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	object	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_ outputs: | [OUTPUT] Name http Match kube.* Host {{ include "victoria-logs.server.fullname" . }} port 9428 compress gzip uri /insert/jsonline format json_lines json_date_format iso8601 header AccountID 0 header ProjectID 0 header VL-Msg-Field log header VL-Time-Field date header VL-Stream-Fields stream,kubernetes_pod_name,kubernetes_container_name,kubernetes_namespace_name daemonSetVolumeMounts: - mountPath: /var/log name: varlog - mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers name: varlibdockercontainers readOnly: true daemonSetVolumes: - hostPath: path: /var/log name: varlog - hostPath: path: /var/lib/docker/containers name: varlibdockercontainers enabled: false resources: {}	Values for fluent-bit helm 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 format json_lines json_date_format iso8601 header AccountID 0 header ProjectID 0 header VL-Msg-Field log header VL-Time-Field date header VL-Stream-Fields stream,kubernetes_pod_name,kubernetes_container_name,kubernetes_namespace_name	Note that Host must be replaced to match your VictoriaLogs service name Default format points to VictoriaLogs service.
fluent-bit.enabled	bool	false	Enable deployment of fluent-bit
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
global.nameOverride	string	""	Global name override
global.victoriaLogs.server.fullnameOverride	string	null	Overrides the full name of server component
global.victoriaLogs.server.name	string	server	Server container name
podDisruptionBudget	object	enabled: false extraLabels: {}	See kubectl explain poddisruptionbudget.spec for more. Details are here
podDisruptionBudget.extraLabels	object	{}	PodDisruptionBudget extra labels
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”. Check details here schedulerName:
server.enabled	bool	true	Enable deployment of server component. Deployed as StatefulSet
server.env	list	[]	Additional environment variables (ex.: secret tokens, flags). Details are here
server.envFrom	list	[]	Specify alternative source for env variables
server.extraArgs	object	envflag.enable: "true" envflag.prefix: VM_ loggerFormat: json	Extra command line arguments for container of component
server.extraContainers	list	[]	Extra containers to run in a pod with Victoria Logs container
server.extraHostPathMounts	list	[]	Additional hostPath mounts
server.extraLabels	object	{}	StatefulSet/Deployment 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	Image tag suffix, which is appended to Chart.AppVersion if no server.image.tag is defined
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	[]	Array of host objects
server.ingress.ingressClassName	string	""	Ingress controller class name
server.ingress.pathType	string	Prefix	Ingress path type
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	""	Service external traffic policy. Check here for details
server.service.healthCheckNodePort	string	""	Health check node port for a service. Check here for details
server.service.ipFamilies	list	[]	List of service IP families. Check here for details.
server.service.ipFamilyPolicy	string	""	Service IP family policy. Check here for details.
server.service.labels	object	{}	Service labels
server.service.loadBalancerIP	string	""	Service load balacner IP
server.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	list	[]	Load balancer source range
server.service.servicePort	int	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
server.topologySpreadConstraints	list	[]	Pod topologySpreadConstraints