VictoriaMetrics destination plugin
VictoriaMetrics is a scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective platform for collecting, storing, and analyzing time-series data. It is designed to handle large volumes of data, including metrics, logs, and traces, and provides advanced analytics and visualization capabilities for gaining insights into system behavior and performance.
Configuration parameters
The VictoriaMetrics destination plugin provides these configuration parameters.
General
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | IP address or hostname of the target HTTP Server. |
| Port | TCP port of the target HTTP Server. |
| URI | Specify an optional HTTP URI for the target web server. |
Advanced
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| Headers | Add a HTTP header key/value pair. Multiple headers can be set. |
| Additional Prometheus Metric Labels | This allows you to add custom labels to all metrics exposed through the Prometheus exporter. You may have multiple of these fields. |
| HTTP Proxy | Specify an HTTP Proxy. The expected format of this value is http://host:port. |
| Log Response Payload | Log the response payload within the Core Pipeline log. |
Security and TLS
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| TLS | Enable or disable TLS/SSL support. |
| TLS Certificate Validation | Turn TLS/SSL certificate validation on or off. TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled. |
| TLS Debug Level | Set TLS debug verbosity level. Accepts these values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), 4 (Verbose). |
| CA Certificate File Path | Absolute path to CA certificate file. |
| Certificate File Path | Absolute path to certificate file. |
| Private key File Path | Absolute path to private key file. |
| Private Key Path Password | Optional password for tls.key_file file. |
| TLS SNI Hostname Extension | Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension. |
Advanced networking
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| DNS Mode | Select the primary DNS connection type (TCP or UDP). |
| DNS Resolver | Select the primary DNS connection type (TCP or UDP). |
| Prefer IPv4 | Prioritize IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection. |
| Keepalive | Enable or disable Keepalive support. |
| Keepalive Idle Timeout | Set maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection. |
| Max Connect Timeout | Set maximum time allowed to establish a connection, this time includes the TLS handshake. |
| Max Connect Timeout Log Error | On connection timeout, specify if it should log an error. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message |
| Max Keepalive Recycle | Set maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it is retired. |
| Source Address | Specify network address to bind for data traffic. |
Basic authentication
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| HTTP Username | Basic Auth Username. |
| HTTP Password | Basic Auth Password. Requires HTTP_User to be set. |