Install Vector on macOS

macOS is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers. It is a certified Unix system based on Apple's Darwin operating system. This page will cover installing and managing Vector on the macOS operating system.

Install

Homebrew

• Agent Role
• Aggregator Role

The agent role is designed to collect all data on a single host. Vector runs as a background process and interfaces with a host-level APIs for data collection. By default, Vector will collect logs via Vector's file source and metrics via the host_metrics source, but it is recommended to adjust your pipeline as necessary using Vector's sources, transforms, and sinks.

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1. Install Vector

   brew tap timberio/brew && brew install vector

2. Configure Vector

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3. Restart Vector

   brew services restart vector

4. Observe Vector

   • Logs
   • Metrics

   tail -f /usr/local/var/log/vector.log

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Deployment

Vector is an end-to-end observability data pipeline designed to deploy under various roles. You mix and match these roles to create topologies. The intent is to make Vector as flexible as possible, allowing you to fluidly integrate Vector into your infrastructure over time. The deployment section demonstrates common Vector pipelines:

Common Deployment Topologies

Administration

Homebrew

Start

brew services start vector

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Stop

brew services stop vector

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Reload

killall -s SIGHUP vector

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Restart

brew services restart vector

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Observe

• Logs
• Metrics

tail -f /usr/local/var/log/vector.log

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Upgrade

brew update && brew upgrade vector

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Uninstall

Homebrew

brew remove vector

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