docker compose victoria

.env

#no auth
VICTORIA_LOGS_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push
#with basic auth
VICTORIA_LOGS_ENDPOINT=http://admin:password@localhost:9428/insert/loki/api/v1/push
VICTORIA_LOGS_LABELS=app=Laravel,env=production
VICTORIA_LOGS_TIMEOUT=1.5

compose-vtlogs-basic-auth.yaml

services:
  victorialogs:
    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v1.41.1
    container_name: victorialogs
    command:
      - "-storageDataPath=/victoria-logs-data"
      - "-retention.maxDiskSpaceUsageBytes=40GiB"
    volumes:
      - ./victoria-logs-data:/victoria-logs-data
    cpus: "1.0"
    mem_limit: 2g
    memswap_limit: 2g
    mem_swappiness: 0
    restart: unless-stopped

  vmauth:
    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/vmauth:v1.106.1
    container_name: vmauth
    restart: on-failure
    environment:
      USERNAME: ${VMAUTH_USERNAME}
      PASSWORD: ${VMAUTH_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - ./vmauth-config.yml:/etc/vmauth/vmauth-config.yml:ro
    command: -auth.config=/etc/vmauth/vmauth-config.yml
    depends_on:
      - victorialogs
    ports:
      - "9428:8427"

compose-vtlogs.yaml

services:
  victorialogs:
    image: docker.io/victoriametrics/victoria-logs:v1.41.1
    container_name: victorialogs
    ports:
      - "9428:9428"
    volumes:
      - ./victoria-logs-data:/victoria-logs-data
    command:
      - "-storageDataPath=/victoria-logs-data"
      - "-retention.maxDiskSpaceUsageBytes=40GiB"
    cpus: "1.0"
    mem_limit: 2g
    memswap_limit: 2g
    mem_swappiness: 0

    restart: unless-stopped

run.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

usage() {
  cat <<'EOF'
Usage:
  ./run.sh auth       # Start victoria-logs behind vmauth (basic auth)
  ./run.sh no-auth    # Start victoria-logs without auth
  ./run.sh help
EOF
}

mode="${1}"

case "$mode" in
  auth)
  #start victoria-logs + vmauth locally with credentials.
    export VMAUTH_USERNAME="${VMAUTH_USERNAME:-admin}"
    export VMAUTH_PASSWORD="${VMAUTH_PASSWORD:-password}"

    docker compose -f compose-vtlogs-basic-auth.yaml up -d
    echo "✅ Started with auth (vmauth)."
    ;;
  no-auth)
    docker compose -f compose-vtlogs.yaml up -d
    echo "✅ Started without auth."
    ;;
  help|-h|--help)
    usage
    ;;
  *)
    echo "❌ Unknown mode: $mode"
    usage
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

vmauth-config.yml

users:
- username: "%{USERNAME}"
  password: "%{PASSWORD}"
  url_prefix: "http://victorialogs:9428/"