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It replaces complex Elasticsearch + Kibana stacks at a fraction of the cost: 140× lower storage costs, sub-10 MB RAM at idle, and a familiar SQL\u002FPromQL query interface.\n\nDeployed on your VPS in under two minutes (single Docker command), OpenObserve provides everything you need to monitor your applications and infrastructure: OpenTelemetry-compatible ingestion, built-in alerting, live dashboards, and even LLM trace monitoring. No JVM to tune, no cluster to manage — just run and observe.",[23,24,25,26,27,28,29],"Unified observability: logs, metrics, traces and dashboards in one platform","140× lower storage cost vs Elasticsearch (compressed columnar storage, written in Rust)","OpenTelemetry-native: compatible with any OTLP agent (Fluent Bit, Vector, Filebeat...)","PromQL and SQL query interfaces — no new query language to learn","Built-in alerting: Slack, PagerDuty, email and webhook notifications","LLM\u002FAI trace monitoring: trace OpenAI, LangChain and LiteLLM calls natively","Sub-10 MB RAM at idle, single binary — minimal VPS footprint",[31,34,37],{"title":32,"body":33},"Application log management","Centralize logs from all your services (Nginx, PHP, Node.js, Docker) in one searchable interface. Ingest via syslog, Fluent Bit, Vector or OTLP — sub-second search over gigabytes.",{"title":35,"body":36},"Infrastructure metrics monitoring","Collect PromQL-compatible metrics from Node Exporter, cAdvisor or Prometheus and visualize them in OpenObserve dashboards — without running a separate Prometheus server.",{"title":38,"body":39},"LLM \u002F AI application tracing","Trace every OpenAI, LiteLLM or LangChain call: latency, token count, model used, error rate. Pair with the LiteLLM gateway already in your catalogue for complete AI observability.",[41,44,47,50,53],{"title":42,"body":43},"Order a ServOrbit VPS","Any plan with 1 GB+ RAM is sufficient. OpenObserve uses under 10 MB at idle; choose Ubuntu 24.04.",{"title":45,"body":46},"One-click install","Select OpenObserve in the ServOrbit marketplace and click Deploy. Docker is installed and the container starts automatically — no manual configuration needed.",{"title":48,"body":49},"Open the dashboard","Navigate to `https:\u002F\u002F\u003Cyour-domain>` in your browser — the nginx vhost installed with the app proxies to OpenObserve and terminates TLS, so the URL carries no port number. Without a domain there is no public entry point: open an SSH tunnel first, `ssh -L 5080:127.0.0.1:5080 root@\u003Cyour-vps-ip>`, then browse to `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:5080` (5080 is the default port; use the one shown for your app in your VPS control panel). Log in with the credentials shown in your VPS control panel.",{"title":51,"body":52},"Send your first log","From any other server, run: `curl -u root@example.com:\u003Cpassword> -XPOST https:\u002F\u002F\u003Cyour-domain>\u002Fapi\u002Fdefault\u002Fdefault\u002F_json -H 'Content-Type: application\u002Fjson' -d '[{\"message\":\"hello openobserve\"}]'`. From the VPS itself, target `http:\u002F\u002F127.0.0.1:5080` instead. The log appears instantly in the Logs explorer.",{"title":54,"body":55},"Connect an agent (optional)","Install Fluent Bit or Vector on your application servers and point their output at OpenObserve's HTTP API, on the app's own address: `https:\u002F\u002F\u003Cyour-domain>` if a domain is attached, or `http:\u002F\u002F127.0.0.1:5080` for an agent running on the VPS itself. The native OTLP port 5081 is not published by the recipe on any interface — not even locally — so it is not a usable target. Logs and metrics flow in within seconds.",[57,60,63,66,69],{"q":58,"a":59},"What is OpenObserve?","OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform (AGPL-3.0) written in Rust that combines log management, metrics monitoring, distributed tracing, and dashboards in a single binary. It is designed as a lightweight self-hosted alternative to the Elasticsearch\u002FKibana (ELK) stack and Grafana+Loki+Prometheus setups.",{"q":61,"a":62},"How much RAM does OpenObserve need?","OpenObserve is extremely lightweight: under 10 MB RAM at idle. For real workloads (ingesting logs from multiple services), 512 MB to 1 GB is comfortable. A 2 GB VPS runs OpenObserve alongside your other applications without issues.",{"q":64,"a":65},"Is OpenObserve compatible with my existing log agents?","Yes. OpenObserve supports OpenTelemetry (OTLP), Elasticsearch-compatible bulk API, Prometheus remote_write, syslog, Fluent Bit, Vector, and Filebeat — making migration from existing setups straightforward.",{"q":67,"a":68},"How does it compare to Grafana + Loki + Prometheus?","The Grafana\u002FLoki\u002FPrometheus stack runs three separate services requiring complex configuration and higher RAM. OpenObserve does the same job in a single binary: no cluster setup, built-in dashboards, and a shared columnar storage backend — significantly lower operational overhead.",{"q":70,"a":71},"Is OpenObserve free?","Yes. The self-hosted Community Edition (AGPL-3.0) is completely free. A cloud-hosted SaaS edition is also available (openobserve.ai) with a free tier. On ServOrbit, you only pay for the VPS — OpenObserve itself costs nothing.",{"ram":73,"cpu":74,"stack":75,"port":78},"256 MB (1 GB recommended for production workloads)","1 vCPU",[76,77,13],"Docker","Rust","5080",[],[81,89,95],{"name":82,"slug":83,"categorySlug":11,"categoryName":84,"categoryColor":85,"logo":86,"tagline":87,"description":88},"Grafana","grafana","Monitoring & Observability","text-amber-400 bg-amber-500\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.simpleicons.org\u002Fgrafana","Visualize your infrastructure and application metrics — customizable dashboards and alerts.","Visualize the metrics of your infrastructure and applications. 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Watch your HTTP, TCP and DNS endpoints and receive instant alerts.",[102,103,104],"self-host-openobserve-vps","monitoring-vps-grafana-prometheus","installer-prometheus-vps",{"key":10,"slug":11,"name":84,"objective":106,"icon":10,"color":85},"Monitor your infrastructure.",1787581043103]