Vector

Send logs, traces, and metrics to groundcover using Vector

Vector is a lightweight, ultra-fast tool for building observability pipelines. groundcover can natively ingest data shipped from Vector using multiple protocols, making it easy to integrate Vector into your existing observability stack.

This feature is only available for BYOC and On-Prem deployment modes.

Overview

Vector supports a wide variety of sources, transforms, and sinks. You can configure Vector to send logs, traces, and metrics directly to groundcover's BYOC endpoints using the appropriate sink types:

Data Type	Vector Sink	groundcover Endpoint
Logs	HTTP sink	JSON Logs endpoint
Traces	OpenTelemetry sink	OTLP endpoint
Metrics	Prometheus Remote Write sink	Prometheus Remote Write endpoint

Configure Vector Integration using the data source wizard

In the data sources page, search for the Vector. Click on this entry and open the Vector wizard to see a step-by-step guidance.

The backend endpoint will be pre-populated for you. You can either create a new ingestion key (recommended) or reuse an existing one.

We also recommend adding enrichment fields to make your logs easily tracked.

Apply the relevant configuration to your Vector pipeline and you're done!

Monitoring Your Integration

Once the integration is live, you can verify data is being received:

• Logs: Check the Logs page or the Explore page

• Traces: View traces in the Traces page

• Metrics: Query metrics in the Metrics page or Grafana

Related Documentation

• JSON Logs

• OpenTelemetry - Direct to BYOC Endpoint

• Pushing Metrics using Remote Write

• Enriching Data with Headers

• Ingestion Keys