VictoriaMetrics Playground This playground was prepared by a vendor partner and proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.Vendor
A fast, cost-effective, and scalable time-series database and monitoring solution.
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💡 To explore VictoriaMetrics cluster mode, check out the multi-node playground.
🔧 System Components
- VictoriaMetrics: Time-series database: stores and queries metrics
🛠️ Tools
curl: Used to interact with the VictoriaMetrics HTTP API directly
🎯 Getting Started
Writing Metrics
Write a metric using Prometheus text exposition format:
curl -d 'my_custom_metric{env="playground"} 42' http://localhost:8428/api/v1/import/prometheus
Write multiple metrics at once:
curl -d @- http://localhost:8428/api/v1/import/prometheus <<EOF
http_requests_total{method="GET",path="/"} 100
http_requests_total{method="POST",path="/api"} 25
EOF
Querying Metrics
Instant query:
curl -s "http://localhost:8428/api/v1/query?query=vm_app_uptime_seconds" | jq
Range query (last 2 minutes):
curl -s "http://localhost:8428/api/v1/query_range?query=vm_app_uptime_seconds&start=$(date -d '2 minutes ago' +%s)&end=$(date +%s)&step=15s" | jq
Query the custom metric written above:
curl -s 'http://localhost:8428/api/v1/query?query=my_custom_metric' | jq
Querying with vmui
Open the vmui tab to access VictoriaMetrics' built-in query interface. It supports MetricsQL with autocompletion, query tracing, and a variety of visualization options.
Checking Service Status
systemctl status victoriametrics
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