Install Vector from archives
This page covers installing Vector from a pre-built archive. These archives contain the vector binary as well as supporting configuration files.
Installation
Linux (ARM64)
Download and unpack the archive:
# Latest (0.43.0)
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/0.43.0/vector-0.43.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
# Nightly
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/nightly/latest/vector-nightly-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
Change into the vector
directory:
cd vector
Move Vector into your $PATH
:
echo "export PATH=\"$(pwd)/vector/bin:\$PATH\"" >> $HOME/.profile
source $HOME/.profile
Start Vector:
vector --config config/vector.yaml
Linux (ARMv7)
Download and unpack the archive:
# Latest (0.43.0)
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/0.43.0/vector-0.43.0-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
# Nightly
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/nightly/latest/vector-nightly-armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
Change into the vector
directory:
cd vector
Move Vector into your $PATH
:
echo "export PATH=\"$(pwd)/vector/bin:\$PATH\"" >> $HOME/.profile
source $HOME/.profile
Start Vector:
vector --config config/vector.yaml
macoS (x86_64)
Download and unpack the archive:
# Latest (version 0.43.0)
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/0.43.0/vector-0.43.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
# Nightly
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/nightly/latest/vector-nightly-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
Change into the vector
directory:
cd vector
Move Vector into your $PATH
:
echo "export PATH=\"$(pwd)/vector/bin:\$PATH\"" >> $HOME/.profile
source $HOME/.profile
Start Vector:
vector --config config/vector.yaml
Windows (x86_64)
Download the Vector release archive:
# Latest (version 0.43.0)
powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://packages.timber.io/vector//vector--x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip -OutFile vector--x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
# Nightly
powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://packages.timber.io/vector/0.12.X/vector-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip -OutFile vector-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
Extract files from the archive:
powershell Expand-Archive vector-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip .
Navigate to the Vector directory:
cd vector-nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
Start Vector:
.\bin\vector --config config\vector.toml
Linux (x86_64)
Download and unpack the archive:
# Latest (version 0.43.0)
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/0.43.0/vector-0.43.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
# Nightly
mkdir -p vector && \
curl -sSfL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://packages.timber.io/vector/nightly/latest/vector-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | \
tar xzf - -C vector --strip-components=2
Change into the vector
directory:
cd vector
Move Vector into your $PATH
:
echo "export PATH=\"$(pwd)/vector/bin:\$PATH\"" >> $HOME/.profile
source $HOME/.profile
Start Vector:
vector --config config/vector.yaml
Next steps
Configuring
The Vector configuration file is located at:
config/vector.yaml
Example configurations are located in config/vector/examples/*
. You can learn more about configuring Vector in the Configuration documentation.
Data directory
We recommend creating a data directory that Vector can use:
mkdir /var/lib/vector
vector
process.Vector offers a global data_dir
option that you can use to specify the path of your directory:
data_dir = "/var/lib/vector" # default
Service managers
Vector archives ship with service files in case you need them:
Init.d
To install Vector into init.d, run:
cp -av etc/init.d/vector /etc/init.d
Systemd
To install Vector into Systemd, run:
cp -av etc/systemd/vector.service /etc/systemd/system
Updating
To update Vector, follow the same installation instructions above.