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VictoriaMetrics VictoriaMetrics

Description / nameInput element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
VictoriaMetrics Host Port
VictoriaMetrics /config Path

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VictoriaMetrics is a fast, cost-effective, and scalable time-series database and monitoring solution. It is a drop-in replacement for Prometheus storage with low memory usage.
Port 8428
Registry ghcr.io/daemonless/victoriametrics
Daemonless daemonless/victoriametrics
Source VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics
Website victoriametrics.com

Version Tags

Multi-arch manifests — resolve automatically to the right image for your platform.

Tag Description Best For
latest / pkg Installed from the FreeBSD quarterly package repository. Most users — recommended.
pkg-latest Installed from the FreeBSD latest package repository. Alternative build.
Tag Description Best For
latest-amd64 / pkg-amd64 Installed from the FreeBSD quarterly package repository. Most users — recommended.
pkg-latest-amd64 Installed from the FreeBSD latest package repository. Alternative build.
Tag Description Best For
latest-aarch64 / pkg-aarch64 Installed from the FreeBSD quarterly package repository. Most users — recommended.
pkg-latest-aarch64 Installed from the FreeBSD latest package repository. Alternative build.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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services:
  victoriametrics:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/victoriametrics:latest"
    container_name: victoriametrics
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - RETENTION_PERIOD=1y  # How long to keep metrics (e.g. 30d, 6m, 1y)
      - VM_EXTRA_ARGS=  # Extra command line flags passed to victoria-metrics
    volumes:
      - "/containers/victoriametrics:/config"
    ports:
      - "8428:8428"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

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# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=victoriametrics
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
RETENTION_PERIOD=1y
VM_EXTRA_ARGS=

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# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  victoriametrics:
    name: victoriametrics
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '8428:8428 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - RETENTION_PERIOD: !ENV '${RETENTION_PERIOD}'
        - VM_EXTRA_ARGS: !ENV '${VM_EXTRA_ARGS}'
    volumes:
      - VICTORIAMETRICS_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  VICTORIAMETRICS_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/containers/victoriametrics'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/victoriametrics:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

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services:
  victoriametrics:
    name: victoriametrics
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/victoriametrics:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - RETENTION_PERIOD=1y
      - VM_EXTRA_ARGS=
    volumes:
      - "/containers/victoriametrics:/config"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

Access at: http://localhost:8428

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable Default Description
PUID 1000 User ID for the application process
PGID 1000 Group ID for the application process
TZ UTC Timezone for the container
RETENTION_PERIOD 1y How long to keep metrics (e.g. 30d, 6m, 1y)
VM_EXTRA_ARGS `` Extra command line flags passed to victoria-metrics

Volumes

Path Description
/config Time-series data (data/) and optional scrape config (prometheus.yml)

Ports

Port Protocol Description
8428 TCP Web UI (vmui), PromQL API and metrics ingestion

Implementation Details

  • Architectures: amd64, aarch64
  • User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
  • Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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