrapLongLines {
+				wrapLongLines = false
+				fmt.Fprintf(rl, "wrapping of long lines is disabled\n")
+			} else {
+				wrapLongLines = true
+				fmt.Fprintf(rl, "wrapping of long lines is enabled\n")
+			}
+			historyLines = pushToHistory(rl, historyLines, s)
+			s = ""
+			continue
+		}
 		if line != "" && !strings.HasSuffix(line, ";") {
 			// Assume the query is incomplete and allow the user finishing the query on the next line
 			s += "\n"
@@ -172,7 +185,7 @@ func runReadlineLoop(rl *readline.Instance, incompleteLine *string) {
 
 		// Execute the query
 		ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
-		executeQuery(ctx, rl, s, outputMode)
+		executeQuery(ctx, rl, s, outputMode, wrapLongLines)
 		cancel()
 
 		historyLines = pushToHistory(rl, historyLines, s)
@@ -259,13 +272,14 @@ func printCommandsHelp(w io.Writer) {
 \m - multiline json output mode
 \c - compact output
 \logfmt - logfmt output mode
+\wrap_long_lines - toggles wrapping long lines
 \tail <query> - live tail <query> results
 
 See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/vlogscli/ for more details
 `)
 }
 
-func executeQuery(ctx context.Context, output io.Writer, qStr string, outputMode outputMode) {
+func executeQuery(ctx context.Context, output io.Writer, qStr string, outputMode outputMode, wrapLongLines bool) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(qStr, `\tail `) {
 		tailQuery(ctx, output, qStr, outputMode)
 		return
@@ -279,7 +293,7 @@ func executeQuery(ctx context.Context, output io.Writer, qStr string, outputMode
 		_ = respBody.Close()
 	}()
 
-	if err := readWithLess(respBody); err != nil {
+	if err := readWithLess(respBody, wrapLongLines); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(output, "error when reading query response: %s\n", err)
 		return
 	}

app/vlselect/logsql/logsql.go

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func ProcessHitsRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 	}
 
 	// Prepare the query for hits count.
-	q.Optimize()
 	q.DropAllPipes()
 	q.AddCountByTimePipe(int64(step), int64(offset), fields)
 
@@ -204,7 +203,6 @@ func ProcessFieldNamesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 	}
 
 	// Obtain field names for the given query
-	q.Optimize()
 	fieldNames, err := vlstorage.GetFieldNames(ctx, tenantIDs, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain field names: %s", err)
@@ -244,7 +242,6 @@ func ProcessFieldValuesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 	}
 
 	// Obtain unique values for the given field
-	q.Optimize()
 	values, err := vlstorage.GetFieldValues(ctx, tenantIDs, q, fieldName, uint64(limit))
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain values for field %q: %s", fieldName, err)
@@ -267,7 +264,6 @@ func ProcessStreamFieldNamesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter,
 	}
 
 	// Obtain stream field names for the given query
-	q.Optimize()
 	names, err := vlstorage.GetStreamFieldNames(ctx, tenantIDs, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain stream field names: %s", err)
@@ -306,7 +302,6 @@ func ProcessStreamFieldValuesRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter,
 	}
 
 	// Obtain stream field values for the given query and the given fieldName
-	q.Optimize()
 	values, err := vlstorage.GetStreamFieldValues(ctx, tenantIDs, q, fieldName, uint64(limit))
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain stream field values: %s", err)
@@ -338,7 +333,6 @@ func ProcessStreamIDsRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 	}
 
 	// Obtain streamIDs for the given query
-	q.Optimize()
 	streamIDs, err := vlstorage.GetStreamIDs(ctx, tenantIDs, q, uint64(limit))
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain stream_ids: %s", err)
@@ -370,7 +364,6 @@ func ProcessStreamsRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 	}
 
 	// Obtain streams for the given query
-	q.Optimize()
 	streams, err := vlstorage.GetStreams(ctx, tenantIDs, q, uint64(limit))
 	if err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot obtain streams: %s", err)
@@ -398,7 +391,6 @@ func ProcessLiveTailRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 			"see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#live-tailing for details", q)
 		return
 	}
-	q.Optimize()
 
 	refreshIntervalMsecs, err := httputils.GetDuration(r, "refresh_interval", 1000)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -407,13 +399,28 @@ func ProcessLiveTailRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	}
 	refreshInterval := time.Millisecond * time.Duration(refreshIntervalMsecs)
 
+	startOffsetMsecs, err := httputils.GetDuration(r, "start_offset", 5*1000)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	startOffset := startOffsetMsecs * 1e6
+
+	offsetMsecs, err := httputils.GetDuration(r, "offset", 1000)
+	if err != nil {
+		httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	offset := offsetMsecs * 1e6
+
 	ctxWithCancel, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	tp := newTailProcessor(cancel)
 
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(refreshInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	end := time.Now().UnixNano()
+	end := time.Now().UnixNano() - offset
+	start := end - startOffset
 	doneCh := ctxWithCancel.Done()
 	flusher, ok := w.(http.Flusher)
 	if !ok {
@@ -421,14 +428,7 @@ func ProcessLiveTailRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	}
 	qOrig := q
 	for {
-		start := end - tailOffsetNsecs
-		end = time.Now().UnixNano()
-
-		q = qOrig.Clone(end)
-		q.AddTimeFilter(start, end)
-		// q.Optimize() call is needed for converting '*' into filterNoop.
-		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6785#issuecomment-2358547733
-		q.Optimize()
+		q = qOrig.CloneWithTimeFilter(end, start, end)
 		if err := vlstorage.RunQuery(ctxWithCancel, tenantIDs, q, tp.writeBlock); err != nil {
 			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "cannot execute tail query [%s]: %s", q, err)
 			return
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ func ProcessLiveTailRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 		case <-doneCh:
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
+			start = end - tailOffsetNsecs
+			end = time.Now().UnixNano() - offset
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -605,8 +607,6 @@ func ProcessStatsQueryRangeRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		return
 	}
 
-	q.Optimize()
-
 	m := make(map[string]*statsSeries)
 	var mLock sync.Mutex
 
@@ -717,8 +717,6 @@ func ProcessStatsQueryRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 		return
 	}
 
-	q.Optimize()
-
 	var rows []statsRow
 	var rowsLock sync.Mutex
 
@@ -818,7 +816,6 @@ func ProcessQueryRequest(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 
 		q.AddPipeLimit(uint64(limit))
 	}
-	q.Optimize()
 
 	writeBlock := func(_ uint, timestamps []int64, columns []logstorage.BlockColumn) {
 		if len(columns) == 0 || len(columns[0].Values) == 0 {
@@ -888,7 +885,6 @@ type row struct {
 func getLastNQueryResults(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []logstorage.TenantID, q *logstorage.Query, limit int) ([]row, error) {
 	limitUpper := 2 * limit
 	q.AddPipeLimit(uint64(limitUpper))
-	q.Optimize()
 
 	rows, err := getQueryResultsWithLimit(ctx, tenantIDs, q, limitUpper)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -908,11 +904,7 @@ func getLastNQueryResults(ctx context.Context, tenantIDs []logstorage.TenantID,
 	qOrig := q
 	for {
 		timestamp := qOrig.GetTimestamp()
-		q = qOrig.Clone(timestamp)
-		q.AddTimeFilter(start, end)
-		// q.Optimize() call is needed for converting '*' into filterNoop.
-		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6785#issuecomment-2358547733
-		q.Optimize()
+		q = qOrig.CloneWithTimeFilter(timestamp, start, end)
 		rows, err := getQueryResultsWithLimit(ctx, tenantIDs, q, limitUpper)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -1016,14 +1008,29 @@ func parseCommonArgs(r *http.Request) (*logstorage.Query, []logstorage.TenantID,
 	}
 	tenantIDs := []logstorage.TenantID{tenantID}
 
+	// Parse optional start and end args
+	start, okStart, err := getTimeNsec(r, "start")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	end, okEnd, err := getTimeNsec(r, "end")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
 	// Parse optional time arg
 	timestamp, okTime, err := getTimeNsec(r, "time")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	if !okTime {
-		// If time arg is missing, then evaluate query at the current timestamp
-		timestamp = time.Now().UnixNano()
+		// If time arg is missing, then evaluate query either at the end timestamp (if it is set)
+		// or at the current timestamp (if end query arg isn't set)
+		if okEnd {
+			timestamp = end
+		} else {
+			timestamp = time.Now().UnixNano()
+		}
 	}
 
 	// decrease timestamp by one nanosecond in order to avoid capturing logs belonging
@@ -1037,16 +1044,8 @@ func parseCommonArgs(r *http.Request) (*logstorage.Query, []logstorage.TenantID,
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse query [%s]: %s", qStr, err)
 	}
 
-	// Parse optional start and end args
-	start, okStart, err := getTimeNsec(r, "start")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	end, okEnd, err := getTimeNsec(r, "end")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
 	if okStart || okEnd {
+		// Add _time:[start, end] filter if start or end args were set.
 		if !okStart {
 			start = math.MinInt64
 		}

app/vlselect/vmui/asset-manifest.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "files": {
     "main.css": "./static/css/main.faf86aa5.css",
-    "main.js": "./static/js/main.64aea685.js",
+    "main.js": "./static/js/main.b204330a.js",
     "static/js/685.f772060c.chunk.js": "./static/js/685.f772060c.chunk.js",
     "static/media/MetricsQL.md": "./static/media/MetricsQL.a00044c91d9781cf8557.md",
     "index.html": "./index.html"
   },
   "entrypoints": [
     "static/css/main.faf86aa5.css",
-    "static/js/main.64aea685.js"
+    "static/js/main.b204330a.js"
   ]
 }

app/vlselect/vmui/index.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="mask-icon" href="./favicon.svg" color="#000000"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=5"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"/><meta name="description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"/><link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json"/><title>UI for VictoriaLogs</title><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><meta name="twitter:image" content="./preview.jpg"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta property="og:url" content="https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta property="og:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><script defer="defer" src="./static/js/main.64aea685.js"></script><link href="./static/css/main.faf86aa5.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>
+<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="mask-icon" href="./favicon.svg" color="#000000"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=5"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"/><meta name="description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"/><link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json"/><title>UI for VictoriaLogs</title><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><meta name="twitter:image" content="./preview.jpg"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:title" content="UI for VictoriaLogs"><meta property="og:url" content="https://victoriametrics.com/products/victorialogs/"><meta property="og:description" content="Explore your log data with VictoriaLogs UI"><script defer="defer" src="./static/js/main.b204330a.js"></script><link href="./static/css/main.faf86aa5.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>

app/vmalert-tool/unittest/unittest.go

@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ func (tg *testGroup) test(evalInterval time.Duration, groupOrderMap map[string]i
 	// tear down vmstorage and clean the data dir
 	defer tearDown()
 
+	if tg.Interval == nil {
+		tg.Interval = promutils.NewDuration(evalInterval)
+	}
 	err := writeInputSeries(tg.InputSeries, tg.Interval, testStartTime, testPromWriteHTTPPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []error{err}

app/vmalert/config/types.go

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (t *Type) ValidateExpr(expr string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("bad prometheus expr: %q, err: %w", expr, err)
 		}
 	case "vlogs":
-		if _, err := logstorage.ParseStatsQuery(expr); err != nil {
+		if _, err := logstorage.ParseStatsQuery(expr, 0); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("bad LogsQL expr: %q, err: %w", expr, err)
 		}
 	default:

app/vmalert/rule/recording.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/config"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/datasource"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/utils"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
 )
@@ -221,6 +222,9 @@ func setIntervalAsTimeFilter(dType, expr string) bool {
 	if dType != "vlogs" {
 		return false
 	}
-	q, _ := logstorage.ParseStatsQuery(expr)
-	return !q.ContainAnyTimeFilter()
+	q, err := logstorage.ParseStatsQuery(expr, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Panicf("BUG: the LogsQL query must be valid here; got error: %s; query=[%s]", err, expr)
+	}
+	return !q.HasGlobalTimeFilter()
 }

app/vmauth/auth_config.go

@@ -462,13 +462,17 @@ func getLeastLoadedBackendURL(bus []*backendURL, atomicCounter *atomic.Uint32) *
 
 	// Slow path - select other backend urls.
 	n := atomicCounter.Add(1) - 1
-
+	buMin := bus[n%uint32(len(bus))]
 	for i := uint32(0); i < uint32(len(bus)); i++ {
 		idx := (n + i) % uint32(len(bus))
 		bu := bus[idx]
 		if bu.isBroken() {
 			continue
 		}
+		if buMin.isBroken() {
+			// verify that buMin isn't set as broken
+			buMin = bu
+		}
 		if bu.concurrentRequests.Load() == 0 {
 			// Fast path - return the backend with zero concurrently executed requests.
 			// Do not use CompareAndSwap() instead of Load(), since it is much slower on systems with many CPU cores.
@@ -478,7 +482,6 @@ func getLeastLoadedBackendURL(bus []*backendURL, atomicCounter *atomic.Uint32) *
 	}
 
 	// Slow path - return the backend with the minimum number of concurrently executed requests.
-	buMin := bus[n%uint32(len(bus))]
 	minRequests := buMin.concurrentRequests.Load()
 	for _, bu := range bus {
 		if bu.isBroken() {

app/vmauth/auth_config_test.go

@@ -777,6 +777,28 @@ func TestGetLeastLoadedBackendURL(t *testing.T) {
 	fn(7, 7, 7)
 }
 
+func TestBrokenBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	up := mustParseURLs([]string{
+		"http://node1:343",
+		"http://node2:343",
+		"http://node3:343",
+	})
+	up.loadBalancingPolicy = "least_loaded"
+	pbus := up.bus.Load()
+	bus := *pbus
+
+	// explicitly mark one of the backends as broken
+	bus[1].setBroken()
+
+	// broken backend should never return while there are healthy backends
+	for i := 0; i < 1e3; i++ {
+		b := up.getBackendURL()
+		if b.isBroken() {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected broken backend %q", b.url)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func getRegexs(paths []string) []*Regex {
 	var sps []*Regex
 	for _, path := range paths {

app/vmctl/influx/influx.go

@@ -51,30 +51,31 @@ type Series struct {
 	Measurement string
 	Field       string
 	LabelPairs  []LabelPair
+
+	// EmptyTags contains tags in measurement whose value must be empty.
+	EmptyTags []string
 }
 
 var valueEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(`\`, `\\`, `'`, `\'`)
 
 func (s Series) fetchQuery(timeFilter string) string {
-	f := &strings.Builder{}
-	fmt.Fprintf(f, "select %q from %q", s.Field, s.Measurement)
-	if len(s.LabelPairs) > 0 || len(timeFilter) > 0 {
-		f.WriteString(" where")
+	conditions := make([]string, 0, len(s.LabelPairs)+len(s.EmptyTags))
+	for _, pair := range s.LabelPairs {
+		conditions = append(conditions, fmt.Sprintf("%q::tag='%s'", pair.Name, valueEscaper.Replace(pair.Value)))
 	}
-	for i, pair := range s.LabelPairs {
-		pairV := valueEscaper.Replace(pair.Value)
-		fmt.Fprintf(f, " %q::tag='%s'", pair.Name, pairV)
-		if i != len(s.LabelPairs)-1 {
-			f.WriteString(" and")
-		}
+	for _, label := range s.EmptyTags {
+		conditions = append(conditions, fmt.Sprintf("%q::tag=''", label))
 	}
 	if len(timeFilter) > 0 {
-		if len(s.LabelPairs) > 0 {
-			f.WriteString(" and")
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(f, " %s", timeFilter)
+		conditions = append(conditions, timeFilter)
 	}
-	return f.String()
+
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("select %q from %q", s.Field, s.Measurement)
+	if len(conditions) > 0 {
+		q += fmt.Sprintf(" where %s", strings.Join(conditions, " and "))
+	}
+
+	return q
 }
 
 // LabelPair is the key-value record
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func NewClient(cfg Config) (*Client, error) {
 }
 
 // Database returns database name
-func (c Client) Database() string {
+func (c *Client) Database() string {
 	return c.database
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ func timeFilter(start, end string) string {
 }
 
 // Explore checks the existing data schema in influx
-// by checking available fields and series,
+// by checking available (non-empty) tags, fields and measurements
 // which unique combination represents all possible
 // time series existing in database.
 // The explore required to reduce the load on influx
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ func timeFilter(start, end string) string {
 // May contain non-existing time series.
 func (c *Client) Explore() ([]*Series, error) {
 	log.Printf("Exploring scheme for database %q", c.database)
+
+	// {"measurement1": ["value1", "value2"]}
 	mFields, err := c.fieldsByMeasurement()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get field keys: %s", err)
@@ -159,6 +162,12 @@ func (c *Client) Explore() ([]*Series, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("found no numeric fields for import in database %q", c.database)
 	}
 
