![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![Version: 0.14.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.14.5-informational?style=flat-square) [![Artifact Hub](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://artifacthub.io/badge/repository/victoriametrics)](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/victoriametrics/victoria-metrics-agent) [![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/join%20slack-%23victoriametrics-brightgreen.svg)](https://slack.victoriametrics.com/) Victoria Metrics Agent - collects metrics from various sources and stores them to VictoriaMetrics ## Prerequisites * Install the follow packages: ``git``, ``kubectl``, ``helm``, ``helm-docs``. See this [tutorial](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/helm/requirements/). ## How to install Access a Kubernetes cluster. ### Setup chart repository (can be omitted for OCI repositories) Add a chart helm repository with follow commands: ```console helm repo add vm https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts/ helm repo update ``` List versions of `vm/victoria-metrics-agent` chart available to installation: ```console helm search repo vm/victoria-metrics-agent -l ``` ### Install `victoria-metrics-agent` chart Export default values of `victoria-metrics-agent` chart to file `values.yaml`: - For HTTPS repository ```console helm show values vm/victoria-metrics-agent > values.yaml ``` - For OCI repository ```console helm show values oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-agent > values.yaml ``` Change the values according to the need of the environment in ``values.yaml`` file. Test the installation with command: - For HTTPS repository ```console helm install vma vm/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run ``` - For OCI repository ```console helm install vma oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run ``` Install chart with command: - For HTTPS repository ```console helm install vma vm/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE ``` - For OCI repository ```console helm install vma oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-metrics-agent -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE ``` Get the pods lists by running this commands: ```console kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vma' ``` Get the application by running this command: ```console helm list -f vma -n NAMESPACE ``` See the history of versions of `vma` application with command. ```console helm history vma -n NAMESPACE ``` ## Upgrade guide ### Upgrade to 0.13.0 - replace `remoteWriteUrls` to `remoteWrite`: Given below config ```yaml remoteWriteUrls: - http://address1/api/v1/write - http://address2/api/v1/write ``` should be changed to ```yaml remoteWrite: - url: http://address1/api/v1/write - url: http://address2/api/v1/write ``` ## How to uninstall Remove application with command. ```console helm uninstall vma -n NAMESPACE ``` ## Documentation of Helm Chart Install ``helm-docs`` following the instructions on this [tutorial](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/helm/requirements/). Generate docs with ``helm-docs`` command. ```bash cd charts/victoria-metrics-agent helm-docs ``` The markdown generation is entirely go template driven. The tool parses metadata from charts and generates a number of sub-templates that can be referenced in a template file (by default ``README.md.gotmpl``). If no template file is provided, the tool has a default internal template that will generate a reasonably formatted README. ## Parameters The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the chart and their default values. Change the values according to the need of the environment in ``victoria-metrics-agent/values.yaml`` file.
Key Type Default Description
affinity object 
{}

