Journald

Steps

1. Install vector in your target environment.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL https://sh.vector.dev | bash -s -- -y

1. Install the nimbus configuration

   NOTE: you'll need to replace $YOUR_NIMBUS_ENDPOINT with your specific endpoint

cat << EOF > /usr/local/etc/
data_dir: /tmp/
api:
address: 0.0.0.0:8686
enabled: true
playground: false
sources:
source/journald:
    type: journald
    current_boot_only: true
sinks:
sink/nimbus:
    type: http
    encoding: 
    codec: json
    compression: gzip
    inputs:
    - source/*
    uri: $YOUR_NIMBUS_ENDPOINT
EOF

1. Create the systemd script

cat << EOF > /tmp/nimsetup.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Define the binary and service names
BINARY_PATH=$1
BINARY_NAME="vector"
SERVICE_NAME="vector.service"

# Copy the binary to /usr/local/bin
echo "Copying $BINARY_PATH to /usr/local/bin..."
cp "$BINARY_PATH" "/usr/local/bin/$BINARY_NAME"
chmod +x "/usr/local/bin/$BINARY_NAME"

# updating config file
chmod a+r /usr/local/etc/vector-config.yaml

# Create a systemd service file
SERVICE_FILE_PATH="/etc/systemd/system/$SERVICE_NAME"
echo "Creating $SERVICE_FILE_PATH..."

cat <<EOF1 > "$SERVICE_FILE_PATH"
[Unit]
Description=Nimbus Collector
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/$BINARY_NAME -c /usr/local/etc/vector-config.yaml
Restart=on-abort

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF1

# Reload systemd to recognize the new service
echo "Reloading systemd manager configuration..."
systemctl daemon-reload

# Enable the service to start on boot
echo "Enabling $SERVICE_NAME..."
systemctl enable "$SERVICE_NAME"

# Start the service
echo "Starting $SERVICE_NAME..."
systemctl start "$SERVICE_NAME"

echo "$SERVICE_NAME is now running."
EOF

1. Execute

. ~/.zprofile
chmod +x /tmp/nimsetup.sh
sudo /tmp/nimsetup.sh `which vector`

1. Verify

systemctl status vector

vector.service - Nimbus Collector
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vector.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-02-29 22:41:32 UTC; 6min ago
Main PID: 3505 (vector)
    Tasks: 6 (limit: 18945)
    Memory: 16.5M