# VictoriaMetrics Single

Generated on 14 Jan 2026 from [the VictoriaMetrics Single catalog page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/victoriametrics-single)

**VictoriaMetrics** is a free [open source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software) [time series database](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_series_database) (TSDB) and monitoring solution, designed to collect, store and process real-time metrics.

It supports the [Prometheus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28software%29) pull model and various push protocols ([Graphite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_%28software%29), [InfluxDB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfluxDB), OpenTSDB) for data ingestion. It is optimized for storage with high-latency IO, low IOPS and time series with [high churn rate](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/FAQ.html#what-is-high-churn-rate).

For reading the data and evaluating alerting rules, [VictoriaMetrics](https://victoriametrics.com) supports the PromQL, [MetricsQL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/metricsql/) and Graphite query languages. VictoriaMetrics Single is fully autonomous and can be used as a long-term storage for time series.

VictoriaMetrics Single = Hassle-free monitoring solution. Easily handles 10M+ of active time series on a single instance. Perfect for small and medium environments.

## Software Included

| Package | Version | License |
|---|---|---|
| [VictoriaMetrics Single](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/) | [1.133.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/changelog/#v11330) | [Apache 2](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/LICENSE) |

## Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the **Deploy to DigitalOcean** button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

[![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?image=victoriametrics-victoriametricss)

## Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the VictoriaMetrics Single 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api). As an example, to create a 4GB VictoriaMetrics Single Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following `curl` command. You need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

```shell
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"victoriametrics-victoriametricss"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```

## Getting Started After Deploying VictoriaMetrics Single

### Config

VictoriaMetrics configuration is located at `/etc/victoriametrics/single/scrape.yml` on the droplet.

This One Click app uses 8428, 2003, 4242 and 8089 ports to accept metrics from different protocols. It’s recommended to disable ports for protocols which are not needed. [Ubuntu firewall](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW) can be used to easily disable access for specific ports.

### Scraping metrics

VictoriaMetrics supports metrics scraping in the same way as Prometheus does. Check the configuration file to edit scraping targets. See more details about scraping at [How to scrape Prometheus exporters](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-scrape-prometheus-exporters-such-as-node-exporter).

### Sending metrics

Besides scraping, VictoriaMetrics accepts write requests for various ingestion protocols. This One Click app supports the following protocols:

- [OpenTelemetry metrics format](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#sending-data-via-opentelemetry)

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- [Datadog](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-send-data-from-datadog-agent)

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- [Influx (telegraph)](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-send-data-from-influxdb-compatible-agents-such-as-telegraf), [JSON](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-import-data-in-json-line-format), [CSV](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-import-csv-data)
- [Prometheus](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-import-data-in-prometheus-exposition-format) on port :8428
- [Graphite (statsd)](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-send-data-from-graphite-compatible-agents-such-as-statsd) on port :2003 tcp/udp
- [OpenTSDB](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#how-to-send-data-from-opentsdb-compatible-agent) on port :4242
- Influx (telegraph) on port :8089 tcp/udp

See more details and examples in [official documentation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/).

### UI

VictoriaMetrics provides a [User Interface (UI)](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/#vmui) for query troubleshooting and exploration. The UI is available at `http://your_droplet_public_ipv4:8428/vmui`. It lets users explore query results via graphs and tables.

To check it, open the following in your browser `http://your_droplet_public_ipv4:8428/vmui` and then enter `vm_app_uptime_seconds` to the Query Field to Execute the Query.

Run the following command to query and retrieve a result from VictoriaMetrics Single with `curl`:

```
curl -sg http://your_droplet_public_ipv4:8428/api/v1/query_range?query=vm_app_uptime_seconds | jq
```

### Accessing

Once the Droplet is created, you can use DigitalOcean’s web console to start a session or SSH directly to the server as root:

```
ssh root@your_droplet_public_ipv4
```