Pod affinity
annotations object 
{}

Annotations to be added to the deployment
config object 
global:
    scrape_interval: 10s
scrape_configs:
    - job_name: vmagent
      static_configs:
        - targets:
            - localhost:8429
    - bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
      job_name: kubernetes-apiservers
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: endpoints
      relabel_configs:
        - action: keep
          regex: default;kubernetes;https
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
            - __meta_kubernetes_endpoint_port_name
      scheme: https
      tls_config:
        ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
        insecure_skip_verify: true
    - bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
      job_name: kubernetes-nodes
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: node
      relabel_configs:
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
        - replacement: kubernetes.default.svc:443
          target_label: __address__
        - regex: (.+)
          replacement: /api/v1/nodes/$1/proxy/metrics
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_node_name
          target_label: __metrics_path__
      scheme: https
      tls_config:
        ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
        insecure_skip_verify: true
    - bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
      honor_timestamps: false
      job_name: kubernetes-nodes-cadvisor
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: node
      relabel_configs:
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
        - replacement: kubernetes.default.svc:443
          target_label: __address__
        - regex: (.+)
          replacement: /api/v1/nodes/$1/proxy/metrics/cadvisor
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_node_name
          target_label: __metrics_path__
      scheme: https
      tls_config:
        ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
        insecure_skip_verify: true
    - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: endpointslices
      relabel_configs:
        - action: drop
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init
        - action: keep_if_equal
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number
        - action: keep
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape
        - action: replace
          regex: (https?)
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scheme
          target_label: __scheme__
        - action: replace
          regex: (.+)
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_path
          target_label: __metrics_path__
        - action: replace
          regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
          replacement: $1:$2
          source_labels:
            - __address__
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port
          target_label: __address__
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+)
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name
          target_label: pod
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name
          target_label: container
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
          target_label: namespace
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
          target_label: service
        - replacement: ${1}
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
          target_label: job
        - action: replace
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name
          target_label: node
    - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints-slow
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: endpointslices
      relabel_configs:
        - action: drop
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init
        - action: keep_if_equal
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number
        - action: keep
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape_slow
        - action: replace
          regex: (https?)
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scheme
          target_label: __scheme__
        - action: replace
          regex: (.+)
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_path
          target_label: __metrics_path__
        - action: replace
          regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
          replacement: $1:$2
          source_labels:
            - __address__
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port
          target_label: __address__
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+)
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name
          target_label: pod
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name
          target_label: container
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
          target_label: namespace
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
          target_label: service
        - replacement: ${1}
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
          target_label: job
        - action: replace
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name
          target_label: node
      scrape_interval: 5m
      scrape_timeout: 30s
    - job_name: kubernetes-services
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: service
      metrics_path: /probe
      params:
        module:
            - http_2xx
      relabel_configs:
        - action: keep
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_probe
        - source_labels:
            - __address__
          target_label: __param_target
        - replacement: blackbox
          target_label: __address__
        - source_labels:
            - __param_target
          target_label: instance
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+)
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
          target_label: namespace
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
          target_label: service
    - job_name: kubernetes-pods
      kubernetes_sd_configs:
        - role: pod
      relabel_configs:
        - action: drop
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init
        - action: keep_if_equal
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number
        - action: keep
          regex: true
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape
        - action: replace
          regex: (.+)
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_path
          target_label: __metrics_path__
        - action: replace
          regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
          replacement: $1:$2
          source_labels:
            - __address__
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port
          target_label: __address__
        - action: labelmap
          regex: __meta_kubernetes_pod_label_(.+)
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name
          target_label: pod
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name
          target_label: container
        - source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
          target_label: namespace
        - action: replace
          source_labels:
            - __meta_kubernetes_pod_node_name
          target_label: node

VMAgent scrape configuration
configMap string 
""

VMAgent scraping configuration use existing configmap if specified otherwise .config values will be used
containerWorkingDir string 
/

Container working directory
deployment object 
enabled: true
strategy: {}

K8s Deployment specific variables
deployment.strategy object 
{}

Deployment stragegy. Check here for details
emptyDir object 
{}

Empty dir configuration for a case, when persistence is disabled
env list 
[]

Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Check here for more details.
envFrom list 
[]

Specify alternative source for env variables
extraArgs object 
envflag.enable: "true"
envflag.prefix: VM_
loggerFormat: json

VMAgent extra command line arguments
extraContainers list 
[]

Extra containers to run in a pod with vmagent
extraHostPathMounts list 
[]

Additional hostPath mounts
extraLabels object 
{}

Extra labels for Pods, Deployment and Statefulset
extraObjects list 
[]

Add extra specs dynamically to this chart
extraScrapeConfigs list 
[]

Extra scrape configs that will be appended to config
extraVolumeMounts list 
[]

Extra Volume Mounts for the container
extraVolumes list 
[]

Extra Volumes for the pod
fullnameOverride string 
""

Overrides the fullname prefix
global.compatibility object 
openshift:
    adaptSecurityContext: auto

Openshift security context compatibility configuration
global.image.registry string 
""

Image registry, that can be shared across multiple helm charts
global.imagePullSecrets list 
[]

Image pull secrets, that can be shared across multiple helm charts
horizontalPodAutoscaling object 
enabled: false
maxReplicas: 10
metrics: []
minReplicas: 1

Horizontal Pod Autoscaling. Note that it is not intended to be used for vmagents which perform scraping. In order to scale scraping vmagents check here
horizontalPodAutoscaling.enabled bool 
false

Use HPA for vmagent
horizontalPodAutoscaling.maxReplicas int 
10

Maximum replicas for HPA to use to to scale vmagent
horizontalPodAutoscaling.metrics list 
[]

Metric for HPA to use to scale vmagent
horizontalPodAutoscaling.minReplicas int 
1

Minimum replicas for HPA to use to scale vmagent
image.pullPolicy string 
IfNotPresent

Image pull policy
image.registry string 
""

Image registry
image.repository string 
victoriametrics/vmagent

Image repository
image.tag string 
""

Image tag, set to Chart.AppVersion by default
image.variant string 
""

Variant of the image to use. e.g. enterprise, scratch
imagePullSecrets list 
[]

Image pull secrets
ingress.annotations object 
{}

Ingress annotations
ingress.enabled bool 
false

Enable deployment of ingress for agent
ingress.extraLabels object 
{}

Ingress extra labels
ingress.hosts list 
[]

