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📊 Setup VictoriaLogs — Fast, Lightweight Log Database

Deploy VictoriaLogs on Ubuntu with Docker — a fast, resource-efficient log database from the VictoriaMetrics team, using far less RAM than ELK, with the LogsQL query language, on port 9428.

⚠️ This script is provided for demo and testing purposes only. Not intended for production use.

📦 Resources & Setup Scripts

Grab the automated bash script from GitHub to follow along with the video.

Automated install script — one command deploys VictoriaLogs on port 9428 with its query UI at /select/vmui/. Ship logs to it and query them with LogsQL.
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Quick Install:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/monitoring/victorialogs/victorialogs-ubuntu.sh
chmod +x victorialogs-ubuntu.sh
./victorialogs-ubuntu.sh

Tutorial Steps

1 Download the Script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/monitoring/victorialogs/victorialogs-ubuntu.sh

2 Make it Executable

chmod +x victorialogs-ubuntu.sh

3 Run the Installer

./victorialogs-ubuntu.sh

4 Open the Query UI

http://your-server-ip:9428/select/vmui/

Ports Used

PortPurpose
9428VictoriaLogs ingestion API and query UI at /select/vmui/

Overview

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                Common Mistakes

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