This article explains why victorialogs is not enabled on Paragon Automation version 24.1.1 and how to enable it on the same.

Victorialogs on Paragon Automation version 24.1.1 replaced opendistro in 23.2 version.

However, it will not show as working on 24.1.1 since victorialogs depends on fluentd which is disabled on PA version 24.1.1 by default.

To enable fluentd on 24.1.1, please apply the patch from here.

Once downloaded, please move the file to the master node under /tmp/.

On the master node, untar the file and run the following command

cd /tmp/

tar -xf patch_24.1-PF_EVAL_11941-20260210_0904-47c0d3a.tar

cd patch_24.1-PF_EVAL_11941-20260210_0904-47c0d3a/

Run the command to deploy the image on the master node:

sh deploy-images.sh

This will show 2 commands to be run on the ansible node which was deployed when deploying the kubernetes cluster.

!!! Please go to ansible node and redeploy fluentd and victorialogs with following steps !!!"

1. Edit <config-dir>/config.yml and add following entries:"

install_victorialogs: true"

install_fluentd: true"

2. Run the redeploy command:"

/run -c <config-dir>/ deploy -t victorialogs,fluentd"

Run the two steps mentioned on the ansible node and then the deployment should run.

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