Array of host objects
ingress.ingressClassName string 
""

Ingress controller class name
ingress.pathType string 
Prefix

Ingress path type
ingress.tls list 
[]

Array of TLS objects
initContainers list 
[]

Init containers for vmagent
license object 
key: ""
secret:
    key: ""
    name: ""

Enterprise license key configuration for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Required only for VictoriaMetrics enterprise. Check docs here, for more information, visit site. Request a trial license here Supported starting from VictoriaMetrics v1.94.0
license.key string 
""

License key
license.secret object 
key: ""
name: ""

Use existing secret with license key
license.secret.key string 
""

Key in secret with license key
license.secret.name string 
""

Existing secret name
nameOverride string 
""

Overrides fullname suffix
nodeSelector object 
{}

Pod’s node selector. Details are here
persistence.accessModes list 
- ReadWriteOnce

Array of access modes. Must match those of existing PV or dynamic provisioner. Details are here
persistence.annotations object 
{}

Persistant volume annotations
persistence.enabled bool 
false

Create/use Persistent Volume Claim for server component. Empty dir if false
persistence.existingClaim string 
""

Existing Claim name. If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound
persistence.extraLabels object 
{}

Persistant volume additional labels
persistence.matchLabels object 
{}

Bind Persistent Volume by labels. Must match all labels of targeted PV.
persistence.size string 
10Gi

Size of the volume. Should be calculated based on the logs you send and retention policy you set.
persistence.storageClassName string 
""

StorageClass to use for persistent volume. Requires server.persistentVolume.enabled: true. If defined, PVC created automatically
podAnnotations object 
{}

Annotations to be added to pod
podDisruptionBudget object 
enabled: false
labels: {}

See kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec for more or check official documentation
podLabels object 
{}

Extra labels for Pods only
podSecurityContext object 
enabled: true

Security context to be added to pod
priorityClassName string 
""

Priority class to be assigned to the pod(s)
probe.liveness object 
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 15
tcpSocket: {}
timeoutSeconds: 5

Liveness probe
probe.readiness object 
httpGet: {}
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 15

Readiness probe
probe.startup object 
{}

Startup probe
rbac.annotations object 
{}

Role/RoleBinding annotations
rbac.create bool 
true

Enables Role/RoleBinding creation
rbac.extraLabels object 
{}

Role/RoleBinding labels
rbac.namespaced bool 
false

If true and rbac.enabled, will deploy a Role/RoleBinding instead of a ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding
remoteWrite string 
null

Generates remoteWrite.* flags and config maps with value content for values, that are of type list of map. Each item should contain url param to pass validation.
replicaCount int 
1

Replica count
resources object 
{}

Resource object. Details are here
securityContext object 
enabled: true

Security context to be added to pod’s containers
service.annotations object 
{}

Service annotations
service.clusterIP string 
""

Service ClusterIP
service.enabled bool 
false

Enable agent service
service.externalIPs list 
[]

Service external IPs. Check here for details
service.externalTrafficPolicy string 
""

Service external traffic policy. Check here for details
service.extraLabels object 
{}

Service labels
service.healthCheckNodePort string 
""

Health check node port for a service. Check here for details
service.ipFamilies list 
[]

List of service IP families. Check here for details.
service.ipFamilyPolicy string 
""

Service IP family policy. Check here for details.
service.loadBalancerIP string 
""

Service load balacner IP
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges list 
[]

Load balancer source range
service.servicePort int 
8429

Service port
service.type string 
ClusterIP

Service type
serviceAccount.annotations object 
{}

Annotations to add to the service account
serviceAccount.create bool 
true

Specifies whether a service account should be created
serviceAccount.name string 
null

The name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
serviceMonitor.annotations object 
{}

Service Monitor annotations
serviceMonitor.basicAuth object 
{}

Basic auth params for Service Monitor
serviceMonitor.enabled bool 
false

Enable deployment of Service Monitor for server component. This is Prometheus operator object
serviceMonitor.extraLabels object 
{}

Service Monitor labels
serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings list 
[]

Service Monitor metricRelabelings
serviceMonitor.relabelings list 
[]

Service Monitor relabelings
statefulset object 
clusterMode: false
enabled: false
replicationFactor: 1
updateStrategy: {}

K8s StatefulSet specific variables
statefulset.clusterMode bool 
false

create cluster of vmagents. Check here available since v1.77.2
statefulset.replicationFactor int 
1

replication factor for vmagent in cluster mode
statefulset.updateStrategy object 
{}

StatefulSet update strategy. Check here for details.
tolerations list 
[]

Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints. Details are here
topologySpreadConstraints list 
[]

Pod topologySpreadConstraints