Vector

Configure Vector

Install Vector

If you haven’t already, install Vector:

curl https://sh.vector.dev -sSf | sh

For alternate installation instructions, see Installation from Vector.

Configure Vector with Logz.io sink

Add this code block to your Vector configuration file. We recommend the configuaration shown in the code block.

Find the complete configuration docs at http sink from Vector.

[sinks.logzio]
  # REQUIRED - General
  type = "http" # Don't change this setting
  inputs = ["YOUR_SOURCE_ID"]
  encoding = "ndjson" # enum: "ndjson" or "text"

  # More information on uri below this code block
  uri = "https://<<LISTENER-HOST>>:8071/?token=<<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>&type=vector"

  # OPTIONAL - General
  compression = "gzip" # no default, must be: "gzip" (if supplied)

  # OPTIONAL - Batching
  batch.max_bytes = 9000000 # bytes - Logz.io max batch is 10MB
  batch.timeout_secs = 3

  # OPTIONAL - Buffer
  [sinks.logzio.buffer]
    type = "disk" # default, enum: "memory" or "disk"
    when_full = "block" # default, enum: "block" or "drop_newest"
    max_size = 104900000 # no default, bytes(104.9mb), relevant when type = "disk"

Parameters

Parameter	Description
uri (Required)	Your Logz.io region’s listener URL account token, and log type. Replace <<LISTENER-HOST>> with your region’s listener host (for example, listener.logz.io). For more information on finding your account’s region, see Account region. Replace <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>> with the token of the account you want to ship to.

Run Vector

vector --config path/to/your/vector.toml

Check Logz.io for your logs

Give your logs some time to get from your system to ours, and then open Kibana.

If you still don’t see your logs, see log shipping troubleshooting.