+	// {"measurement1": {"tag1", "tag2"}}
+	measurementTags, err := c.getMeasurementTags()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get tags of measurements: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	series, err := c.getSeries()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get series: %s", err)
@@ -171,11 +180,17 @@ func (c *Client) Explore() ([]*Series, error) {
 			log.Printf("skip measurement %q since it has no fields", s.Measurement)
 			continue
 		}
+		tags, ok := measurementTags[s.Measurement]
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find tags of measurement %s", s.Measurement)
+		}
+		emptyTags := getEmptyTags(tags, s.LabelPairs)
 		for _, field := range fields {
 			is := &Series{
 				Measurement: s.Measurement,
 				Field:       field,
 				LabelPairs:  s.LabelPairs,
+				EmptyTags:   emptyTags,
 			}
 			iSeries = append(iSeries, is)
 		}
@@ -183,6 +198,22 @@ func (c *Client) Explore() ([]*Series, error) {
 	return iSeries, nil
 }
 
+// getEmptyTags returns tags of a measurement that are missing in a specific series.
+// Tags represent all tags of a measurement. LabelPairs represent tags of a specific series.
+func getEmptyTags(tags map[string]struct{}, LabelPairs []LabelPair) []string {
+	labelMap := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, pair := range LabelPairs {
+		labelMap[pair.Name] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(labelMap)-len(LabelPairs))
+	for tag := range tags {
+		if _, ok := labelMap[tag]; !ok {
+			result = append(result, tag)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // ChunkedResponse is a wrapper over influx.ChunkedResponse.
 // Used for better memory usage control while iterating
 // over huge time series.
@@ -357,6 +388,57 @@ func (c *Client) getSeries() ([]*Series, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+// getMeasurementTags get the tags for each measurement.
+// tags are placed in a map without values (similar to a set) for quick lookups:
+// {"measurement1": {"tag1", "tag2"}, "measurement2": {"tag3", "tag4"}}
+func (c *Client) getMeasurementTags() (map[string]map[string]struct{}, error) {
+	com := "show tag keys"
+	q := influx.Query{
+		Command:         com,
+		Database:        c.database,
+		RetentionPolicy: c.retention,
+		Chunked:         true,
+		ChunkSize:       c.chunkSize,
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("fetching tag keys: %s", stringify(q))
+	cr, err := c.QueryAsChunk(q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while executing query %q: %s", q.Command, err)
+	}
+
+	const tagKey = "tagKey"
+	var tagsCount int
+	result := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
+	for {
+		resp, err := cr.NextResponse()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if resp.Error() != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("response error for query %q: %s", q.Command, resp.Error())
+		}
+		qValues, err := parseResult(resp.Results[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, qv := range qValues {
+			if result[qv.name] == nil {
+				result[qv.name] = make(map[string]struct{}, len(qv.values[tagKey]))
+			}
+			for _, tk := range qv.values[tagKey] {
+				result[qv.name][tk.(string)] = struct{}{}
+				tagsCount++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Printf("found %d tag(s) for %d measurements", tagsCount, len(result))
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Client) do(q influx.Query) ([]queryValues, error) {
 	res, err := c.Query(q)
 	if err != nil {

app/vmctl/influx/influx_test.go

@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ func TestFetchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		Measurement: "cpu",
 		Field:       "value",
 	}, "", `select "value" from "cpu"`)
+
+	f(&Series{
+		Measurement: "cpu",
+		Field:       "value1",
+		EmptyTags:   []string{"e1", "e2", "e3"},
+	}, "", `select "value1" from "cpu" where "e1"::tag='' and "e2"::tag='' and "e3"::tag=''`)
 }
 
 func TestTimeFilter(t *testing.T) {

app/vmselect/graphite/eval_test.go

@@ -2137,6 +2137,25 @@ func TestExecExprSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 	f(`removeEmptySeries(removeBelowValue(time('a'),150),1)`, []*series{})
+	// if xFilesFactor is set, a single value in the series needs to be non-null for it to be
+	// considered non-empty
+	f(`removeEmptySeries(removeBelowValue(time('a'),150),0)`, []*series{
+		{
+			Timestamps: []int64{120000, 180000},
+			Values:     []float64{nan, 180},
+			Name:       "removeBelowValue(a,150)",
+			Tags:       map[string]string{"name": "a"},
+		},
+	})
+	f(`removeEmptySeries(removeBelowValue(time('a'),150),-1)`, []*series{
+		{
+			Timestamps: []int64{120000, 180000},
+			Values:     []float64{nan, 180},
+			Name:       "removeBelowValue(a,150)",
+			Tags:       map[string]string{"name": "a"},
+		},
+	})
+
 	f(`round(time('a',17),-1)`, []*series{
 		{
 			Timestamps:     []int64{120000, 137000, 154000, 171000, 188000, 205000},

app/vmselect/graphite/transform.go

@@ -3151,7 +3151,7 @@ func transformRemoveEmptySeries(ec *evalConfig, fe *graphiteql.FuncExpr) (nextSe
 			xff = xFilesFactor
 		}
 		n := aggrCount(s.Values)
-		if n/float64(len(s.Values)) < xff {
+		if n/float64(len(s.Values)) <= xff {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 		s.expr = fe

app/vmselect/promql/exec.go

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func maySortResults(e metricsql.Expr) bool {
 	switch v := e.(type) {
 	case *metricsql.FuncExpr:
 		switch strings.ToLower(v.Name) {
-		case "sort", "sort_desc",
+		case "sort", "sort_desc", "limit_offset",
 			"sort_by_label", "sort_by_label_desc",
 			"sort_by_label_numeric", "sort_by_label_numeric_desc":
 			// Results already sorted

app/vmselect/promql/exec_test.go

@@ -9274,6 +9274,75 @@ func TestExecSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		resultExpected := []netstorage.Result{r1, r2}
 		f(q, resultExpected)
 	})
+	t.Run(`limit_offset(5, 0, sort_by_label_numeric_desc(multiple_labels_numbers_special_chars, "foo"))`, func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		q := `limit_offset(5, 0, sort_by_label_numeric_desc((
+                        label_set(3, "foo", "1:0:3"),
+			label_set(4, "foo", "5:0:15"),
+			label_set(1, "foo", "1:0:2"),
+			label_set(5, "foo", "7:0:15"),
+			label_set(7, "foo", "3:0:1"),
+			label_set(6, "foo", "1:0:2"),
+			label_set(8, "foo", "9:0:15")
+                ), "foo"))`
+		r1 := netstorage.Result{
+			MetricName: metricNameExpected,
+			Values:     []float64{8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8},
+			Timestamps: timestampsExpected,
+		}
+		r1.MetricName.Tags = []storage.Tag{
+			{
+				Key:   []byte("foo"),
+				Value: []byte("9:0:15"),
+			},
+		}
+		r2 := netstorage.Result{
+			MetricName: metricNameExpected,
+			Values:     []float64{5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5},
+			Timestamps: timestampsExpected,
+		}
+		r2.MetricName.Tags = []storage.Tag{
+			{
+				Key:   []byte("foo"),
+				Value: []byte("7:0:15"),
+			},
+		}
+		r3 := netstorage.Result{
+			MetricName: metricNameExpected,
+			Values:     []float64{4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4},
+			Timestamps: timestampsExpected,
+		}
+		r3.MetricName.Tags = []storage.Tag{
+			{
+				Key:   []byte("foo"),
+				Value: []byte("5:0:15"),
+			},
+		}
+		r4 := netstorage.Result{
+			MetricName: metricNameExpected,
+			Values:     []float64{7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7},
+			Timestamps: timestampsExpected,
+		}
+		r4.MetricName.Tags = []storage.Tag{
+			{
+				Key:   []byte("foo"),
+				Value: []byte("3:0:1"),
+			},
+		}
+		r5 := netstorage.Result{
+			MetricName: metricNameExpected,
+			Values:     []float64{3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3},
+			Timestamps: timestampsExpected,
+		}
+		r5.MetricName.Tags = []storage.Tag{
+			{
+				Key:   []byte("foo"),
+				Value: []byte("1:0:3"),
+			},
+		}
+		resultExpected := []netstorage.Result{r1, r2, r3, r4, r5}
+		f(q, resultExpected)
+	})
 	t.Run(`sort_by_label_numeric(alias_numbers_with_special_chars)`, func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		q := `sort_by_label_numeric((

app/vmselect/vmui/asset-manifest.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "files": {
     "main.css": "./static/css/main.d781989c.css",
-    "main.js": "./static/js/main.68e2aae8.js",
+    "main.js": "./static/js/main.7ec4e6eb.js",
     "static/js/685.f772060c.chunk.js": "./static/js/685.f772060c.chunk.js",
     "static/media/MetricsQL.md": "./static/media/MetricsQL.a00044c91d9781cf8557.md",
     "index.html": "./index.html"
   },
   "entrypoints": [
     "static/css/main.d781989c.css",
-    "static/js/main.68e2aae8.js"
+    "static/js/main.7ec4e6eb.js"
   ]
 }

app/vmselect/vmui/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "license": {
+    "type": "opensource"
+  }
+}

app/vmselect/vmui/index.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="mask-icon" href="./favicon.svg" color="#000000"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=5"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"/><meta name="description" content="Explore and troubleshoot your VictoriaMetrics data"/><link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json"/><title>vmui</title><script src="./dashboards/index.js" type="module"></script><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="UI for VictoriaMetrics"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@https://victoriametrics.com/"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Explore and troubleshoot your VictoriaMetrics data"><meta name="twitter:image" content="./preview.jpg"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:title" content="UI for VictoriaMetrics"><meta property="og:url" content="https://victoriametrics.com/"><meta property="og:description" content="Explore and troubleshoot your VictoriaMetrics data"><script defer="defer" src="./static/js/main.68e2aae8.js"></script><link href="./static/css/main.d781989c.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>
+<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><link rel="icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="./favicon.svg"/><link rel="mask-icon" href="./favicon.svg" color="#000000"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=5"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000000"/><meta name="description" content="Explore and troubleshoot your VictoriaMetrics data"/><link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json"/><title>vmui</title><script src="./dashboards/index.js" type="module"></script><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="UI for VictoriaMetrics"><meta name="twitter:site" content="@https://victoriametrics.com/"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Explore and troubleshoot your VictoriaMetrics data"><meta name="twitter:image" content="./preview.jpg"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:title" content="UI for VictoriaMetrics"><meta property="og:url" content="https://victoriametrics.com/"><meta property="og:description" content="Explore and troubleshoot your VictoriaMetrics data"><script defer="defer" src="./static/js/main.7ec4e6eb.js"></script><link href="./static/css/main.d781989c.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>

app/vmstorage/main.go

@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ var (
 		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning")
 	cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks = flagutil.NewBytes("storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks", 0, "Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocks cache. "+
 		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning")
-	cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocksSparse = flagutil.NewBytes("storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocksSparse", 0, "Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocksSparse cache. "+
-		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning")
 	cacheSizeIndexDBTagFilters = flagutil.NewBytes("storage.cacheSizeIndexDBTagFilters", 0, "Overrides max size for indexdb/tagFiltersToMetricIDs cache. "+
 		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning")
 )
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ func Init(resetCacheIfNeeded func(mrs []storage.MetricRow)) {
 	storage.SetTagFiltersCacheSize(cacheSizeIndexDBTagFilters.IntN())
 	mergeset.SetIndexBlocksCacheSize(cacheSizeIndexDBIndexBlocks.IntN())
 	mergeset.SetDataBlocksCacheSize(cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks.IntN())
-	mergeset.SetDataBlocksSparseCacheSize(cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocksSparse.IntN())
 
 	if retentionPeriod.Duration() < 24*time.Hour {
 		logger.Fatalf("-retentionPeriod cannot be smaller than a day; got %s", retentionPeriod)
@@ -584,7 +581,6 @@ func writeStorageMetrics(w io.Writer, strg *storage.Storage) {
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="storage/next_day_metric_ids"}`, m.NextDayMetricIDCacheSize)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="storage/indexBlocks"}`, tm.IndexBlocksCacheSize)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="indexdb/dataBlocks"}`, idbm.DataBlocksCacheSize)
-	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="indexdb/dataBlocksSparse"}`, idbm.DataBlocksSparseCacheSize)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="indexdb/indexBlocks"}`, idbm.IndexBlocksCacheSize)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="indexdb/tagFiltersToMetricIDs"}`, idbm.TagFiltersToMetricIDsCacheSize)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_entries{type="storage/regexps"}`, uint64(storage.RegexpCacheSize()))
@@ -596,7 +592,6 @@ func writeStorageMetrics(w io.Writer, strg *storage.Storage) {
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="storage/metricName"}`, m.MetricNameCacheSizeBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="storage/indexBlocks"}`, tm.IndexBlocksCacheSizeBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="indexdb/dataBlocks"}`, idbm.DataBlocksCacheSizeBytes)
-	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="indexdb/dataBlocksSparse"}`, idbm.DataBlocksSparseCacheSizeBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="indexdb/indexBlocks"}`, idbm.IndexBlocksCacheSizeBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="storage/date_metricID"}`, m.DateMetricIDCacheSizeBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="storage/hour_metric_ids"}`, m.HourMetricIDCacheSizeBytes)
@@ -611,7 +606,6 @@ func writeStorageMetrics(w io.Writer, strg *storage.Storage) {
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="storage/metricName"}`, m.MetricNameCacheSizeMaxBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="storage/indexBlocks"}`, tm.IndexBlocksCacheSizeMaxBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="indexdb/dataBlocks"}`, idbm.DataBlocksCacheSizeMaxBytes)
-	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="indexdb/dataBlocksSparse"}`, idbm.DataBlocksSparseCacheSizeMaxBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="indexdb/indexBlocks"}`, idbm.IndexBlocksCacheSizeMaxBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="indexdb/tagFiltersToMetricIDs"}`, idbm.TagFiltersToMetricIDsCacheSizeMaxBytes)
 	metrics.WriteGaugeUint64(w, `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="storage/regexps"}`, uint64(storage.RegexpCacheMaxSizeBytes()))
@@ -622,7 +616,6 @@ func writeStorageMetrics(w io.Writer, strg *storage.Storage) {
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="storage/metricName"}`, m.MetricNameCacheRequests)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="storage/indexBlocks"}`, tm.IndexBlocksCacheRequests)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="indexdb/dataBlocks"}`, idbm.DataBlocksCacheRequests)
-	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="indexdb/dataBlocksSparse"}`, idbm.DataBlocksSparseCacheRequests)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="indexdb/indexBlocks"}`, idbm.IndexBlocksCacheRequests)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="indexdb/tagFiltersToMetricIDs"}`, idbm.TagFiltersToMetricIDsCacheRequests)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_requests_total{type="storage/regexps"}`, storage.RegexpCacheRequests())
@@ -633,7 +626,6 @@ func writeStorageMetrics(w io.Writer, strg *storage.Storage) {
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="storage/metricName"}`, m.MetricNameCacheMisses)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="storage/indexBlocks"}`, tm.IndexBlocksCacheMisses)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="indexdb/dataBlocks"}`, idbm.DataBlocksCacheMisses)
-	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="indexdb/dataBlocksSparse"}`, idbm.DataBlocksSparseCacheMisses)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="indexdb/indexBlocks"}`, idbm.IndexBlocksCacheMisses)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="indexdb/tagFiltersToMetricIDs"}`, idbm.TagFiltersToMetricIDsCacheMisses)
 	metrics.WriteCounterUint64(w, `vm_cache_misses_total{type="storage/regexps"}`, storage.RegexpCacheMisses())

app/vmui/Dockerfile-web

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.23.1 AS build-web-stage
+FROM golang:1.23.3 AS build-web-stage
 COPY build /build
 
 WORKDIR /build

app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/hooks/useFetchFlags.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppState } from "../state/common/StateContext";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/compat";
 import { ErrorTypes } from "../types";
-import { getUrlWithoutTenant } from "../utils/tenants";
 
 const useFetchFlags = () => {
   const { serverUrl } = useAppState();
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ const useFetchFlags = () => {
       setIsLoading(true);
 
       try {
-        const url = getUrlWithoutTenant(serverUrl);
+        const url = new URL(serverUrl).origin;
         const response = await fetch(`${url}/flags`);
         const data = await response.text();
         const flags = data.split("\n").filter(flag => flag.trim() !== "")

app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/pages/ExploreLogs/GroupLogs/GroupLogs.tsx

@@ -64,11 +64,15 @@ const GroupLogs: FC<TableLogsProps> = ({ logs, settingsRef }) => {
     return groupByMultipleKeys(logs, [groupBy]).map((item) => {
       const streamValue = item.values[0]?.[groupBy] || "";
       const pairs = getStreamPairs(streamValue);
+      // values sorting by time
+      const values = item.values.sort((a,b) => new Date(b._time).getTime() - new Date(a._time).getTime());
       return {
-        ...item,
+        keys: item.keys,
+        keysString: item.keys.join(""),
+        values,
         pairs,
       };
-    });
+    }).sort((a, b) => a.keysString.localeCompare(b.keysString)); // groups sorting
   }, [logs, groupBy]);
 
   const handleClickByPair = (value: string) => async (e: MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ const GroupLogs: FC<TableLogsProps> = ({ logs, settingsRef }) => {
         {groupData.map((item, i) => (
           <div
             className="vm-group-logs-section"
-            key={item.keys.join("")}
+            key={item.keysString}
           >
             <Accordion
               key={String(expandGroups[i])}
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ const GroupLogs: FC<TableLogsProps> = ({ logs, settingsRef }) => {
                   {item.pairs.map((pair) => (
                     <Tooltip
                       title={copied === pair ? "Copied" : "Copy to clipboard"}
-                      key={`${item.keys.join("")}_${pair}`}
+                      key={`${item.keysString}_${pair}`}
                       placement={"top-center"}
                     >
                       <div

app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/router/navigation.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import router, { routerOptions } from "./index";
+import { getTenantIdFromUrl } from "../utils/tenants";
 
 export enum NavigationItemType {
   internalLink,
@@ -24,10 +25,12 @@ interface NavigationConfig {
  * Special case for alert link
  */
 const getAlertLink = (url: string, showAlertLink: boolean) => {
-  // see more https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/?highlight=vmalertproxyurl#vmalert
+  // see more https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#vmalert
+  const isCluster = !!getTenantIdFromUrl(url);
+  const value = isCluster ? `${url}/vmalert` : url.replace(/\/prometheus$/, "/vmalert");
   return {
     label: "Alerts",
-    value: `${url}/vmalert`,
+    value,
     type: NavigationItemType.externalLink,
     hide: !showAlertLink,
   };

apptest/README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ queries to them:
 -   `client.go` - provides helper functions for sending HTTP requests to
     applications.
 
