How to Install VictoriaMetrics on macOS

VictoriaMetrics is a high-performance, cost-effective and scalable time-series database, which can be used for storing and analyzing large amounts of time-series data.

This tutorial will guide you through the steps for installing VictoriaMetrics on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing VictoriaMetrics, you need to make sure you have the following software installed:

• Homebrew package manager
• Git version control system

If you don't have these software installed, you can install them as follows:

1. Install Homebrew by running the following command in your terminal:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

2. Install Git by running the following command in your terminal:

   brew install git
   

Installing VictoriaMetrics

To install VictoriaMetrics on macOS, follow these steps:

1. Clone the VictoriaMetrics repository using Git by running the following command in your terminal:

   git clone https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics.git
   

2. Change your working directory to the cloned repository by running the following command in your terminal:

   cd VictoriaMetrics
   

3. Run the following command in your terminal to build and install VictoriaMetrics:

   make
   

4. VictoriaMetrics is now installed on your macOS machine. To start VictoriaMetrics, run the following command in your terminal:

   ./victoria-metrics-prod
   

   This command will start the VictoriaMetrics server and it will be accessible at localhost:8428 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install VictoriaMetrics on macOS. With VictoriaMetrics installed, you can now start storing and analyzing large amounts of time-series data at high performance and low cost.

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