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Vector
On the record
- API security
- The observability API does not support authentication and the documentation warns against exposing it to untrusted clients.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The introduction says Vector is used by organizations including T-Mobile, Comcast, Zendesk, and Discord to control their observability data.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Community support
- The site links to community support through Discord and the GitHub repository.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Configuration
- Pipeline configuration supports YAML, TOML, and JSON.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Container platforms
- The download page lists Docker and Kubernetes under platforms.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Containers
- The documentation lists Docker and Kubernetes as deployment platforms.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Delivery guarantees
- Vector documents its delivery guarantees and trade-offs for users to consider when choosing a configuration.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Delivery limitation
- Vector does not support exactly-once delivery.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Vector can be deployed as a daemon, sidecar, or aggregator, with distributed, centralized, and stream-based topologies.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Listed sources and sinks include Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, Datadog, Splunk, Elasticsearch, and OpenTelemetry.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- License
- The download page lists the MPL 2.0 license for releases.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Operating systems
- The download page offers Linux, macOS, and Windows builds, plus packages for multiple Linux distributions.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Packaging
- Vector is packaged as a single binary with no dependencies or runtime, and the homepage describes it as memory safe.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Performance
- The site says Vector is built in Rust and designed to be fast, memory efficient, and handle demanding workloads.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Pipeline components
- Vector's components page lists 47 sources, 18 transforms, and 61 sinks.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Privacy processing
- A homepage example uses a remap transform to redact US Social Security numbers from incoming logs.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Processing
- Vector Remap Language can modify observability data as it passes through a topology.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Vector is an open-source observability data pipeline for collecting, transforming, and routing logs, metrics, and traces.vector.dev · read 30 Sep 2026