-The integration tests themselves reside in `*_test.go` files. Apart from having
+The integration tests themselves reside in `tests/*_test.go` files. Apart from having
 the `_test` suffix, there are no strict rules of how to name a file, but the
 name should reflect the prevailing purpose of the tests located in that file.
 For example, `sharding_test.go` aims at testing data sharding.
@@ -38,3 +38,10 @@ accounts for that, it builds all application binaries before running the tests.
 But if you want to run the tests without `make`, i.e. by executing
 `go test ./app/apptest`, you will need to build the binaries first (for example,
 by executing `make all`).
+
+Not all binaries can be built from `master` branch, cluster binaries can be built
+only from `cluster` branch. Hence, not all test cases suitable to run in both branches:
+- If test is using binaries from `cluster` branch, then test name should be prefixed 
+  with `TestCluster` word
+- If test is using binaries from `master` branch, then test name should be prefixed
+  with `TestVmsingle` word.

apptest/model.go

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package apptest
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// PrometheusQuerier contains methods available to Prometheus-like HTTP API for Querying
+type PrometheusQuerier interface {
+	PrometheusAPIV1Query(t *testing.T, query, time, step string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse
+	PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange(t *testing.T, query, start, end, step string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse
+	PrometheusAPIV1Series(t *testing.T, matchQuery string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse
+}
+
+// PrometheusWriter contains methods available to Prometheus-like HTTP API for Writing new data
+type PrometheusWriter interface {
+	PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t *testing.T, records []string, opts QueryOpts)
+}
+
+// QueryOpts contains various params used for querying or ingesting data
+type QueryOpts struct {
+	Tenant  string
+	Timeout string
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse is an inmemory representation of the
+// /prometheus/api/v1/query or /prometheus/api/v1/query_range response.
+type PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse struct {
+	Status string
+	Data   *QueryData
+}
+
+// NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse is a test helper function that creates a new
+// instance of PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse by unmarshalling a json string.
+func NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t *testing.T, s string) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	res := &PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), res); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not unmarshal query response: %v", err)
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+// QueryData holds the query result along with its type.
+type QueryData struct {
+	ResultType string
+	Result     []*QueryResult
+}
+
+// QueryResult holds the metric name (in the form of label name-value
+// collection) and its samples.
+//
+// Sample or Samples field is set for /prometheus/api/v1/query or
+// /prometheus/api/v1/query_range response respectively.
+type QueryResult struct {
+	Metric  map[string]string
+	Sample  *Sample   `json:"value"`
+	Samples []*Sample `json:"values"`
+}
+
+// Sample is a timeseries value at a given timestamp.
+type Sample struct {
+	Timestamp int64
+	Value     float64
+}
+
+// NewSample is a test helper function that creates a new sample out of time in
+// RFC3339 format and a value.
+func NewSample(t *testing.T, timeStr string, value float64) *Sample {
+	parsedTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, timeStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not parse RFC3339 time %q: %v", timeStr, err)
+	}
+	return &Sample{parsedTime.Unix(), value}
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON populates the sample fields from a JSON string.
+func (s *Sample) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var (
+		ts int64
+		v  string
+	)
+	raw := []any{&ts, &v}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &raw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if got, want := len(raw), 2; got != want {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of fields: got %d, want %d (raw sample: %s)", got, want, string(b))
+	}
+	s.Timestamp = ts
+	var err error
+	s.Value, err = strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not parse sample value %q: %w", v, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse is an inmemory representation of the
+// /prometheus/api/v1/series response.
+type PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse struct {
+	Status    string
+	IsPartial bool
+	Data      []map[string]string
+}
+
+// NewPrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse is a test helper function that creates a new
+// instance of PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse by unmarshalling a json string.
+func NewPrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse(t *testing.T, s string) *PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	res := &PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), res); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not unmarshal series response: %v", err)
+	}
+	return res
+}

apptest/testcase.go

@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@ import (
 type TestCase struct {
 	t   *testing.T
 	cli *Client
+
+	startedApps []Stopper
+}
+
+// Stopper is an interface of objects that needs to be stopped via Stop() call
+type Stopper interface {
+	Stop()
 }
 
 // NewTestCase creates a new test case.
 func NewTestCase(t *testing.T) *TestCase {
-	return &TestCase{t, NewClient()}
+	return &TestCase{t, NewClient(), nil}
 }
 
 // Dir returns the directory name that should be used by as the -storageDataDir.
@@ -29,14 +36,73 @@ func (tc *TestCase) Client() *Client {
 	return tc.cli
 }
 
-// Close performs the test case clean up, such as closing all client connections
+// Stop performs the test case clean up, such as closing all client connections
 // and removing the -storageDataDir directory.
 //
 // Note that the -storageDataDir is not removed in case of test case failure to
-// allow for furher manual debugging.
-func (tc *TestCase) Close() {
+// allow for further manual debugging.
+func (tc *TestCase) Stop() {
 	tc.cli.CloseConnections()
+	for _, app := range tc.startedApps {
+		app.Stop()
+	}
 	if !tc.t.Failed() {
 		fs.MustRemoveAll(tc.Dir())
 	}
 }
+
+// MustStartVmsingle is a test helper function that starts an instance of
+// vmsingle and fails the test if the app fails to start.
+func (tc *TestCase) MustStartVmsingle(instance string, flags []string) *Vmsingle {
+	tc.t.Helper()
+
+	app, err := StartVmsingle(instance, flags, tc.cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		tc.t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
+	}
+	tc.addApp(app)
+	return app
+}
+
+// MustStartVmstorage is a test helper function that starts an instance of
+// vmstorage and fails the test if the app fails to start.
+func (tc *TestCase) MustStartVmstorage(instance string, flags []string) *Vmstorage {
+	tc.t.Helper()
+
+	app, err := StartVmstorage(instance, flags, tc.cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		tc.t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
+	}
+	tc.addApp(app)
+	return app
+}
+
+// MustStartVmselect is a test helper function that starts an instance of
+// vmselect and fails the test if the app fails to start.
+func (tc *TestCase) MustStartVmselect(instance string, flags []string) *Vmselect {
+	tc.t.Helper()
+
+	app, err := StartVmselect(instance, flags, tc.cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		tc.t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
+	}
+	tc.addApp(app)
+	return app
+}
+
+// MustStartVminsert is a test helper function that starts an instance of
+// vminsert and fails the test if the app fails to start.
+func (tc *TestCase) MustStartVminsert(instance string, flags []string) *Vminsert {
+	tc.t.Helper()
+
+	app, err := StartVminsert(instance, flags, tc.cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		tc.t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
+	}
+	tc.addApp(app)
+	return app
+}
+
+func (tc *TestCase) addApp(app Stopper) {
+	tc.startedApps = append(tc.startedApps, app)
+}

apptest/tests/key_concepts_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/apptest"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Data used in examples in
+// https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#instant-query and
+// https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#range-query
+var docData = []string{
+	"foo_bar 1.00 1652169600000", // 2022-05-10T08:00:00Z
+	"foo_bar 2.00 1652169660000", // 2022-05-10T08:01:00Z
+	"foo_bar 3.00 1652169720000", // 2022-05-10T08:02:00Z
+	"foo_bar 5.00 1652169840000", // 2022-05-10T08:04:00Z, one point missed
+	"foo_bar 5.50 1652169960000", // 2022-05-10T08:06:00Z, one point missed
+	"foo_bar 5.50 1652170020000", // 2022-05-10T08:07:00Z
+	"foo_bar 4.00 1652170080000", // 2022-05-10T08:08:00Z
+	"foo_bar 3.50 1652170260000", // 2022-05-10T08:11:00Z, two points missed
+	"foo_bar 3.25 1652170320000", // 2022-05-10T08:12:00Z
+	"foo_bar 3.00 1652170380000", // 2022-05-10T08:13:00Z
+	"foo_bar 2.00 1652170440000", // 2022-05-10T08:14:00Z
+	"foo_bar 1.00 1652170500000", // 2022-05-10T08:15:00Z
+	"foo_bar 4.00 1652170560000", // 2022-05-10T08:16:00Z
+}
+
+// TestSingleKeyConceptsQuery verifies cases from https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#query-data
+func TestSingleKeyConceptsQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := apptest.NewTestCase(t)
+	defer tc.Stop()
+
+	vmsingle := tc.MustStartVmsingle("vmsingle", []string{
+		"-storageDataPath=" + tc.Dir() + "/vmstorage",
+		"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+	})
+
+	opts := apptest.QueryOpts{Timeout: "5s"}
+
+	// Insert example data from documentation.
+	vmsingle.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, docData, opts)
+	vmsingle.ForceFlush(t)
+
+	testInstantQuery(t, vmsingle, opts)
+	testRangeQuery(t, vmsingle, opts)
+}
+
+// TestClusterKeyConceptsQuery verifies cases from https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#query-data
+func TestClusterKeyConceptsQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := apptest.NewTestCase(t)
+	defer tc.Stop()
+
+	// Set up the following cluster configuration:
+	//
+	// - two vmstorage instances
+	// - vminsert points to the two vmstorages, its replication setting
+	//   is off which means it will only shard the incoming data across the two
+	//   vmstorages.
+	// - vmselect points to the two vmstorages and is expected to query both
+	//   vmstorages and build the full result out of the two partial results.
+
+	vmstorage1 := tc.MustStartVmstorage("vmstorage-1", []string{
+		"-storageDataPath=" + tc.Dir() + "/vmstorage-1",
+		"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+	})
+	vmstorage2 := tc.MustStartVmstorage("vmstorage-2", []string{
+		"-storageDataPath=" + tc.Dir() + "/vmstorage-2",
+		"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+	})
+	vminsert := tc.MustStartVminsert("vminsert", []string{
+		"-storageNode=" + vmstorage1.VminsertAddr() + "," + vmstorage2.VminsertAddr(),
+	})
+	vmselect := tc.MustStartVmselect("vmselect", []string{
+		"-storageNode=" + vmstorage1.VmselectAddr() + "," + vmstorage2.VmselectAddr(),
+	})
+
+	opts := apptest.QueryOpts{Timeout: "5s", Tenant: "0"}
+
+	// Insert example data from documentation.
+	vminsert.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, docData, opts)
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+	vmstorage1.ForceFlush(t)
+	vmstorage2.ForceFlush(t)
+
+	testInstantQuery(t, vmselect, opts)
+	testRangeQuery(t, vmselect, opts)
+}
+
+// vmsingleInstantQuery verifies the statements made in the
+// `Instant query` section of the VictoriaMetrics documentation. See:
+// https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#instant-query
+func testInstantQuery(t *testing.T, q apptest.PrometheusQuerier, opts apptest.QueryOpts) {
+	// Get the value of the foo_bar time series at 2022-05-10Z08:03:00Z with the
+	// step of 5m and timeout 5s. There is no sample at exactly this timestamp.
+	// Therefore, VictoriaMetrics will search for the nearest sample within the
+	// [time-5m..time] interval.
+	got := q.PrometheusAPIV1Query(t, "foo_bar", "2022-05-10T08:03:00.000Z", "5m", opts)
+	want := apptest.NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t, `{"data":{"result":[{"metric":{"__name__":"foo_bar"},"value":[1652169780,"3"]}]}}`)
+	opt := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(apptest.PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse{}, "Status", "Data.ResultType")
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got, opt); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+	}
+
+	// Get the value of the foo_bar time series at 2022-05-10Z08:18:00Z with the
+	// step of 1m and timeout 5s. There is no sample at this timestamp.
+	// Therefore, VictoriaMetrics will search for the nearest sample within the
+	// [time-1m..time] interval. Since the nearest sample is 2m away and the
+	// step is 1m, then the VictoriaMetrics must return empty response.
+	got = q.PrometheusAPIV1Query(t, "foo_bar", "2022-05-10T08:18:00.000Z", "1m", opts)
+	if len(got.Data.Result) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response: got non-empty result, want empty result:\n%v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// vmsingleRangeQuery verifies the statements made in the
+// `Range query` section of the VictoriaMetrics documentation. See:
+// https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#range-query
+func testRangeQuery(t *testing.T, q apptest.PrometheusQuerier, opts apptest.QueryOpts) {
+	// Get the values of the foo_bar time series for
+	// [2022-05-10Z07:59:00Z..2022-05-10Z08:17:00Z] time interval with the step
+	// of 1m and timeout 5s.
+	got := q.PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange(t, "foo_bar", "2022-05-10T07:59:00.000Z", "2022-05-10T08:17:00.000Z", "1m", opts)
+	want := apptest.NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t, `{"data": {"result": [{"metric": {"__name__": "foo_bar"}, "values": []}]}}`)
+	s := make([]*apptest.Sample, 17)
+	// Sample for 2022-05-10T07:59:00Z is missing because the time series has
+	// samples only starting from 8:00.
+	s[0] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:00:00Z", 1)
+	s[1] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:01:00Z", 2)
+	s[2] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:02:00Z", 3)
+	s[3] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:03:00Z", 3)
+	s[4] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:04:00Z", 5)
+	s[5] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:05:00Z", 5)
+	s[6] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:06:00Z", 5.5)
+	s[7] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:07:00Z", 5.5)
+	s[8] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:08:00Z", 4)
+	s[9] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:09:00Z", 4)
+	// Sample for 2022-05-10T08:10:00Z is missing because there is no sample
+	// within the [8:10 - 1m .. 8:10] interval.
+	s[10] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:11:00Z", 3.5)
+	s[11] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:12:00Z", 3.25)
+	s[12] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:13:00Z", 3)
+	s[13] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:14:00Z", 2)
+	s[14] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:15:00Z", 1)
+	s[15] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:16:00Z", 4)
+	s[16] = apptest.NewSample(t, "2022-05-10T08:17:00Z", 4)
+	want.Data.Result[0].Samples = s
+	opt := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(apptest.PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse{}, "Status", "Data.ResultType")
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got, opt); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected response (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+	}
+}

apptest/tests/multilevel_test.go

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/apptest"
 )
 
-func TestMultilevelSelect(t *testing.T) {
+func TestClusterMultilevelSelect(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := apptest.NewTestCase(t)
-	defer tc.Close()
+	defer tc.Stop()
 
 	// Set up the following multi-level cluster configuration:
 	//
@@ -20,24 +20,18 @@ func TestMultilevelSelect(t *testing.T) {
 	// vmisert writes data into vmstorage.
 	// vmselect (L2) reads that data via vmselect (L1).
 
