VictoriaMetrics/docs/helm/victoria-logs-single

Victoria Logs Single version - high-performance, cost-effective and scalable logs storage

Prerequisites

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

• PV support on underlying infrastructure.

Chart Details

This chart will do the following:

• Rollout Victoria Logs Single.
• (optional) Rollout fluentbit to collect logs from pods.

Chart allows to configure logs collection from Kubernetes pods to VictoriaLogs. In order to do that you need to enable fluentbit:

fluent-bit:
  enabled: true

By default, fluentbit will forward logs to VictoriaLogs installation deployed by this chart.

How to install

Access a Kubernetes cluster.

Setup chart repository (can be omitted for OCI repositories)

Add a chart helm repository with follow commands:

helm repo add vm https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts/

helm repo update

List versions of vm/victoria-logs-single chart available to installation:

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

Install victoria-logs-single chart

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

• For HTTPS repository

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

• For OCI repository

  helm show values oci://ghcr.io/victoriametrics/helm-charts/victoria-logs-single > values.yaml
  

Change the values according to the need of the environment in values.yaml file.

Test the installation with command:

• For HTTPS repository

  helm install vls vm/victoria-logs-single -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE --debug --dry-run
  

• For OCI repository

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

Install chart with command:

• For HTTPS repository

  helm install vls vm/victoria-logs-single -f values.yaml -n NAMESPACE
  

• For OCI repository

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

Get the pods lists by running this commands:

kubectl get pods -A | grep 'vls'

Get the application by running this command:

helm list -f vls -n NAMESPACE

See the history of versions of vls application with command.

helm history vls -n NAMESPACE

How to uninstall

Remove application with command.

helm uninstall vls -n NAMESPACE

Documentation of Helm Chart

Install helm-docs following the instructions on this tutorial.

Generate docs with helm-docs command.

cd charts/victoria-logs-single

helm-docs

The markdown generation is entirely go template driven. The tool parses metadata from charts and generates a number of sub-templates that can be referenced in a template file (by default README.md.gotmpl). If no template file is provided, the tool has a default internal template that will generate a reasonably formatted README.

Parameters

The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the chart and their default values.

Change the values according to the need of the environment in victoria-logs-single/values.yaml file.

