How to install VictoriaMetrics on Ubuntu Server

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing VictoriaMetrics on your Ubuntu Server. VictoriaMetrics is an open source, high-performance, and highly scalable monitoring and time series database solution that is designed to handle big data.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation, you will need the following:

  • A server running Ubuntu
  • Shell access with sudo privileges
  • Minimum 2GB of free memory
  • 1 Core CPU or more

Step 1 - Update system packages

Before installing VictoriaMetrics, update the system by running the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2 - Install VictoriaMetrics

VictoriaMetrics offers official packages to install on Ubuntu systems. You can download the latest package from the VictoriaMetrics Github repository.

Run the following commands to download and install VictoriaMetrics:

wget https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest/download/victoria-metrics-ubuntu-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvfz victoria-metrics-ubuntu-amd64.tar.gz
cd victoria-metrics-*
sudo ./install.sh

This will install VictoriaMetrics on your Ubuntu system.

Step 3 - Verify installation

To verify the installation, start the VictoriaMetrics server by running the following command:

systemctl start victoria-metrics

Now, check the status of the service by running:

systemctl status victoria-metrics

If the service is running successfully, you should see a message similar to the following:

● victoria-metrics.service - VictoriaMetrics Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/victoria-metrics.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-09-01 07:28:50 UTC; 7s ago
 Main PID: 30777 (victoria-metrics)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 1137)
   Memory: 2.2M
      CPU: 2ms
   CGroup: /system.slice/victoria-metrics.service
           └─30777 /usr/local/bin/victoria-metrics-prod -config=/etc/victoria-metrics-prod/config.yaml -retentionPeriod=...

Step 4 - Configure VictoriaMetrics

By default, VictoriaMetrics is installed with default settings. You can customize the configuration to suit your needs.

The configuration file for VictoriaMetrics is located in /etc/victoria-metrics-prod/config.yaml. You can edit this file to customize the configuration.

Once you're done with the configuration, restart the VictoriaMetrics service for changes to take effect:

systemctl restart victoria-metrics

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed VictoriaMetrics on your Ubuntu System. You can now start monitoring your system and save time-series data on the VictoriaMetrics database.