-	cli := tc.Client()
-
-	vmstorage := apptest.MustStartVmstorage(t, "vmstorage", []string{
+	vmstorage := tc.MustStartVmstorage("vmstorage", []string{
 		"-storageDataPath=" + tc.Dir() + "/vmstorage",
-	}, cli)
-	defer vmstorage.Stop()
-	vminsert := apptest.MustStartVminsert(t, "vminsert", []string{
+	})
+	vminsert := tc.MustStartVminsert("vminsert", []string{
 		"-storageNode=" + vmstorage.VminsertAddr(),
-	}, cli)
-	defer vminsert.Stop()
-	vmselectL1 := apptest.MustStartVmselect(t, "vmselect-level1", []string{
+	})
+	vmselectL1 := tc.MustStartVmselect("vmselect-level1", []string{
 		"-storageNode=" + vmstorage.VmselectAddr(),
-	}, cli)
-	defer vmselectL1.Stop()
-	vmselectL2 := apptest.MustStartVmselect(t, "vmselect-level2", []string{
+	})
+	vmselectL2 := tc.MustStartVmselect("vmselect-level2", []string{
 		"-storageNode=" + vmselectL1.ClusternativeListenAddr(),
-	}, cli)
-	defer vmselectL2.Stop()
+	})
 
 	// Insert 1000 unique time series.Wait for 2 seconds to let vmstorage
 	// flush pending items so they become searchable.
@@ -47,13 +41,13 @@ func TestMultilevelSelect(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := range numMetrics {
 		records[i] = fmt.Sprintf("metric_%d %d", i, rand.IntN(1000))
 	}
-	vminsert.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, "0", records)
+	vminsert.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, records, apptest.QueryOpts{Tenant: "0"})
 	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 
 	// Retrieve all time series and verify that vmselect (L1) serves the complete
 	// set of time series.
 
-	seriesL1 := vmselectL1.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, "0", `{__name__=~".*"}`)
+	seriesL1 := vmselectL1.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, `{__name__=~".*"}`, apptest.QueryOpts{Tenant: "0"})
 	if got, want := len(seriesL1.Data), numMetrics; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected level-1 series count: got %d, want %d", got, want)
 	}
@@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ func TestMultilevelSelect(t *testing.T) {
 	// Retrieve all time series and verify that vmselect (L2) serves the complete
 	// set of time series.
 
-	seriesL2 := vmselectL2.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, "0", `{__name__=~".*"}`)
+	seriesL2 := vmselectL2.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, `{__name__=~".*"}`, apptest.QueryOpts{Tenant: "0"})
 	if got, want := len(seriesL2.Data), numMetrics; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected level-2 series count: got %d, want %d", got, want)
 	}

apptest/tests/sharding_test.go

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/apptest"
 )
 
-func TestVminsertShardsDataVmselectBuildsFullResultFromShards(t *testing.T) {
+func TestClusterVminsertShardsDataVmselectBuildsFullResultFromShards(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := apptest.NewTestCase(t)
-	defer tc.Close()
+	defer tc.Stop()
 
 	// Set up the following cluster configuration:
 	//
@@ -22,24 +22,18 @@ func TestVminsertShardsDataVmselectBuildsFullResultFromShards(t *testing.T) {
 	// - vmselect points to the two vmstorages and is expected to query both
 	//   vmstorages and build the full result out of the two partial results.
 
-	cli := tc.Client()
-
-	vmstorage1 := apptest.MustStartVmstorage(t, "vmstorage-1", []string{
+	vmstorage1 := tc.MustStartVmstorage("vmstorage-1", []string{
 		"-storageDataPath=" + tc.Dir() + "/vmstorage-1",
-	}, cli)
-	defer vmstorage1.Stop()
-	vmstorage2 := apptest.MustStartVmstorage(t, "vmstorage-2", []string{
+	})
+	vmstorage2 := tc.MustStartVmstorage("vmstorage-2", []string{
 		"-storageDataPath=" + tc.Dir() + "/vmstorage-2",
-	}, cli)
-	defer vmstorage2.Stop()
-	vminsert := apptest.MustStartVminsert(t, "vminsert", []string{
+	})
+	vminsert := tc.MustStartVminsert("vminsert", []string{
 		"-storageNode=" + vmstorage1.VminsertAddr() + "," + vmstorage2.VminsertAddr(),
-	}, cli)
-	defer vminsert.Stop()
-	vmselect := apptest.MustStartVmselect(t, "vmselect", []string{
+	})
+	vmselect := tc.MustStartVmselect("vmselect", []string{
 		"-storageNode=" + vmstorage1.VmselectAddr() + "," + vmstorage2.VmselectAddr(),
-	}, cli)
-	defer vmselect.Stop()
+	})
 
 	// Insert 1000 unique time series and verify the that inserted data has been
 	// indeed sharded by checking various metrics exposed by vminsert and
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ func TestVminsertShardsDataVmselectBuildsFullResultFromShards(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := range numMetrics {
 		records[i] = fmt.Sprintf("metric_%d %d", i, rand.IntN(1000))
 	}
-	vminsert.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, "0", records)
+	vminsert.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, records, apptest.QueryOpts{Tenant: "0"})
 	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 
 	numMetrics1 := vmstorage1.GetIntMetric(t, "vm_vminsert_metrics_read_total")
@@ -71,7 +65,7 @@ func TestVminsertShardsDataVmselectBuildsFullResultFromShards(t *testing.T) {
 	// Retrieve all time series and verify that vmselect serves the complete set
 	//of time series.
 
-	series := vmselect.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, "0", `{__name__=~".*"}`)
+	series := vmselect.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, `{__name__=~".*"}`, apptest.QueryOpts{Tenant: "0"})
 	if got, want := series.Status, "success"; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected /ap1/v1/series response status: got %s, want %s", got, want)
 	}

apptest/vminsert.go

@@ -18,19 +18,6 @@ type Vminsert struct {
 	cli            *Client
 }
 
-// MustStartVminsert is a test helper function that starts an instance of
-// vminsert and fails the test if the app fails to start.
-func MustStartVminsert(t *testing.T, instance string, flags []string, cli *Client) *Vminsert {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	app, err := StartVminsert(instance, flags, cli)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
-	}
-
-	return app
-}
-
 // StartVminsert starts an instance of vminsert with the given flags. It also
 // sets the default flags and populates the app instance state with runtime
 // values extracted from the application log (such as httpListenAddr)
@@ -64,10 +51,10 @@ func StartVminsert(instance string, flags []string, cli *Client) (*Vminsert, err
 // /prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus vminsert endpoint.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1importprometheus
-func (app *Vminsert) PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t *testing.T, tenant string, records []string) {
+func (app *Vminsert) PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t *testing.T, records []string, opts QueryOpts) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/insert/%s/prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus", app.httpListenAddr, tenant)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/insert/%s/prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus", app.httpListenAddr, opts.Tenant)
 	app.cli.Post(t, url, "text/plain", strings.Join(records, "\n"), http.StatusNoContent)
 }
 

apptest/vmselect.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apptest
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -20,19 +19,6 @@ type Vmselect struct {
 	cli                     *Client
 }
 
-// MustStartVmselect is a test helper function that starts an instance of
-// vmselect and fails the test if the app fails to start.
-func MustStartVmselect(t *testing.T, instance string, flags []string, cli *Client) *Vmselect {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	app, err := StartVmselect(instance, flags, cli)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
-	}
-
-	return app
-}
-
 // StartVmselect starts an instance of vmselect with the given flags. It also
 // sets the default flags and populates the app instance state with runtime
 // values extracted from the application log (such as httpListenAddr)
@@ -69,30 +55,55 @@ func (app *Vmselect) ClusternativeListenAddr() string {
 	return app.clusternativeListenAddr
 }
 
-// PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse is an inmemory representation of the
-// /prometheus/api/v1/series response.
-type PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse struct {
-	Status    string
-	IsPartial bool
-	Data      []map[string]string
+// PrometheusAPIV1Query is a test helper function that performs PromQL/MetricsQL
+// instant query by sending a HTTP POST request to /prometheus/api/v1/query
+// vmsingle endpoint.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1query
+func (app *Vmselect) PrometheusAPIV1Query(t *testing.T, query, time, step string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	queryURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/select/%s/prometheus/api/v1/query", app.httpListenAddr, opts.Tenant)
+	values := url.Values{}
+	values.Add("query", query)
+	values.Add("time", time)
+	values.Add("step", step)
+	values.Add("timeout", opts.Timeout)
+	res := app.cli.PostForm(t, queryURL, values, http.StatusOK)
+	return NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t, res)
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange is a test helper function that performs
+// PromQL/MetricsQL range query by sending a HTTP POST request to
+// /prometheus/api/v1/query_range vmsingle endpoint.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1query_range
+func (app *Vmselect) PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange(t *testing.T, query, start, end, step string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	queryURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/select/%s/prometheus/api/v1/query_range", app.httpListenAddr, opts.Tenant)
+	values := url.Values{}
+	values.Add("query", query)
+	values.Add("start", start)
+	values.Add("end", end)
+	values.Add("step", step)
+	values.Add("timeout", opts.Timeout)
+	res := app.cli.PostForm(t, queryURL, values, http.StatusOK)
+	return NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t, res)
 }
 
 // PrometheusAPIV1Series sends a query to a /prometheus/api/v1/series endpoint
 // and returns the list of time series that match the query.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1series
-func (app *Vmselect) PrometheusAPIV1Series(t *testing.T, tenant, matchQuery string) *PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse {
+func (app *Vmselect) PrometheusAPIV1Series(t *testing.T, matchQuery string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	seriesURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/select/%s/prometheus/api/v1/series", app.httpListenAddr, tenant)
+	seriesURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/select/%s/prometheus/api/v1/series", app.httpListenAddr, opts.Tenant)
 	values := url.Values{}
 	values.Add("match[]", matchQuery)
-	jsonRes := app.cli.PostForm(t, seriesURL, values, http.StatusOK)
-	var res PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonRes), &res); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("could not unmarshal /api/v1/series response: %v", err)
-	}
-	return &res
+	res := app.cli.PostForm(t, seriesURL, values, http.StatusOK)
+	return NewPrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse(t, res)
 }
 
 // String returns the string representation of the vmselect app state.

apptest/vmsingle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package apptest
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Vmsingle holds the state of a vmsingle app and provides vmsingle-specific
+// functions.
+type Vmsingle struct {
+	*app
+	*ServesMetrics
+
+	storageDataPath string
+	httpListenAddr  string
+
+	forceFlushURL                      string
+	prometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheusURL string
+	prometheusAPIV1QueryURL            string
+	prometheusAPIV1QueryRangeURL       string
+	prometheusAPIV1SeriesURL           string
+}
+
+// StartVmsingle starts an instance of vmsingle with the given flags. It also
+// sets the default flags and populates the app instance state with runtime
+// values extracted from the application log (such as httpListenAddr).
+func StartVmsingle(instance string, flags []string, cli *Client) (*Vmsingle, error) {
+	app, stderrExtracts, err := startApp(instance, "../../bin/victoria-metrics", flags, &appOptions{
+		defaultFlags: map[string]string{
+			"-storageDataPath": fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%d", os.TempDir(), instance, time.Now().UnixNano()),
+			"-httpListenAddr":  "127.0.0.1:0",
+		},
+		extractREs: []*regexp.Regexp{
+			storageDataPathRE,
+			httpListenAddrRE,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &Vmsingle{
+		app: app,
+		ServesMetrics: &ServesMetrics{
+			metricsURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics", stderrExtracts[1]),
+			cli:        cli,
+		},
+		storageDataPath: stderrExtracts[0],
+		httpListenAddr:  stderrExtracts[1],
+
+		forceFlushURL:                      fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/internal/force_flush", stderrExtracts[1]),
+		prometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheusURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus", stderrExtracts[1]),
+		prometheusAPIV1QueryURL:            fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/prometheus/api/v1/query", stderrExtracts[1]),
+		prometheusAPIV1QueryRangeURL:       fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/prometheus/api/v1/query_range", stderrExtracts[1]),
+		prometheusAPIV1SeriesURL:           fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/prometheus/api/v1/series", stderrExtracts[1]),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// ForceFlush is a test helper function that forces the flushing of inserted
+// data, so it becomes available for searching immediately.
+func (app *Vmsingle) ForceFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	app.cli.Get(t, app.forceFlushURL, http.StatusOK)
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus is a test helper function that inserts a
+// collection of records in Prometheus text exposition format by sending a HTTP
+// POST request to /prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus vmsingle endpoint.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1importprometheus
+func (app *Vmsingle) PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t *testing.T, records []string, _ QueryOpts) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	app.cli.Post(t, app.prometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheusURL, "text/plain", strings.Join(records, "\n"), http.StatusNoContent)
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1Query is a test helper function that performs PromQL/MetricsQL
+// instant query by sending a HTTP POST request to /prometheus/api/v1/query
+// vmsingle endpoint.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1query
+func (app *Vmsingle) PrometheusAPIV1Query(t *testing.T, query, time, step string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	values := url.Values{}
+	values.Add("query", query)
+	values.Add("time", time)
+	values.Add("step", step)
+	values.Add("timeout", opts.Timeout)
+	res := app.cli.PostForm(t, app.prometheusAPIV1QueryURL, values, http.StatusOK)
+	return NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t, res)
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange is a test helper function that performs
+// PromQL/MetricsQL range query by sending a HTTP POST request to
+// /prometheus/api/v1/query_range vmsingle endpoint.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1query_range
+func (app *Vmsingle) PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange(t *testing.T, query, start, end, step string, opts QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	values := url.Values{}
+	values.Add("query", query)
+	values.Add("start", start)
+	values.Add("end", end)
+	values.Add("step", step)
+	values.Add("timeout", opts.Timeout)
+	res := app.cli.PostForm(t, app.prometheusAPIV1QueryRangeURL, values, http.StatusOK)
+	return NewPrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse(t, res)
+}
+
+// PrometheusAPIV1Series sends a query to a /prometheus/api/v1/series endpoint
+// and returns the list of time series that match the query.
+//
+// See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/url-examples/#apiv1series
+func (app *Vmsingle) PrometheusAPIV1Series(t *testing.T, matchQuery string, _ QueryOpts) *PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	values := url.Values{}
+	values.Add("match[]", matchQuery)
+	res := app.cli.PostForm(t, app.prometheusAPIV1SeriesURL, values, http.StatusOK)
+	return NewPrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse(t, res)
+}
+
+// String returns the string representation of the vmsingle app state.
+func (app *Vmsingle) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("{app: %s storageDataPath: %q httpListenAddr: %q}", []any{
+		app.app, app.storageDataPath, app.httpListenAddr}...)
+}

apptest/vmstorage.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package apptest
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
@@ -18,19 +19,8 @@ type Vmstorage struct {
 	httpListenAddr  string
 	vminsertAddr    string
 	vmselectAddr    string
-}
 
-// MustStartVmstorage is a test helper function that starts an instance of
-// vmstorage and fails the test if the app fails to start.
-func MustStartVmstorage(t *testing.T, instance string, flags []string, cli *Client) *Vmstorage {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	app, err := StartVmstorage(instance, flags, cli)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Could not start %s: %v", instance, err)
-	}
-
-	return app
+	forceFlushURL string
 }
 
 // StartVmstorage starts an instance of vmstorage with the given flags. It also
@@ -65,6 +55,8 @@ func StartVmstorage(instance string, flags []string, cli *Client) (*Vmstorage, e
 		httpListenAddr:  stderrExtracts[1],
 		vminsertAddr:    stderrExtracts[2],
 		vmselectAddr:    stderrExtracts[3],
+
+		forceFlushURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/internal/force_flush", stderrExtracts[1]),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +72,14 @@ func (app *Vmstorage) VmselectAddr() string {
 	return app.vmselectAddr
 }
 
