How to Install VictoriaMetrics on FreeBSD Latest

VictoriaMetrics is a high-performance, distributed, and cost-effective solution for querying, storing, and visualizing your time-series data. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing VictoriaMetrics on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

  • A FreeBSD Latest server with root access
  • Basic knowledge of the command-line interface

Step-by-Step Installation

  1. First, update your system packages and dependencies by running the following command:
pkg update && pkg upgrade
  1. Next, install the required packages for VictoriaMetrics by running the following command:
pkg install git go protobuf-yaml vim
  1. Clone the VictoriaMetrics repository to your server by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics.git
  1. Change your working directory to the cloned repository folder:
cd VictoriaMetrics/
  1. Build VictoriaMetrics by running the following command:
make vm
  1. After the build process completes, VictoriaMetrics binaries should be in the ./bin folder:
ls -l ./bin/

You should see the following VictoriaMetrics files in your terminal:

-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  60M Jan  1 00:00 vmalert
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  56M Jan  1 00:00 vmagent
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  10M Jan  1 00:00 vmauth
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   5M Jan  1 00:00 vmbackup
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  11M Jan  1 00:00 vminsert
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  12M Jan  1 00:00 vmselect
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   6M Jan  1 00:00 vmsync
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  83M Jan  1 00:00 vmstorage
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  20M Jan  1 00:00 vmtrace
  1. Run VictoriaMetrics in the background by using the nohup command:
nohup ./bin/vmstorage -retentionPeriod=6 -storageDataPath=/var/lib/victoriametrics/data -remoteWrite.localAddr=:8428 > /var/log/victoriametrics.log &
  1. Verify that VictoriaMetrics is running by checking the log file:
tail -f /var/log/victoriametrics.log

If you see a message indicating that the server is running, then VictoriaMetrics has been successfully installed and is running on your FreeBSD Latest system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked through the process of installing VictoriaMetrics on FreeBSD Latest. Now that VictoriaMetrics is installed and running, you can start collecting, storing, querying, and visualizing your time-series data with ease.