---
id: "vector"
type: "component"
kind: "monitoring"
provider: "default"
category: "ops"
docs: "https://vector.dev/docs/architecture/buffering-model/"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/vector"
---

# Vector

Datadog's open source observability pipeline for logs, metrics and traces.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Monitoring](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/monitoring) |
| Category | Operations |
| Official docs | [https://vector.dev/docs/architecture/buffering-model/](https://vector.dev/docs/architecture/buffering-model/) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `alertGrouping` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `bufferMaxEvents` | integer | — | no | 500 | inherited |
| `bufferType` | enum | `memory`, `disk` | no | "memory" | inherited |
| `collectorMode` | enum | `pull`, `push` | no | "pull" | **"push"** |
| `independentOfMonitored` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `retentionDays` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `role` | enum | `agent`, `aggregator`, `unified` | no | "agent" | inherited |
| `signal` | enum | `metrics`, `logs`, `traces`, `alerts`, `all` | no | "metrics" | **"all"** |
| `whenFull` | enum | `block`, `drop-newest`, `overflow` | no | "block" | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 174

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- [Simple Log Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-log-service.md) `alibaba-log-service` — alibabacloud
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- [AWS CloudTrail Lake](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudtrail-lake.md) `aws-cloudtrail-lake` — aws
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- [Azure Advisor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-advisor.md) `azure-advisor` — azure
- [Application Insights](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-application-insights.md) `azure-application-insights` — azure
- [Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-defender-easm.md) `azure-defender-easm` — azure
- [Microsoft Defender for Cloud](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-defender-for-cloud.md) `azure-defender-for-cloud` — azure
- [Microsoft Defender for IoT](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-defender-for-iot.md) `azure-defender-for-iot` — azure
- and 134 more: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/monitoring.md

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "vector", component: "vector" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Vector: open source observability pipeline from Datadog, run as agent, aggregator or both, carrying
# logs, metrics and traces. Sinks buffer in memory by default with a capacity of 500 events and a
# when_full behaviour of block, so a slow sink applies back pressure rather than dropping events
# ("Vector Documentation, Buffering model").
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "vector"
kind: "monitoring"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://vector.dev/docs/architecture/buffering-model/"
defaults:
  managed: false
  signal: "all"
  collectorMode: "push"
  alertGrouping: false
properties:
  role:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["agent", "aggregator", "unified"]
    default: "agent"
  bufferType:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["memory", "disk"]
    default: "memory"
  bufferMaxEvents:
    type: "integer"
    default: 500
  whenFull:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["block", "drop-newest", "overflow"]
    default: "block"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/vector