+// ForceFlush is a test helper function that forces the flushing of inserted
+// data, so it becomes available for searching immediately.
+func (app *Vmstorage) ForceFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	app.cli.Get(t, app.forceFlushURL, http.StatusOK)
+}
+
 // String returns the string representation of the vmstorage app state.
 func (app *Vmstorage) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("{app: %s storageDataPath: %q httpListenAddr: %q vminsertAddr: %q vmselectAddr: %q}", []any{

dashboards/Makefile

@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ dashboards-sync:
 	SRC=vmalert.json D_UID=LzldHAVnz TITLE="VictoriaMetrics - vmalert" $(MAKE) dashboard-copy
 	SRC=vmauth.json D_UID=nbuo5Mr4k TITLE="VictoriaMetrics - vmauth" $(MAKE) dashboard-copy
 	SRC=operator.json D_UID=1H179hunk TITLE="VictoriaMetrics - operator" $(MAKE) dashboard-copy
+	SRC=backupmanager.json D_UID=gF-lxRdVz TITLE="VictoriaMetrics - backupmanager" $(MAKE) dashboard-copy
+	SRC=clusterbytenant.json D_UID=IZFqd3lMz TITLE="VictoriaMetrics Cluster Per Tenant Statistic" $(MAKE) dashboard-copy
+	SRC=victorialogs.json D_UID=OqPIZTX4z TITLE="VictoriaLogs" $(MAKE) dashboard-copy

dashboards/victorialogs.json

@@ -2816,8 +2816,8 @@
         },
         "definition": "label_values(vm_app_version{job=~\"$job\"}, instance)",
         "hide": 0,
-        "includeAll": false,
-        "multi": false,
+        "includeAll": true,
+        "multi": true,
         "name": "instance",
         "options": [],
         "query": {
@@ -2853,4 +2853,4 @@
   "uid": "OqPIZTX4z",
   "version": 1,
   "weekStart": ""
-}
+}

deployment/docker/Makefile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ROOT_IMAGE ?= alpine:3.20.3
 ROOT_IMAGE_SCRATCH ?= scratch
 CERTS_IMAGE := alpine:3.20.3
 
-GO_BUILDER_IMAGE := golang:1.23.1-alpine
+GO_BUILDER_IMAGE := golang:1.23.3-alpine
 BUILDER_IMAGE := local/builder:2.0.0-$(shell echo $(GO_BUILDER_IMAGE) | tr :/ __)-1
 BASE_IMAGE := local/base:1.1.4-$(shell echo $(ROOT_IMAGE) | tr :/ __)-$(shell echo $(CERTS_IMAGE) | tr :/ __)
 DOCKER ?= docker

deployment/docker/base/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # See https://medium.com/on-docker/use-multi-stage-builds-to-inject-ca-certs-ad1e8f01de1b
 ARG certs_image=non-existing
-ARG root_image==non-existing
+ARG root_image=non-existing
 FROM $certs_image AS certs
 
 RUN apk update && apk upgrade && apk --update --no-cache add ca-certificates

deployment/docker/docker-compose-cluster.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
   #  And forward them to --remoteWrite.url
   vmagent:
     container_name: vmagent
-    image: victoriametrics/vmagent:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmagent:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "vminsert"
     ports:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ services:
   # where N is number of vmstorages (2 in this case).
   vmstorage-1:
     container_name: vmstorage-1
-    image: victoriametrics/vmstorage:v1.105.0-cluster
+    image: victoriametrics/vmstorage:v1.106.0-cluster
     ports:
       - 8482
       - 8400
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
   vmstorage-2:
     container_name: vmstorage-2
-    image: victoriametrics/vmstorage:v1.105.0-cluster
+    image: victoriametrics/vmstorage:v1.106.0-cluster
     ports:
       - 8482
       - 8400
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ services:
   # pre-process them and distributes across configured vmstorage shards.
   vminsert:
     container_name: vminsert
-    image: victoriametrics/vminsert:v1.105.0-cluster
+    image: victoriametrics/vminsert:v1.106.0-cluster
     depends_on:
       - "vmstorage-1"
       - "vmstorage-2"
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ services:
   # vmselect collects results from configured `--storageNode` shards.
   vmselect-1:
     container_name: vmselect-1
-    image: victoriametrics/vmselect:v1.105.0-cluster
+    image: victoriametrics/vmselect:v1.106.0-cluster
     depends_on:
       - "vmstorage-1"
       - "vmstorage-2"
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
   vmselect-2:
     container_name: vmselect-2
-    image: victoriametrics/vmselect:v1.105.0-cluster
+    image: victoriametrics/vmselect:v1.106.0-cluster
     depends_on:
       - "vmstorage-1"
       - "vmstorage-2"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ services:
   # It can be used as an authentication proxy.
   vmauth:
     container_name: vmauth
-    image: victoriametrics/vmauth:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmauth:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "vmselect-1"
       - "vmselect-2"
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ services:
   # vmalert executes alerting and recording rules
   vmalert:
     container_name: vmalert
-    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "vmauth"
     ports:

deployment/docker/docker-compose-victorialogs.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - ./../../dashboards/victoriametrics.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vm.json
       - ./../../dashboards/victorialogs.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vl.json
     environment:
-      - "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victorialogs-datasource/releases/download/v0.5.0/victorialogs-datasource-v0.5.0.zip;victorialogs-datasource"
+      - "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victorialogs-datasource/releases/download/v0.6.2/victorialogs-datasource-v0.6.2.zip;victorialogs-datasource"
       - "GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=victorialogs-datasource"
     networks:
       - vm_net
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
   #  storing logs and serving read queries.
   victorialogs:
     container_name: victorialogs
-    image: victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.39.0-victorialogs
+    image: victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.42.0-victorialogs
     command:
       - "--storageDataPath=/vlogs"
       - "--httpListenAddr=:9428"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ services:
   # scraping, storing metrics and serve read requests.
   victoriametrics:
     container_name: victoriametrics
-    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.106.0
     ports:
       - 8428:8428
     volumes:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ services:
   # depending on the requested path.
   vmauth:
     container_name: vmauth
-    image: victoriametrics/vmauth:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmauth:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "victoriametrics"
       - "victorialogs"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ services:
   # vmalert executes alerting and recording rules according to given rule type.
   vmalert:
     container_name: vmalert
-    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "vmauth"
       - "alertmanager"

deployment/docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
   #  And forward them to --remoteWrite.url
   vmagent:
     container_name: vmagent
-    image: victoriametrics/vmagent:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmagent:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "victoriametrics"
     ports:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
   # storing metrics and serve read requests.
   victoriametrics:
     container_name: victoriametrics
-    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.106.0
     ports:
       - 8428:8428
       - 8089:8089
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ services:
   # vmalert executes alerting and recording rules
   vmalert:
     container_name: vmalert
-    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "victoriametrics"
       - "alertmanager"

deployment/docker/rules/alerts-vmalert.yml

@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ groups:
           description: "vmalert instance {{ $labels.instance }} is failing to push metrics generated via alerting 
             or recording rules to the configured remote write URL. Check vmalert's logs for detailed error message."
 
+      - alert: RemoteWriteDroppingData
+        expr: increase(vmalert_remotewrite_dropped_rows_total[5m]) > 0
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "vmalert instance {{ $labels.instance }} is dropping data sent to remote write URL"
+          description: "vmalert instance {{ $labels.instance }} is failing to send results of alerting or recording rules 
+            to the configured remote write URL. This may result into gaps in recording rules or alerts state.
+            Check vmalert's logs for detailed error message."
+
       - alert: AlertmanagerErrors
         expr: increase(vmalert_alerts_send_errors_total[5m]) > 0
         for: 15m

deployment/docker/victorialogs/compose-base.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   # meta service will be ignored by compose
   .victorialogs:
-    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.39.0-victorialogs
+    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.42.0-victorialogs
     command:
       - -storageDataPath=/vlogs
       - -loggerFormat=json
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ services:
       timeout: 1s
       retries: 10
 
+  dd-logs:
+    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/vmauth:v1.106.0
+    restart: on-failure
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/etc/vmauth
+    command: -auth.config=/etc/vmauth/vmauth.yaml
+
   victorialogs:
     extends: .victorialogs
     ports:

deployment/docker/victorialogs/datadog-agent/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**/logs

deployment/docker/victorialogs/datadog-agent/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Docker compose DataDog Agent integration with VictoriaLogs
+
+The folder contains examples of [DataDog agent](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent) integration with VictoriaLogs using protocols:
+
+* [datadog](./datadog)
+
+To spin-up environment `cd` to any of listed above directories run the following command:
+```
+docker compose up -d 
+```
+
+To shut down the docker-compose environment run the following command:
+```
+docker compose down
+docker compose rm -f
+```
+
+The docker compose file contains the following components:
+
+* datadog - Datadog logs collection agent, which is configured to collect and write data to `victorialogs`
+* victorialogs - VictoriaLogs log database, which accepts the data from `datadog`
+* victoriametrics - VictoriaMetrics metrics database, which collects metrics from `victorialogs` and `datadog`
+
+Querying the data
+
+* [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#vmui) - a web UI is accessible by `http://localhost:9428/select/vmui`
+* for querying the data via command-line please check [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#command-line)
+
+Please, note that `_stream_fields` parameter must follow recommended [best practices](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) to achieve better performance.

deployment/docker/victorialogs/datadog-agent/compose-base.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+include:
+ - ../compose-base.yml
+services:
+  agent:
+    image: docker.io/datadog/agent:7.57.2
+    restart: on-failure
+    volumes:
+      - /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+      - /proc/:/host/proc/:ro
+      - /sys/fs/cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro
+    environment:
+      DD_API_KEY: test
+      DD_URL: http://victoriametrics:8428/datadog
+      DD_LOGS_CONFIG_LOGS_DD_URL: http://dd-logs:8427
+      DD_LOGS_CONFIG_CONTAINER_COLLECT_ALL: true
+      DD_LOGS_ENABLED: true
+      DD_LOGS_CONFIG_USE_HTTP: true
+      DD_PROCESS_CONFIG_PROCESS_COLLECTION_ENABLED: false
+      DD_PROCESS_CONFIG_CONTAINER_COLLECTION_ENABLED: false
+      DD_PROCESS_CONFIG_PROCESS_DISCOVERY_ENABLED: false
+    depends_on:
+      victorialogs:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      victoriametrics:
+        condition: service_healthy

deployment/docker/victorialogs/datadog-agent/datadog/compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include:
+ - ../compose-base.yml
+name: agent-datadog

deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentbit/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 The folder contains examples of [FluentBit](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual) integration with VictoriaLogs using protocols:
 
+* [datadog](./datadog)
 * [loki](./loki)
 * [jsonline single node](./jsonline)
 * [jsonline HA setup](./jsonline-ha)
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ Querying the data
 * for querying the data via command-line please check [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#command-line)
 
 FluentBit configuration example can be found below:
+* [datadog](./datadog/fluent-bit.conf)
 * [loki](./loki/fluent-bit.conf)
 * [jsonline single node](./jsonline/fluent-bit.conf)
 * [jsonline HA setup](./jsonline-ha/fluent-bit.conf)

deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentbit/datadog/compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include:
+ - ../compose-base.yml
+name: fluentbit-datadog

deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentbit/datadog/fluent-bit.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[INPUT]
+    name              tail
+    path              /var/lib/docker/containers/**/*.log
+    path_key         path
+    multiline.parser  docker, cri
+    Parser docker
+    Docker_Mode  On
+
+[INPUT]
+    Name     syslog
+    Listen   0.0.0.0
+    Port     5140
+    Parser   syslog-rfc3164
+    Mode     tcp
+
+[SERVICE]
+    Flush        1
+    Parsers_File parsers.conf
+
+[OUTPUT]
+    Name           datadog
+    Match          *
+    Host           dd-logs
+    Port           8427
+    TLS            off
+    compress       gzip
+    apikey         test
+    dd_service     test
+    dd_source      data
+    dd_message_key log
+    dd_tags        env:dev

deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentd/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ The folder contains examples of [Fluentd](https://www.fluentd.org/) integration
 
 * [loki](./loki)
 * [jsonline](./jsonline)
+* [datadog](./datadog)
 * [elasticsearch](./elasticsearch)
 
 All required plugins, that should be installed in order to support protocols listed above can be found in a [Dockerfile](./Dockerfile)

deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentd/datadog/compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include:
+ - ../compose-base.yml
+name: fluentd-datadog

deployment/docker/victorialogs/fluentd/datadog/fluent.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<source>
+  @type tail
+  format none
+  tag docker.testlog
+  path /var/lib/docker/containers/**/*.log
+</source>
+
+<source>
+  @type forward
+  port 24224
+  bind 0.0.0.0
+</source>
+
+<match **>
+  @type datadog
+  api_key test
+  # Optional
+  port 8427
+  use_ssl false
+  host dd-logs
+  include_tag_key true
+  tag_key 'tag'
+  # Optional parameters
+  dd_source 'fluentd'
+  dd_tags 'key1:value1,key2:value2'
+  dd_sourcecategory 'test'
+</match>

deployment/docker/victorialogs/vector/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The folder contains examples of [Vector](https://vector.dev/docs/) integration w
 * [loki](./loki)
 * [jsonline single node](./jsonline)
 * [jsonline HA setup](./jsonline-ha)
+* [datadog](./datadog)
 
 To spin-up environment `cd` to any of listed above directories run the following command:
 ```
@@ -34,5 +35,6 @@ Vector configuration example can be found below:
 * [loki](./loki/vector.yaml)
 * [jsonline single node](./jsonline/vector.yaml)
 * [jsonline HA setup](./jsonline-ha/vector.yaml)
+* [datadog](./datadog/vector.yaml)
 
 Please, note that `_stream_fields` parameter must follow recommended [best practices](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) to achieve better performance.

deployment/docker/victorialogs/vector/datadog/compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include:
+ - ../compose-base.yml
+name: vector-datadog

deployment/docker/victorialogs/vector/datadog/vector.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+api:
+  enabled: true
+  address: 0.0.0.0:8686
+sources:
+  vector_metrics:
+    type: internal_metrics
+  demo:
+    type: demo_logs
+    format: json
+sinks:
+  datadog:
+    type: datadog_logs
+    inputs: [demo]
+    default_api_key: test
+    endpoint: http://dd-logs:8427
+    compression: gzip
+    request:
+      headers:
+        dd-protocol: test  # required by VictoriaLogs
+        AccountID: "0"
+        ProjectID: "0"
+        VL-Stream-Fields: "service,host"
+  victoriametrics:
+    type: prometheus_remote_write
+    endpoint: http://victoriametrics:8428/api/v1/write
+    inputs: [vector_metrics]
+    healthcheck:
+      enabled: false

deployment/docker/victorialogs/vmauth.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+unauthorized_user:
+  url_map:
+    - src_paths:
+        - "/api/v2/logs"
+        - "/api/v1/validate"
+      url_prefix: "http://victorialogs:9428/insert/datadog/"

deployment/docker/vm-datasource/docker-compose-cluster.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ services:
       - ./../../dashboards/vm/vmalert.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmalert.json
       - ./../../dashboards/vm/vmauth.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmauth.json
     environment:
-      - "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/download/v0.9.1/victoriametrics-datasource-v0.9.1.zip;victoriametrics-datasource"
+      - "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/download/v0.10.1/victoriametrics-datasource-v0.10.1.zip;victoriametrics-datasource"
       - "GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=victoriametrics-datasource"
     restart: always

deployment/docker/vm-datasource/docker-compose.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
       - ./../../dashboards/vm/vmagent.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmagent.json
       - ./../../dashboards/vm/vmalert.json:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards/vmalert.json
     environment:
-      - "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/download/v0.9.1/victoriametrics-datasource-v0.9.1.zip;victoriametrics-datasource"
+      - "GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/download/v0.10.1/victoriametrics-datasource-v0.10.1.zip;victoriametrics-datasource"
       - "GF_PLUGINS_ALLOW_LOADING_UNSIGNED_PLUGINS=victoriametrics-datasource"
     networks:
       - vm_net

deployment/docker/vmanomaly/vmanomaly-integration/docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   vmagent:
     container_name: vmagent
-    image: victoriametrics/vmagent:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmagent:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "victoriametrics"
     ports:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
 
   victoriametrics:
     container_name: victoriametrics
-    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.106.0
     ports:
       - 8428:8428
     volumes:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ services:
 
   vmalert:
     container_name: vmalert
-    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/vmalert:v1.106.0
     depends_on:
       - "victoriametrics"
     ports:

deployment/logs-benchmark/docker-compose-elk.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
       - vlogs
 
   generator:
-    image: golang:1.23.1-alpine
+    image: golang:1.23.3-alpine
     restart: always
     working_dir: /go/src/app
     volumes:

deployment/logs-benchmark/docker-compose-loki.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   generator:
-    image: golang:1.23.1-alpine
+    image: golang:1.23.3-alpine
     restart: always
     working_dir: /go/src/app
     volumes:

deployment/logs-benchmark/docker-compose.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: "3"
 services:
   # Run `make package-victoria-logs` to build victoria-logs image
   vlogs:
-    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.39.0-victorialogs
+    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.42.0-victorialogs
     volumes:
       - vlogs:/vlogs
     ports:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ services:
       - "--config=/config.yml"
 
   vmsingle:
-    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.105.0
+    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.106.0
     ports:
       - "8428:8428"
     command:

deployment/marketplace/digitialocean/one-click-droplet/RELEASE_GUIDE.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 1. To build the snapshot in DigitalOcean account you will need API Token and [packer](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/packer/get-started-install-cli).
 2. API Token can be generated on [https://cloud.digitalocean.com/account/api/tokens](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/account/api/tokens) or use already generated from OnePassword.
-3. Choose prefered version of VictoriaMetrics on [Github releases](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest) page.
+3. Choose preferred version of VictoriaMetrics on [Github releases](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest) page.
 4. Set variables `DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN` with `VM_VERSION` for `packer` environment and run make from example below:
 