Key	Type	Default	Description
extraObjects	list	[]	Add extra specs dynamically to this chart
fluent-bit.config.filters	tpl	fluent-bit.config.filters: | [FILTER] Name kubernetes Match kube.* Merge_Log On Keep_Log On K8S-Logging.Parser On K8S-Logging.Exclude On [FILTER] Name nest Match * Wildcard pod_name Operation lift Nested_under kubernetes Add_prefix kubernetes_	FluentBit configuration filters
fluent-bit.config.outputs	tpl	fluent-bit.config.outputs: | [OUTPUT] Name http Match kube.* Host '{{ include "victoria-logs.server.fullname" . }}' port 9428 compress gzip uri /insert/jsonline?_stream_fields=stream,kubernetes_pod_name,kubernetes_container_name,kubernetes_namespace_name&_msg_field=log&_time_field=date format json_lines json_date_format iso8601 header AccountID 0 header ProjectID 0	Note that Host must be replaced to match your VictoriaLogs service name Default format points to VictoriaLogs service.
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumeMounts[0].mountPath	string	/var/log
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumeMounts[0].name	string	varlog
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumeMounts[1].mountPath	string	/var/lib/docker/containers
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumeMounts[1].name	string	varlibdockercontainers
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumeMounts[1].readOnly	bool	true
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumes[0].hostPath.path	string	/var/log
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumes[0].name	string	varlog
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumes[1].hostPath.path	string	/var/lib/docker/containers
fluent-bit.daemonSetVolumes[1].name	string	varlibdockercontainers
fluent-bit.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of fluent-bit
fluent-bit.resources	object	{}
global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext	string	auto
global.image.registry	string	""
global.imagePullSecrets	list	[]
global.nameOverride	string	""
global.victoriaLogs.server.fullnameOverride	string	null	Overrides the full name of server component
global.victoriaLogs.server.name	string	server	Server container name
podDisruptionBudget.enabled	bool	false	See kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec for more. Details are here
podDisruptionBudget.extraLabels	object	{}
printNotes	bool	true	Print chart notes
server.affinity	object	{}	Pod affinity
server.containerWorkingDir	string	""	Container workdir
server.emptyDir	object	{}	Use an alternate scheduler, e.g. “stork”. ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/configure-multiple-schedulers/ schedulerName:
server.enabled	bool	true	Enable deployment of server component. Deployed as StatefulSet
server.env	list	[]	Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags) https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics#environment-variables
server.envFrom	list	[]
server.extraArgs	object	envflag.enable: "true" envflag.prefix: VM_ loggerFormat: json	Extra command line arguments for container of component
server.extraContainers	list	[]	Extra containers to run in a pod with Victoria Logs container
server.extraHostPathMounts	list	[]	Additional hostPath mounts
server.extraLabels	object	{}	Sts/Deploy additional labels
server.extraVolumeMounts	list	[]	Extra Volume Mounts for the container
server.extraVolumes	list	[]	Extra Volumes for the pod
server.image.pullPolicy	string	IfNotPresent	Image pull policy
server.image.registry	string	""	Image registry
server.image.repository	string	victoriametrics/victoria-logs	Image repository
server.image.tag	string	""	Image tag
server.image.variant	string	victorialogs
server.imagePullSecrets	list	[]	Image pull secrets
server.ingress.annotations	string	null	Ingress annotations
server.ingress.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of ingress for server component
server.ingress.extraLabels	object	{}	Ingress extra labels
server.ingress.hosts	list	[]
server.ingress.pathType	string	Prefix	pathType is only for k8s >= 1.1=
server.ingress.tls	list	[]	Array of TLS objects
server.initContainers	list	[]	Init containers for Victoria Logs Pod
server.nodeSelector	object	{}	Pod’s node selector. Details are here
server.persistentVolume.accessModes	list	- ReadWriteOnce	Array of access modes. Must match those of existing PV or dynamic provisioner. Details are here
server.persistentVolume.annotations	object	{}	Persistant volume annotations
server.persistentVolume.enabled	bool	false	Create/use Persistent Volume Claim for server component. Empty dir if false
server.persistentVolume.existingClaim	string	""	Existing Claim name. If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound
server.persistentVolume.matchLabels	object	{}	Bind Persistent Volume by labels. Must match all labels of targeted PV.
server.persistentVolume.mountPath	string	/storage	Mount path. Server data Persistent Volume mount root path.
server.persistentVolume.size	string	3Gi	Size of the volume. Should be calculated based on the logs you send and retention policy you set.
server.persistentVolume.storageClassName	string	""	StorageClass to use for persistent volume. Requires server.persistentVolume.enabled: true. If defined, PVC created automatically
server.persistentVolume.subPath	string	""	Mount subpath
server.podAnnotations	object	{}	Pod’s annotations
server.podLabels	object	{}	Pod’s additional labels
server.podManagementPolicy	string	OrderedReady	Pod’s management policy
server.podSecurityContext	object	enabled: true fsGroup: 2000 runAsNonRoot: true runAsUser: 1000	Pod’s security context. Details are here
server.priorityClassName	string	""	Name of Priority Class
server.probe.liveness	object	failureThreshold: 10 initialDelaySeconds: 30 periodSeconds: 30 tcpSocket: {} timeoutSeconds: 5	Indicates whether the Container is running. If the liveness probe fails, the kubelet kills the Container, and the Container is subjected to its restart policy. If a Container does not provide a liveness probe, the default state is Success.
server.probe.readiness	object	failureThreshold: 3 httpGet: {} initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 15 timeoutSeconds: 5	Indicates whether the Container is ready to service requests. If the readiness probe fails, the endpoints controller removes the Pod’s IP address from the endpoints of all Services that match the Pod. The default state of readiness before the initial delay is Failure. If a Container does not provide a readiness probe, the default state is Success.
server.probe.startup	object	{}	Indicates whether the Container is done with potentially costly initialization. If set it is executed first. If it fails Container is restarted. If it succeeds liveness and readiness probes takes over.
server.replicaCount	int	1	Replica count
server.resources	object	{}	Resource object. Details are here
server.retentionPeriod	int	1	Data retention period in month
server.securityContext	object	allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: - ALL enabled: true readOnlyRootFilesystem: true	Security context to be added to server pods
server.service.annotations	object	{}	Service annotations
server.service.clusterIP	string	""	Service ClusterIP
server.service.externalIPs	list	[]	Service External IPs. Details are here
server.service.externalTrafficPolicy	string	""
server.service.healthCheckNodePort	string	""
server.service.ipFamilies	list	[]
server.service.ipFamilyPolicy	string	""
server.service.labels	object	{}	Service labels
server.service.loadBalancerIP	string	""	Service load balacner IP
server.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	list	[]	Load balancer source range
server.service.servicePort	int	9428	Service port
server.service.type	string	ClusterIP	Service type
server.serviceMonitor.annotations	object	{}	Service Monitor annotations
server.serviceMonitor.basicAuth	object	{}	Basic auth params for Service Monitor
server.serviceMonitor.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of Service Monitor for server component. This is Prometheus operator object
server.serviceMonitor.extraLabels	object	{}	Service Monitor labels
server.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings	list	[]	Service Monitor metricRelabelings
server.serviceMonitor.relabelings	list	[]	Service Monitor relabelings
server.statefulSet.enabled	bool	true	Creates statefulset instead of deployment, useful when you want to keep the cache
server.statefulSet.podManagementPolicy	string	OrderedReady	Deploy order policy for StatefulSet pods
server.terminationGracePeriodSeconds	int	60	Pod’s termination grace period in seconds
server.tolerations	list	[]	Node tolerations for server scheduling to nodes with taints. Details are here