victoriametrics

VictoriaMetrics single-node time series database, with vmagent, vmalert, vmauth, vmbackup, vmrestore and vmctl. Built like upstream's release, with the web UI. One release line for Debian 12 and 13, Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 on amd64 and arm64.

latest 1.155.0victoriametrics.com upstream source packaging

Componentmain

follows every upstream release, minors and majors included. Currently 1.155.0.

Release line

Deliver to

victoria-metrics 1.155.0-1+freshdeb~deb13

1Trust the signing key (once per machine)

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.freshdeb.com/freshdeb-archive-keyring.gpg \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/freshdeb-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

Fingerprint 3BBD F03A 9C0B F890 F8CA 9510 7595 CC55 468F 3161. How to verify.

2Add the source

sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freshdeb-victoriametrics.sources >/dev/null <<EOF
Types: deb
URIs: https://deb.freshdeb.com/victoriametrics
Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo $VERSION_CODENAME)
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/freshdeb-archive-keyring.gpg
EOF

With auto, the shell reads the codename from /etc/os-release on the machine you paste this into.

3Install

sudo apt update && sudo apt install victoria-metrics
apt policy victoria-metrics   # expect 1.155.0-1+freshdeb~…

Before you upgrade from the distribution's victoriametrics

The freshdeb version sorts higher, so apt upgrade moves you over in place. The data directory is upgraded in place and can't go back to the distributions' versions, whose storage format predates 1.90: take a snapshot or vmbackup first. VictoriaMetrics doesn't start with a removed flag: -relabelDebug; vmagent's -remoteWrite.multitenantURL, -remoteWrite.relabelDebug and -remoteWrite.urlRelabelDebug; vmalert's -datasource.lookback, -datasource.queryTimeAlignment, -remoteRead.ignoreRestoreErrors and -rule.configCheckInterval. The package's NEWS entry lists them.

victoria-metrics 1.155.0-1+freshdeb~deb13

Compared with Debian's package

Debian's packaging decides where things go: package names, paths, users, services and how upgrades behave. The build follows upstream's own release builds wherever Debian's differs.

Web UI: vmui and the vmagent and vmalert pages are included. Debian removes them from its source.
Build: Upstream's release build: pinned Go toolchain, cgo for zstd with its bundled static library, tags netgo,osusergo, upstream's version stamp. Upstream's unit tests gate the build.
Layout: Debian's: the victoria-metrics package and _victoria-metrics user, /etc/default/victoria-metrics, data in /var/lib/victoria-metrics. The systemd unit can reload -promscrape.config.

Packing list

Every release line of victoriametrics and the distributions it's built for. Each line is its own APT component and only gets the releases it follows (main: every upstream release, minors and majors included). After upstream end of life it stops building but stays installable. Hatched cells have no build: usually that distribution already ships the same or a newer version itself.

Line	Component	Current	bookwormDebian 12	trixieDebian 13	jammyUbuntu 22.04	nobleUbuntu 24.04	resoluteUbuntu 26.04	Support
main	main	1.155.0	built: 1.155.0-1	built: 1.155.0-1	built: 1.155.0-1	built: 1.155.0-1	built: 1.155.0-1	–

Versions follow <upstream>-<revision>+freshdeb~<distro>, distro being deb12, deb13, ubuntu22.04, ubuntu24.04 or ubuntu26.04, for amd64 and arm64. Published versions are never rebuilt or replaced.

victoria-metrics: The server and vmagent, vmalert, vmalert-tool, vmauth, vmbackup, vmrestore and vmctl.

Origin

Upstream: github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetricsrelease tags pinned to commit hashes
Debian packaging: salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/victoriametricsimported unmodified at 8edbfc8 (1.145.0+ds1-2, unstable)
Our changes: Per-line quilt patches under patches/, plus overlays under overlays/ for bookworm, trixie, jammy, noble, resolute.
Built for: bookworm, trixie, jammy, noble, resoluteamd64, arm64, built natively
Notes: packaging notes · package.yaml · report an issue