 ```console
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ make release-victoria-metrics-digitalocean-oneclick-droplet DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOK
 3. Send a PR to https://github.com/digitalocean/marketplace-kubernetes.
 4. Add changes to product page at [https://cloud.digitalocean.com/vendorportal/61de9e7fbbd94c7e4b9b80be/15/edit](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/vendorportal/61de9e7fbbd94c7e4b9b80be/15/edit):
  * update App Version;
- * (onfly if PR was submittedm apprived and merged) add select a checkbox "I made a change, submitted a pull request, and the pull request was approved and merged."
+ * (only if PR was submitted, approved and merged) add select a checkbox "I made a change, submitted a pull request, and the pull request was approved and merged."
  * updated Version of packages and links to changelogs in `Software Included` section;
  * describe your updates in `Reason for update` section.
  * submit your changes.

docs/Articles.md

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ See also [case studies](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/casestudies/).
 * [Persistent Data Structures in VictoriaMetrics (Part 1): vmagent](https://medium.com/devops-dev/persistent-data-structures-in-victoriametrics-part-1-vmagent-2e9c7681a6f0)
 * [Persistent Data Structures in VictoriaMetrics (Part 2): vmselect](https://medium.com/@jiekun/persistent-data-structures-in-victoriametrics-part-2-vmselect-9e3de39a4d20)
 * [Migrating to VictoriaMetrics (by Zomato): A Complete Overhaul for Enhanced Observability](https://blog.zomato.com/migrating-to-victoriametrics-a-complete-overhaul-for-enhanced-observability)
+* [Harness the Power of VictoriaMetrics and Grafana Operators for Metrics Management](https://blog.ogenki.io/post/series/observability/metrics/)
 
 ## Our articles
 

docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ A pull request should contain the following attributes:
    To run tests and code checks locally execute commands `make tests-full` and `make check-all`.
 1. Try to not extend the scope of the pull requests outside the issue, do not make unrelated changes.
 1. Documentation update, if needed. For example, adding a new flag or changing behavior of existing flags or features 
-  requires reflecting these changes in the documentation.
+   requires reflecting these changes in the documentation. For new features add `{{%/* available_from "#" */%}}` shortcode
+   to the documentation. It will be later automatically replaced with an actual release version.
 1. A line in the [changelog](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/#tip) mentioning the change and related issue in a way
   that would be clear to other readers even if they don't have the full context.
 1. Reviewers who you think have the best expertise on the matter.

docs/CaseStudies.md

@@ -461,20 +461,20 @@ VictoriaMetrics has allowed us to extend data retention for our metrics effortle
 
 Across our production VictoriaMetrics clusters, in a 12 months period we go beyond the following figures.
 
-- Active time series: 10M
-- Ingestion rate: 300k samples per second
-- Total number of datapoints: 4400G
-- Data size on disk: 3600 GiB
-- Available memory: 320 GiB as seen by kubernetes (160 GiB physical memory for the hosts)
-- CPU: 20 cores (AMD EPYC 7763), about 70 % idle
+- Active time series: 20M
+- Ingestion rate: 1M samples per second (2M before stream aggregation)
+- Total number of datapoints: 15T+
+- Data size on disk: 12+ TiB
+- Available memory: 1.2 TiB as seen by kubernetes (640 GiB physical memory for the hosts)
+- CPU: 80 cores (AMD EPYC 7763), about 50 % idle
 - Retention period: ~1 year
-- Churn rate: 6M new time series per day (monthly average)
+- Churn rate: 16M new time series per day (monthly average)
 - Query rate:
-  - `/api/v1/query_range`: 10 queries per second
+  - `/api/v1/query_range`: 15 queries per second
   - `/api/v1/query`: 10 queries per second
 - Query duration for `/api/v1/query_range` (weekly mean):
-  - 99th percentile: 700 ms
-  - median: 10 ms
+  - 99th percentile: 1.5 s
+  - median: 15 ms
 
 ## Roblox
 

docs/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.md

@@ -114,10 +114,9 @@ such as [Graphite](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-send-data-from-graph
 
 **Reads**
 
-_Available from [v1.104.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/#v11040)._
 _For better performance prefer specifying [tenants in read URL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#url-format)._
 
-`vmselect` can execute queries over multiple [tenants](#multitenancy) via special `multitenant` endpoints `http://vmselect:8481/select/multitenant/<suffix>`.
+`vmselect` can execute {{% available_from "v1.104.0" %}} queries over multiple [tenants](#multitenancy) via special `multitenant` endpoints `http://vmselect:8481/select/multitenant/<suffix>`.
 Currently supported endpoints for `<suffix>` are:
 - `/prometheus/api/v1/query`
 - `/prometheus/api/v1/query_range`
@@ -1910,9 +1909,6 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmstorage -help`:
   -storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks size
      Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocks cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning
      Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
-  -storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocksSparse size
-     Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocksSparse cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning
-     Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
   -storage.cacheSizeIndexDBIndexBlocks size
      Overrides max size for indexdb/indexBlocks cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning
      Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)

docs/Makefile

@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ docs-debug: docs docs-image
 		-p 1313:1313 \
 		-v ./docs:/opt/docs/content vmdocs-docker-package
 
+docs-update-version: docs-image
+	$(if $(filter v%,$(PKG_TAG)), \
+		docker run \
+			--rm \
+			--entrypoint /usr/bin/find \
+			--name vmdocs-docker-container \
+			-v ./docs:/opt/docs/content vmdocs-docker-package \
+				content \
+					-regex ".*\.md" \
+					-exec sed -i 's/{{% available_from "#" %}}/{{% available_from "$(PKG_TAG)" %}}/g' {} \;, \
+		$(info "Skipping docs version update, invalid $$PKG_TAG: $(PKG_TAG)"))
+
 docs-images-to-webp: docs-image
 	docker run \
 		--rm \

docs/README.md

@@ -960,6 +960,13 @@ VictoriaMetrics accepts `limit` query arg at [/api/v1/series](https://docs.victo
 for limiting the number of returned entries. For example, the query to `/api/v1/series?limit=5` returns a sample of up to 5 series, while ignoring the rest of series.
 If the provided `limit` value exceeds the corresponding `-search.maxSeries` command-line flag values, then limits specified in the command-line flags are used.
 
+VictoriaMetrics returns an extra object `stats` in JSON response for [`/api/v1/query`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#instant-query)
+and [`/api/v1/query_range`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#range-query) APIs. This object contains two
+fields: `executionTimeMsec` with number of milliseconds the request took and `seriesFetched` with number of series that
+were fetched from database before filtering. The `seriesFetched` field is effectively used by vmalert for detecting
+[misconfigured rule expressions](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/#never-firing-alerts). Please note, `seriesFetched`
+provides approximate number of series, it is not recommended to rely on it in tests.
+
 Additionally, VictoriaMetrics provides the following handlers:
 
 * `/vmui` - Basic Web UI. See [these docs](#vmui).
@@ -1590,7 +1597,7 @@ The format follows [JSON streaming concept](https://jsonlines.org/), e.g. each l
 
 ```json
 {
-  // metric contans metric name plus labels for a particular time series
+  // metric contains metric name plus labels for a particular time series
   "metric":{
     "__name__": "metric_name",  // <- this is metric name
 
@@ -2042,7 +2049,7 @@ Important notes:
   So the IndexDB size can grow big under [high churn rate](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/faq/#what-is-high-churn-rate)
   even for small retentions configured via `-retentionFilter`.
 
-Retention filters configuration can be tested in enterprise version of vmui on the page `Tools.Retnetion filters debug`.
+Retention filters configuration can be tested in enterprise version of vmui on the page `Tools.Retention filters debug`.
 It is safe updating `-retentionFilter` during VictoriaMetrics restarts - the updated retention filters are applied eventually
 to historical data.
 
@@ -2064,7 +2071,7 @@ The `-downsampling.period` command-line flag can be specified multiple times in
 For example, `-downsampling.period=30d:5m,180d:1h` instructs leaving the last sample per each 5-minute interval for samples older than 30 days,
 while leaving the last sample per each 1-hour interval for samples older than 180 days.
 
-VictoriaMetrics supports configuring independent downsampling per different sets of [time series](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#time-series)
+VictoriaMetrics supports{{% available_from "v1.100.0" %}} configuring independent downsampling per different sets of [time series](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#time-series)
 via `-downsampling.period=filter:offset:interval` syntax. In this case the given `offset:interval` downsampling is applied only to time series matching the given `filter`.
 The `filter` can contain arbitrary [series filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#filtering).
 For example, `-downsampling.period='{__name__=~"(node|process)_.*"}:1d:1m` instructs VictoriaMetrics to deduplicate samples older than one day with one minute interval
@@ -3260,9 +3267,6 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocks size
      Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocks cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning
      Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
-  -storage.cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocksSparse size
-     Overrides max size for indexdb/dataBlocksSparse cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning
-     Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)
   -storage.cacheSizeIndexDBIndexBlocks size
      Overrides max size for indexdb/indexBlocks cache. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#cache-tuning
      Supports the following optional suffixes for size values: KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB (default 0)

docs/Release-Guide.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Bumping the limits may significantly improve build speed.
    Changes in these branches must be synced immediately after they are committed in at least a single branch.
 1. Make sure that the release branches have no security issues.
 1. Update release versions if needed in [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/SECURITY.md).
-1. Add `(available starting from v1.xx.y)` line to feature docs introduced in the upcoming release.
+1. Run `PKG_TAG=v1.xx.y make docs-update-version` command to update version help tooltips.
 1. Cut new version in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md)
    and make it merged. See example in this [commit](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/commit/b771152039d23b5ccd637a23ea748bc44a9511a7).
 1. Cherry-pick bug fixes relevant for [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/).

docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,8 +15,47 @@ according to [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/quicksta
 
 ## tip
 
+## [v0.42.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.42.0-victorialogs)
+
+Released at 2024-11-08
+
+* FEATURE: [`join` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#join-pipe): add an ability to add prefix to all the log field names from the joined query, by using `| join by (<by_fields>) (<query>) prefix "some_prefix"` syntax.
+* FEATURE: [`_time` filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#time-filter): allow specifying offset without time range. For example, `_time:offset 1d` matches all the logs until `now-1d` in the [`_time` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field). This is useful when building graphs for time ranges with some offset in the past.
+* FEATURE: [`/select/logsql/tail` HTTP endpoint](): support for `offset` query arg, which can be used for delayed emission of matching logs during live tailing. Thanks to @Fusl for the initial idea and implementation in [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/7428).
+* FEATURE: [vlogscli](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/vlogscli/): allow enabling and disabling wrapping of long lines, which do not fit screen width, with `\wrap_long_lines` command.
+* FEATURE: [syslog data ingestion](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/): allow overriding default [stream fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) with the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) during data ingestion. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#stream-fields). See [this feature request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7480).
+* FEATURE: [syslog data ingestion](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/): allow adding arbitrary [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) via `[label1=value1 ... labelN=valueN]` syntax inside Syslog messages. For example, `<165>1 2024-06-03T17:42:00.000Z example.com appname 12345 ID47 [field1=value1 field2=value2] some message`.
+* FEATURE: [syslog data ingestion](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/): allow dropping the specified [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) during data ingestion. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#dropping-fields).
+* FEATURE: [syslog data ingestion](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/): allow adding the specified [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) during data ingestion. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#adding-extra-fields). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7354).
+* FEATURE: [Loki data ingestion](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/#loki-json-api): show the original request body on parse errors. This should simplify debugging. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7490).
+
+* BUGFIX: [`values` stats function](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#values-stats): fix a bug, which could lead to corrupted results. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7458).
+* BUGFIX: [`uniq_values`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#uniq_values-stats), [`min`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#min-stats), [`max`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#max-stats), [`row_min`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#row_min-stats) and [`row_max`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#row_max-stats) stats functions: fix a bug, which could return non-matching field values for these functions. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7458).
+* BUGFIX: [HTTP querying APIs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#http-api): properly take into account the `end` query arg when calculating time range for [`_time:duration` filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#time-filter). Previously the `_time:duration` filter was treated as `_time:[now-duration, now)`, while it should be treated as `_time:[end-duration, end)`.
+
+## [v0.41.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.41.0-victorialogs)
+
+Released at 2024-11-06
+
+* FEATURE: support [structured metadata](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/get-started/labels/structured-metadata/) when ingesting logs with [Grafana Loki ingestion protocol](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail/). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7431).
+* FEATURE: add [`join` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#join-pipe), which can be used for performing SQL-like joins.
+* FEATURE: support returning historical logs from [live tailing API](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#live-tailing) via `start_offset` query arg. For example, request to `/select/logsql/tail?query=*&start_offset=5m` returns logs for the last 5 minutes before starting returning live tailing logs for the given `query`.
+* FEATURE: add an ability to specify extra fields for logs ingested via [HTTP-based data ingestion protocols](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/#http-apis). See `extra_fields` query arg and `VL-Extra-Fields` HTTP header in [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/#http-parameters).
+* FEATURE: add [`block_stats` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#block_stats-pipe) for returning various per-block stats. This pipe is useful for debugging.
+* FEATURE: [web UI](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#web-ui): add sorting of logs by groups and within each group by time in desc order. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7184) and [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7045).
+* FEATURE: add support for receiving DataDog logs over network. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6632).
+
+* BUGFIX: properly sort fields with floating-point numbers by [`sort` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#sort-pipe). Previously floating-point numbers could be improperly sorted because they were treated as strings, and [natural sorting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order) was incorrectly applied to them. For example, `0.123` was treated as bigger than `0.9`.
+
+## [v0.40.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.40.0-victorialogs)
+
+Released at 2024-10-31
+
 * FEATURE: add support for extra filters across all the [HTTP querying APIs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#http-api). See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#extra-filters) for details. This is needed for implementing quick filtering on field values at [this feature request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7365).
 
+* BUGFIX: properly apply [`replace`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#replace-pipe) and [`replace_regexp`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#replace_regexp-pipe) pipes to identical values in adjacent log entries. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7162).
+* BUGFIX: properly apply [`extract`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#extract-pipe) and [`extract_regexp`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#extract_regexp-pipe) pipe with additional `if (...)` filter (aka [conditional extract](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#conditional-extract) and [conditional extract_regexp](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#conditional-extract_regexp)).
+
 ## [v0.39.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.39.0-victorialogs)
 
 Released at 2024-10-30
@@ -180,7 +219,7 @@ Released at 2024-07-05
 
 Released at 2024-07-02
 
-* FEATURE: add `-syslog.useLocalTimestamp.tcp` and `-syslog.useLocalTimestamp.udp` command-line flags, which could be used for using the local timestamp as [`_time` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field) for the logs ingested via the corresponding `-syslog.listenAddr.tcp` / `-syslog.listenAddr.udp`. By default the timestap from the syslog message is used as [`_time` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field). See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/).
+* FEATURE: add `-syslog.useLocalTimestamp.tcp` and `-syslog.useLocalTimestamp.udp` command-line flags, which could be used for using the local timestamp as [`_time` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field) for the logs ingested via the corresponding `-syslog.listenAddr.tcp` / `-syslog.listenAddr.udp`. By default the timestamp from the syslog message is used as [`_time` field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field). See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/).
 
 * BUGFIX: make slowly ingested logs visible for search as soon as they are ingested into VictoriaLogs. Previously slowly ingested logs could remain invisible for search for long time.
 
@@ -312,7 +351,7 @@ Released at 2024-05-30
 * FEATURE: add [`row_any`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#row_any-stats) function for [`stats` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-pipe). This function returns a sample log entry per every calculated [group of results](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-by-fields).
 * FEATURE: add `default` operator to [`math` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#math-pipe). It allows overriding `NaN` results with the given default value.
 * FEATURE: add `exp()` and `ln()` functions to [`math` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#math-pipe).
-* FEATURE: allow omitting result name in [`math` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#math-pipe) expresions. In this case the result name is automatically set to string representation of the corresponding math expression. For example, `_time:5m | math duration / 1000` is equivalent to `_time:5m | math (duration / 1000) as "duration / 1000"`.
+* FEATURE: allow omitting result name in [`math` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#math-pipe) expressions. In this case the result name is automatically set to string representation of the corresponding math expression. For example, `_time:5m | math duration / 1000` is equivalent to `_time:5m | math (duration / 1000) as "duration / 1000"`.
 * FEATURE: allow omitting result name in [`stats` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-pipe). In this case the result name is automatically set to string representation of the corresponding [stats function expression](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-pipe-functions). For example, `_time:5m | count(*)` is valid [LogsQL query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/) now. It is equivalent to `_time:5m | stats count(*) as "count(*)"`.
 
 * BUGFIX: properly calculate the number of matching rows in `* | field_values x | stats count() rows` and in `* | unroll (x) | stats count() rows` queries.
@@ -466,7 +505,7 @@ Released at 2024-05-12
 
 * BUGFIX: prevent from possible corruption of short [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) during data ingestion.
 * BUGFIX: prevent from additional CPU usage for up to a few seconds after canceling the query.
-* BUGFIX: prevent from returning log entries with emtpy `_stream` field in the form `"_stream":""` in [search query results](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6042).
+* BUGFIX: prevent from returning log entries with empty `_stream` field in the form `"_stream":""` in [search query results](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6042).
 
 ## [v0.5.2](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.5.2-victorialogs)
 

docs/VictoriaLogs/FAQ.md

@@ -131,3 +131,42 @@ Just send the query with the needed [filters](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/v
 to [`/select/logsql/query`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#querying-logs) - VictoriaLogs will return
 the requested logs as a [stream of JSON lines](https://jsonlines.org/). It is recommended specifying [time filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#time-filter)
 for limiting the amounts of exported logs.
+
+## I want to ingest logs without message field, is that possible?
+
+Starting from version `v0.30.0`, VictoriaLogs started blocking the ingestion of logs **without a message field**, as it is a requirement of the [VictoriaLogs data model](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field). 
+
+However, some logs do not have a message field and only contain other fields, such as logs in [this comment](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/7056#issuecomment-2434189718) and [this slack thread](https://victoriametrics.slack.com/archives/C05UNTPAEDN/p1730982146818249). Therefore, starting from version `v0.39.0`, logs without a message field are **allowed to be ingested**, 
+and their message field will be recorded as: 
+```json
+{"_msg": "missing _msg field; see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field"}
+```
+
+The default message field value can be changed using the `-defaultMsgValue` flag, for example, `-defaultMsgValue=foo`.
+
+Please note that the message field is **crucial** for VictoriaLogs, so it is important to fill it with meaningful content.
+
+## What if my logs have multiple message fields candidates?
+
+When ingesting with VictoriaLogs, the message fields is specified through `_msg_field` param, which can accept **multiple fields**, and the **first non-empty field** will be used as the message field. 
+Here is an example URL when pushing logs to VictoriaLogs with Promtail:
+```yaml
+clients:
+  - url: http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&_msg=message,body
+```
+
+For the following log, its `_msg` will be `foo bar in message`:
+```json
+{
+  "message": "foo bar in message",
+  "body": "foo bar in body"
+}
+```
+
+And for the following log, its `_msg` will be `foo bar in body`:
+```json
+{
+  "message": "",
+  "body": "foo bar in body"
+}
+```

docs/VictoriaLogs/LogsQL.md

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ _time:5m log.level:error {app!~"buggy_app|foobar"}
 ```
 
 This query skips scanning for [log messages](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field) from `buggy_app` and `foobar` apps.
-It inpsects only `log.level` and [`_stream`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) labels.
+It inspects only `log.level` and [`_stream`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) labels.
 This significantly reduces disk read IO and CPU time needed for performing the query.
 
 LogsQL also provides [functions for statistics calculation](#stats-pipe) over the selected logs. For example, the following query returns the number of logs
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ For example, `_time:2023-10-20` matches all the logs for `2023-10-20` day accord
 
 It is possible to specify generic offset for the selected time range by appending `offset` after the `_time` filter. Examples:
 
+- `_time:offset 1h` matches logs until `now-1h`.
 - `_time:5m offset 1h` matches logs on the time range `(now-1h5m, now-1h]`.
 - `_time:2023-07Z offset 5h30m` matches logs on July, 2023 by UTC with offset 5h30m.
 - `_time:[2023-02-01Z, 2023-03-01Z) offset 1w` matches logs the week before the time range `[2023-02-01Z, 2023-03-01Z)` by UTC.
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ See also:
 - `Mon` or `Monday`
 - `Tue` or `Tuesday`
 - `Wed` or `Wednesday`
-- `Thu` or `Thusday`
+- `Thu` or `Thursday`
 - `Fri` or `Friday`
 - `Sat` or `Saturday`
 
@@ -1293,6 +1294,7 @@ _time:5m | stats by (_stream) count() per_stream_logs | sort by (per_stream_logs
 
 LogsQL supports the following pipes:
 
+- [`block_stats`](#block_stats-pipe) returns various stats for the selected blocks with logs.
 - [`blocks_count`](#blocks_count-pipe) counts the number of blocks with logs processed by the query.
 - [`copy`](#copy-pipe) copies [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`delete`](#delete-pipe) deletes [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
@@ -1304,6 +1306,7 @@ LogsQL supports the following pipes:
 - [`fields`](#fields-pipe) selects the given set of [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`filter`](#filter-pipe) applies additional [filters](#filters) to results.
 - [`format`](#format-pipe) formats output field from input [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`join`](#join-pipe) joins query results by the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`len`](#len-pipe) calculates byte length of the given [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) value.
 - [`limit`](#limit-pipe) limits the number selected logs.
 - [`math`](#math-pipe) performs mathematical calculations over [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
@@ -1324,10 +1327,34 @@ LogsQL supports the following pipes:
 - [`unpack_syslog`](#unpack_syslog-pipe) unpacks [syslog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) messages from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`unroll`](#unroll-pipe) unrolls JSON arrays from [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 
+### block_stats pipe
+
+`<q> | block_stats` [pipe](#pipes) returns the following stats per each block processed by `<q>`. This pipe is needed mostly for debugging.
+
+The returned per-block stats:
+
+- `field` - [field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) name
+- `rows` - the number of rows at the given `field.
+- `type` - internal storage type for the given `field`
+- `values_bytes` - on-disk size of the data for the given `field`
+- `bloom_bytes` - on-disk size of bloom filter data for the given `field`
+- `dict_bytes` - on-disk size of the dictionary data for the given `field`
+- `dict_items` - the number of unique values in the dictionary for the given `field`
+
+See also:
+
+- [`blocks_count` pipe](#blocks_count-pipe)
+- [`len` pipe](#len-pipe)
+
 ### blocks_count pipe
 
 `<q> | blocks_count` [pipe](#pipes) counts the number of blocks with logs processed by `<q>`. This pipe is needed mostly for debugging.
 
+See also:
+
+- [`block_stats` pipe](#block_stats-pipe)
+- [`len` pipe](#len-pipe)
+
 ### copy pipe
 
 If some [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) must be copied, then `| copy src1 as dst1, ..., srcN as dstN` [pipe](#pipes) can be used.
@@ -1342,7 +1369,7 @@ Multiple fields can be copied with a single `| copy ...` pipe. For example, the
 is copied to `message`:
 
 ```logsql
-_time:5m | copy _time as timestmap, _msg as message
+_time:5m | copy _time as timestamp, _msg as message
 ```
 
 The `as` keyword is optional.
@@ -1759,9 +1786,64 @@ only if `ip` and `host` [fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/k
 _time:5m | format if (ip:* and host:*) "request from <ip>:<host>" as message
 ```
 
+### join pipe
+
+The `| join by (<fields>) (<query>)` [pipe](#pipes) joins the current results with the `<query>` results by the given set of comma-separated `<fields>`.
+This pipe works in the following way:
+
+1. It executes the `<query>` and remembers its' results. It may contain arbitrary [LogsQL query](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/).
+1. For each input row it searches for matching rows in the `<query>` results by the given `<fields>`.
+1. If the `<query>` results have no matching rows, then the input row is sent to the output as is.
+1. If the `<query>` results has matching rows, then for each matching row the input row is extended
+   with new fields seen at the matching row, and the result is sent to the output.
+
+This logic is similar to `LEFT JOIN` in SQL. For example, the following query returns the number of per-user logs across two applications - `app1` and `app2` (
+see [stream filters](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stream-filter) for details on `{...}` filter):
+
+```logsql
+_time:1d {app="app1"} | stats by (user) count() app1_hits
+  | join by (user) (
+    _time:1d {app="app2"} | stats by (user) count() app2_hits
+  )
+```
+
+If you need results similar to `JOIN` in SQL, then apply [`filter` pipe](#filter-pipe) with [`*` filter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#any-value-filter)
+on fields, which must be non-empty after the join. For example, the following query returns stats only for users, which exist in both applications `app1` and `app2`:
+
+```logsql
+_time:1d {app="app1"} | stats by (user) count() app1_hits
+  | join by (user) (
+    _time:1d {app="app2"} | stats by (user) count() app2_hits
+  )
+  | filter app2_hits:*
+```
+
+It is possible adding a prefix to all the field names returned by the `<query>` by specifying the needed prefix after the `<query>`.
+For example, the following query adds `app2.` prefix to all `<query>` log fields:
+
+```logsql
+_time:1d {app="app1"} | stats by (user) count() app1_hits
+  | join by (user) (
+    _time:1d {app="app2"} | stats by (user) count() app2_hits
+  ) prefix "app2."
+```
+
+**Performance tips**:
+
+- Make sure that the `<query>` in the `join` pipe returns relatively small number of results, since they are kept in RAM during execution of `join` pipe.
+- [Conditional `stats`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-with-additional-filters) is usually faster to execute.
+  They usually require less RAM than the equivalent `join` pipe.
+
+See also:
+
+- [`stats` pipe](#stats-pipe)
+- [conditional `stats`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-with-additional-filters)
+- [`filter` pipe](#filter-pipe)
+
+
 ### len pipe
 
-The `| len(field) as result` pipe stores byte length of the given `field` value into the `result` field.
+The `| len(field) as result` [pipe](#pipes) stores byte length of the given `field` value into the `result` field.
 For example, the following query shows top 5 log entries with the maximum byte length of `_msg` field across
 logs for the last 5 minutes:
 
@@ -1771,9 +1853,10 @@ _time:5m | len(_msg) as msg_len | sort by (msg_len desc) | limit 1
 
 See also:
 
-- [`sum_len` stats function](#sum-len-stats)
+- [`sum_len` stats function](#sum_len-stats)
 - [`sort` pipe](#sort-pipe)
 - [`limit` pipe](#limit-pipe)
+- [`block_stats` pipe](#block_stats-pipe)
 
 ### limit pipe
 
@@ -2230,6 +2313,7 @@ See also:
 - [`sort` pipe](#sort-pipe)
 - [`uniq` pipe](#uniq-pipe)
 - [`top` pipe](#top-pipe)
+- [`join` pipe](#join-pipe)
 
 
 #### Stats by fields
@@ -2347,6 +2431,13 @@ _time:5m | stats
   count() total
 ```
 
+If zero input rows match the given `if (...)` filter, then zero result is returned for the given stats function.
+
+See also:
+
+- [`join` pipe](#join-pipe)
+- [`stats` pipe functions](#stats-pipe-functions)
+
 ### stream_context pipe
 
 `| stream_context ...` [pipe](#pipes) allows selecting surrounding logs for the matching logs in [logs stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields)
@@ -2761,9 +2852,9 @@ LogsQL supports the following functions for [`stats` pipe](#stats-pipe):
 - [`count`](#count-stats) returns the number of log entries.
 - [`count_empty`](#count_empty-stats) returns the number logs with empty [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`count_uniq`](#count_uniq-stats) returns the number of unique non-empty values for the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`max`](#max-stats) returns the maximum value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`max`](#max-stats) returns the maximum value over the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`median`](#median-stats) returns the [median](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median) value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
-- [`min`](#min-stats) returns the minumum value over the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
+- [`min`](#min-stats) returns the minimum value over the given [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`quantile`](#quantile-stats) returns the given quantile for the given numeric [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 - [`row_any`](#row_any-stats) returns a sample [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) per each selected [stats group](#stats-by-fields).
 - [`row_max`](#row_max-stats) returns the [log entry](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) with the minimum value at the given field.
@@ -3109,7 +3200,7 @@ See also:
 
 ### values stats
 
-`values(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe fuction](#stats-pipe-functions) returns all the values (including empty values)
+`values(field1, ..., fieldN)` [stats pipe function](#stats-pipe-functions) returns all the values (including empty values)
 for the mentioned [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model).
 The returned values are encoded in JSON array.
 

docs/VictoriaLogs/QuickStart.md

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Just download archive for the needed Operating system and architecture, unpack i
 For example, the following commands download VictoriaLogs archive for Linux/amd64, unpack and run it:
 
 ```sh
-curl -L -O https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/download/v0.39.0-victorialogs/victoria-logs-linux-amd64-v0.39.0-victorialogs.tar.gz
-tar xzf victoria-logs-linux-amd64-v0.39.0-victorialogs.tar.gz
+curl -L -O https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/download/v0.42.0-victorialogs/victoria-logs-linux-amd64-v0.42.0-victorialogs.tar.gz
+tar xzf victoria-logs-linux-amd64-v0.42.0-victorialogs.tar.gz
 ./victoria-logs-prod
 ```
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Here is the command to run VictoriaLogs in a Docker container:
 
 ```sh
 docker run --rm -it -p 9428:9428 -v ./victoria-logs-data:/victoria-logs-data \
-  docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.39.0-victorialogs
+  docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v0.42.0-victorialogs
 ```
 
 See also:

docs/VictoriaLogs/README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ VictoriaLogs provides the following features:
 - It supports selecting surrounding logs in front and after the selected logs. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stream_context-pipe).
 - It provides web UI for querying logs - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#web-ui).
 - It provides [Grafana plugin for querying logs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/victorialogs-datasource/).
+- It supports alerting - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/vmalert/).
 
 If you have questions about VictoriaLogs, then read [this FAQ](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/faq/).
 Also feel free asking any questions at [VictoriaMetrics community Slack chat](https://victoriametrics.slack.com/), 
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ It is recommended to set up monitoring of these metrics via VictoriaMetrics
 (see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-scrape-prometheus-exporters-such-as-node-exporter)),
 vmagent (see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#how-to-collect-metrics-in-prometheus-format)) or via Prometheus.
 
+We recommend installing [Grafana dashboard for VictoriaLogs](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/22084).
+
 We recommend setting up [alerts](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/deployment/docker/rules/alerts-vlogs.yml)
 via [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/) or via Prometheus.
 
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ Therefore, for a complete data **backup**, you need to run the `rsync` command *
 
 ```sh
 # example of rsync to remote host
-rsync -avh --progress <path-to-victorialogs-data> <username>@<host>:<path-to-victorialogs-backup>
+rsync -avh --progress --delete <path-to-victorialogs-data> <username>@<host>:<path-to-victorialogs-backup>
 ```
 
 The first `rsync` will sync the majority of the data, which can be time-consuming.
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ VictoriaLogs will automatically load this data upon startup.
 
 ```sh
 # example of rsync from remote backup to local
-rsync -avh --progress <username>@<host>:<path-to-victorialogs-backup> <path-to-victorialogs-data>
+rsync -avh --progress --delete <username>@<host>:<path-to-victorialogs-backup> <path-to-victorialogs-data>
 ```
 
 It is also possible to use **the disk snapshot** in order to perform a backup. This feature could be provided by your operating system,
@@ -242,6 +245,13 @@ VictoriaLogs has very low overhead for per-tenant management, so it is OK to hav
 
 VictoriaLogs doesn't perform per-tenant authorization. Use [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) or similar tools for per-tenant authorization.
 
+## Security
+
+It is expected that VictoriaLogs runs in a protected environment, which is unreachable from the Internet without proper authorization.
+It is recommended providing access to VictoriaLogs [data ingestion APIs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/)
+and [querying APIs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/#http-api) via [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/)
+or similar authorization proxies.
+
 ## Benchmarks
 
 Here is a [benchmark suite](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/deployment/logs-benchmark) for comparing data ingestion performance
@@ -421,6 +431,22 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaLogs in order to see the list of supported command-line
     	Compression method for syslog messages received at the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. Supported values: none, gzip, deflate. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#compression
     	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
     	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
+  -syslog.extraFields.tcp array
+    	Fields to add to logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#adding-extra-fields
+    	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
+    	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
+  -syslog.extraFields.udp array
+    	Fields to add to logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#adding-extra-fields
+    	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
+    	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
+  -syslog.ignoreFields.tcp array
+    	Fields to ignore at logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#dropping-fields
+    	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
+    	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
+  -syslog.ignoreFields.udp array
+    	Fields to ignore at logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#dropping-fields
+    	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
+    	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -syslog.listenAddr.tcp array
     	Comma-separated list of TCP addresses to listen to for Syslog messages. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/
     	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
@@ -429,12 +455,20 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaLogs in order to see the list of supported command-line
     	Comma-separated list of UDP address to listen to for Syslog messages. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/
     	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
     	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
+  -syslog.streamFields.tcp array
+    	Fields to use as log stream labels for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#stream-fields
+    	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
+    	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
+  -syslog.streamFields.udp array
+    	Fields to use as log stream labels for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#stream-fields
+    	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
+    	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -syslog.tenantID.tcp array
-    	TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/
+    	TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.tcp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#multitenancy
     	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
     	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -syslog.tenantID.udp array
-    	TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/
+    	TenantID for logs ingested via the corresponding -syslog.listenAddr.udp. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/#multitenancy
     	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
     	Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -syslog.timezone string

docs/VictoriaLogs/Roadmap.md

@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/) for details.
 
 The following functionality is planned in the future versions of VictoriaLogs:
 
-- Support for [data ingestion](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/) from popular log collectors and formats:
-  - [ ] [Datadog protocol for logs](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6632)
-- [ ] Integration with Grafana. Partially done, check the [documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/victorialogs-datasource/) and [datasource repository](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victorialogs-datasource).
 - [ ] Ability to make instant snapshots and backups in the way [similar to VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-work-with-snapshots).
 - [ ] Cluster version of VictoriaLogs.
 - [ ] Ability to store data to object storage (such as S3, GCS, Minio).
-- [x] [Alerting on LogsQL queries](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/vmalert/).
 - [ ] Data migration tool from Grafana Loki to VictoriaLogs (similar to [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/)).

docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/DataDogAgent.md

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+weight: 5
+title: DataDog Agent setup
+disableToc: true
+menu:
+  docs:
+    parent: "victorialogs-data-ingestion"
+    weight: 5
+url: /victorialogs/data-ingestion/datadog-agent/
+aliases:
+  - /VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/DataDogAgent.html
+---
+Datadog Agent doesn't support custom path prefix, so for this reason it's required to use [VMAuth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) or any other
+reverse proxy to append `/insert/datadog` path prefix to all Datadog API logs requests.
+
+In case of [VMAuth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) your config should look like:
+
+```yaml
+unauthorized_user:
+  url_map:
+    - src_paths:
+        - "/api/v2/logs"
+      url_prefix: "`<victoria-logs-base-url>`/insert/datadog/"
+```
+
+To start ingesting logs from DataDog agent please specify a custom URL instead of default one for sending collected logs to [VictoriaLogs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/):
+
+```yaml
+logs_enabled: true
+logs_config:
+  logs_dd_url: `<vmauth-base-url>`
+  use_http: true
+```
+
+While using [Serverless DataDog plugin](https://github.com/DataDog/serverless-plugin-datadog) please set VictoriaLogs endpoint using `LOGS_DD_URL` environment variable:
+
+```yaml
+custom:
+  datadog:
+    apiKey: fakekey                 # Set any key, otherwise plugin fails
+provider:
+  environment:
+    LOGS_DD_URL: `<vmauth-base-url>`/   # VictoriaLogs endpoint for DataDog
+```
+
+Substitute the `<vmauth-base-url>` address with the real address of VMAuth proxy.
+
+See also:
+
+- [Data ingestion troubleshooting](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/#troubleshooting).
+- [How to query VictoriaLogs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/).
+- [Docker-compose demo for Datadog integration with VictoriaLogs](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/deployment/docker/victorialogs/datadog-agent).

docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/Promtail.md

@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ aliases:
   - /victorialogs/data-ingestion/Promtail.html
   - /victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail.html
 ---
-[Promtail](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/) is a default log shipper for Grafana Loki.
-Promtail can be configured to send the collected logs to VictoriaLogs according to the following docs.
+[Promtail](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/), [Grafana Agent](https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/)
+and [Grafana Alloy](https://grafana.com/docs/alloy/latest/) are default log collectors for Grafana Loki.
+They can be configured to send the collected logs to VictoriaLogs according to the following docs.
 
 Specify [`clients`](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/configuration/#clients) section in the configuration file
 for sending the collected logs to [VictoriaLogs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/):
 
 ```yaml
 clients:
-  - url: http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app
+  - url: "http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app"
 ```
 
 Substitute `localhost:9428` address inside `clients` with the real TCP address of VictoriaLogs.
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ and inspecting VictoriaLogs logs then:
 
 ```yaml
 clients:
-  - url: http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&debug=1
+  - url: "http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&debug=1"
 ```
 
 If some [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) must be skipped
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ For example, the following config instructs VictoriaLogs to ignore `filename` an
 
 ```yaml
 clients:
-  - url: http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&ignore_fields=filename,stream
+  - url: 'http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&ignore_fields=filename,stream'
 ```
 
 By default the ingested logs are stored in the `(AccountID=0, ProjectID=0)` [tenant](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/#multitenancy).
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ For example, the following config instructs VictoriaLogs to store logs in the `(
 
 ```yaml
 clients:
-  - url: http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&debug=1
+  - url: "http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push?_stream_fields=instance,job,host,app&debug=1"
     tenant_id: "12:34"
 ```
 

docs/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/README.md

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 - Fluentd - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/fluentd/).
 - Logstash - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/logstash/).
 - Vector - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/vector/).
-- Promtail (aka Grafana Loki) - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail/).
+- Promtail (aka Grafana Loki, Grafana Agent or Grafana Alloy) - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail/).
 - Telegraf - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/telegraf/).
 - OpenTelemetry Collector - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/opentelemetry/).
 - Journald - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/journald/).
+- DataDog - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/datadog-agent/).
 
 The ingested logs can be queried according to [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/querying/).
 
@@ -189,66 +190,78 @@ HTTP query string parameters have priority over HTTP Headers.
 
 #### HTTP Query string parameters
 
-List of supported [Query string](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string) parameters:
+All the [HTTP-based data ingestion protocols](#http-apis) support the following [HTTP query string](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string) args:
 
-- `_msg_field` - it must contain the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
-  with the [log message](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field) generated by the log shipper.
+- `_msg_field` - the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+  containing [log message](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field).
   This is usually the `message` field for Filebeat and Logstash.
 
   The `_msg_field` arg may contain comma-separated list of field names. In this case the first non-empty field from the list
   is treated as [log message](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field).
 
-  If the `_msg_field` parameter isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the log message from the `_msg` field.
+  If the `_msg_field` arg isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the log message from the `_msg` field. If the `_msg` field is empty,
+  then it is set to `-defaultMsgValue` command-line flag value.
 
-- `_time_field` - it must contain the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
-  with the [log timestamp](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field) generated by the log shipper.
+- `_time_field` - the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+  containing [log timestamp](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field).
   This is usually the `@timestamp` field for Filebeat and Logstash.
-  If the `_time_field` parameter isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the timestamp from the `_time` field.
-  If this field doesn't exist, then the current timestamp is used.
 
-- `_stream_fields` - it should contain comma-separated list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
-  which uniquely identify every [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) collected the log shipper.
-  If the `_stream_fields` parameter isn't set, then all the ingested logs are written to default log stream - `{}`.
+  If the `_time_field` arg isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the timestamp from the `_time` field. If this field doesn't exist, then the current timestamp is used.
 
-- `ignore_fields` - this parameter may contain the list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
+- `_stream_fields` - comma-separated list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
+  which uniquely identify every [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields).
+
+  If the `_stream_fields` arg isn't set, then all the ingested logs are written to default log stream - `{}`.
+
+- `ignore_fields` - an optional comma-separated list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
   which must be ignored during data ingestion.
 
-- `debug` - if this parameter is set to `1`, then the ingested logs aren't stored in VictoriaLogs. Instead,
+- `extra_fields` - an optional comma-separated list [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model),
+  which must be added to all the ingested logs. The format of every `extra_fields` entry is `field_name=field_value`.
+  If the log entry contains fields from the `extra_fields`, then they are overwritten by the values specified in `extra_fields`.
+
+- `debug` - if this arg is set to `1`, then the ingested logs aren't stored in VictoriaLogs. Instead,
   the ingested data is logged by VictoriaLogs, so it can be investigated later.
 
 See also [HTTP headers](#http-headers).
 
 #### HTTP headers
 
-List of supported [HTTP Headers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields) parameters:
+All the [HTTP-based data ingestion protocols](#http-apis) support the following [HTTP Headers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields)
+additionally to [HTTP query args](#http-query-string-parameters):
 
-- `AccountID` - may contain the needed accountID of tenant to ingest data to. See [multitenancy docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/#multitenancy) for details.
+- `AccountID` - accountID of the tenant to ingest data to. See [multitenancy docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/#multitenancy) for details.
 
-- `ProjectID`- may contain the projectID needed of tenant to ingest data to. See [multitenancy docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/#multitenancy) for details.
-  VictoriaLogs accepts optional `AccountID` and `ProjectID` headers at [data ingestion HTTP APIs](#http-apis).
+- `ProjectID`- projectID of the tenant to ingest data to. See [multitenancy docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/#multitenancy) for details.
 
-- `VL-Msg-Field` - it must contain the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
-  with the [log message](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field) generated by the log shipper.
+- `VL-Msg-Field` - the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+  containing [log message](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field).
   This is usually the `message` field for Filebeat and Logstash.
 
   The `VL-Msg-Field` header may contain comma-separated list of field names. In this case the first non-empty field from the list
   is treated as [log message](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#message-field).
 
-  If the `VL-Msg-Field` header isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the log message from the `_msg` field.
+  If the `VL-Msg-Field` header isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads log message from the `_msg` field. If the `_msg` field is empty,
+  then it is set to `-defaultMsgValue` command-line flag value.
 
-- `VL-Time-Field` - it must contain the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
-  with the [log timestamp](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field) generated by the log shipper.
+- `VL-Time-Field` - the name of the [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model)
+  containing [log timestamp](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#time-field).
   This is usually the `@timestamp` field for Filebeat and Logstash.
-  If the `VL-Time-Field` header isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the timestamp from the `_time` field.
-  If this field doesn't exist, then the current timestamp is used.
 
-- `VL-Stream-Fields` - it should contain comma-separated list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
-  which uniquely identify every [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields) collected the log shipper.
+  If the `VL-Time-Field` header isn't set, then VictoriaLogs reads the timestamp from the `_time` field. If this field doesn't exist, then the current timestamp is used.
+
+- `VL-Stream-Fields` - comma-separated list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
+  which uniquely identify every [log stream](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#stream-fields).
+
   If the `VL-Stream-Fields` header isn't set, then all the ingested logs are written to default log stream - `{}`.
 
-- `VL-Ignore-Fields` - this parameter may contain the list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
+- `VL-Ignore-Fields` - an optional comma-separated list of [log field](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model) names,
   which must be ignored during data ingestion.
 
+- `VL-Extra-Field` - an optional comma-separated list of [log fields](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/keyconcepts/#data-model),
+  which must be added to all the ingested logs. The format of every `extra_fields` entry is `field_name=field_value`.
+  If the log entry contains fields from the `extra_fields`, then they are overwritten by the values specified in `extra_fields`.
+
 - `VL-Debug` - if this parameter is set to `1`, then the ingested logs aren't stored in VictoriaLogs. Instead,
   the ingested data is logged by VictoriaLogs, so it can be investigated later.
 
@@ -297,17 +310,18 @@ VictoriaLogs exposes various [metrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoria
 
 Here is the list of log collectors and their ingestion formats supported by VictoriaLogs:
 
-| How to setup the collector | Format: Elasticsearch | Format: JSON Stream | Format: Loki | Format: syslog | Format: OpenTelemetry | Format: Journald |
-|----------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|
-| [Rsyslog](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/) | [Yes](https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/configuration/modules/omelasticsearch.html) | No | No | [Yes](https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/configuration/modules/omfwd.html) | No | No |
-| [Syslog-ng](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/filebeat/) | Yes, [v1](https://support.oneidentity.com/technical-documents/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.16/administration-guide/28#TOPIC-956489), [v2](https://support.oneidentity.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.16/administration-guide/29#TOPIC-956494) | No | No | [Yes](https://support.oneidentity.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.16/administration-guide/44#TOPIC-956553) | No | No |
-| [Filebeat](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/filebeat/) | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html) | No | No | No | No | No |
-| [Fluentbit](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/fluentbit/) | No | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/http) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/loki) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/syslog) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/opentelemetry) | No |
-| [Logstash](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/logstash/)   | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html) | No | No | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-syslog.html) | [Yes](https://github.com/paulgrav/logstash-output-opentelemetry) | No |
-| [Vector](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/vector/) | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/elasticsearch/) | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/http/) | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/loki/) | No | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sources/opentelemetry/) | No |
-| [Promtail](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail/)   | No | No | [Yes](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/configuration/#clients) | No | No | No |
-| [OpenTelemetry Collector](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/) | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/elasticsearchexporter) | No | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/lokiexporter) | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/exporter/syslogexporter) | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/otlphttpexporter) | No |
-| [Telegraf](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/telegraf/) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/outputs/http) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/outputs/loki) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/outputs/syslog) | Yes | No |
-| [Fluentd](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/fluentd/) | [Yes](https://github.com/uken/fluent-plugin-elasticsearch) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentd.org/output/http) | [Yes](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/send-data/fluentd/) | [Yes](https://github.com/fluent-plugins-nursery/fluent-plugin-remote_syslog) | No | No |
-| [Journald](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/journald/) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
+| How to setup the collector | Format: Elasticsearch | Format: JSON Stream | Format: Loki | Format: syslog | Format: OpenTelemetry | Format: Journald | Format: DataDog |
+|----------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|-----------------|
+| [Rsyslog](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/syslog/) | [Yes](https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/configuration/modules/omelasticsearch.html) | No | No | [Yes](https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/configuration/modules/omfwd.html) | No | No | No |
+| [Syslog-ng](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/filebeat/) | Yes, [v1](https://support.oneidentity.com/technical-documents/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.16/administration-guide/28#TOPIC-956489), [v2](https://support.oneidentity.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.16/administration-guide/29#TOPIC-956494) | No | No | [Yes](https://support.oneidentity.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.16/administration-guide/44#TOPIC-956553) | No | No | No |
+| [Filebeat](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/filebeat/) | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
+| [Fluentbit](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/fluentbit/) | No | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/http) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/loki) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/syslog) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/opentelemetry) | No | [Yes](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/datadog) |
+| [Logstash](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/logstash/)   | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html) | No | No | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-syslog.html) | [Yes](https://github.com/paulgrav/logstash-output-opentelemetry) | No | [Yes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-datadog.html) |
+| [Vector](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/vector/) | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/elasticsearch/) | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/http/) | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/loki/) | No | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sources/opentelemetry/) | No | [Yes](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/datadog_logs/) |
+| [Promtail](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail/)   | No | No | [Yes](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/configuration/#clients) | No | No | No | No |
+| [OpenTelemetry Collector](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/) | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/elasticsearchexporter) | No | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/lokiexporter) | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/exporter/syslogexporter) | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/otlphttpexporter) | No | [Yes](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/datadogexporter) |
+| [Telegraf](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/telegraf/) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/outputs/http) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/outputs/loki) | [Yes](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/outputs/syslog) | Yes | No | No |
+| [Fluentd](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/fluentd/) | [Yes](https://github.com/uken/fluent-plugin-elasticsearch) | [Yes](https://docs.fluentd.org/output/http) | [Yes](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/send-data/fluentd/) | [Yes](https://github.com/fluent-plugins-nursery/fluent-plugin-remote_syslog) | No | No | No |
+| [Journald](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/journald/) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
+| [DataDog Agent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/VictoriaLogs/data-ingestion/datadog-agent) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |