Centralized Logging with Loki
One place for every log line: Loki as the store and Promtail agents on every host shipping syslog, journald, and application logs.
Why one place for every log
With more than a couple of machines, "SSH in and grep the log" stops scaling. You don't know whic...
Loki, the store
Loki runs as a single binary on its own VM, storing log streams on local disk with a generous ret...
Promtail everywhere, and good labels
The agent (Promtail) runs on every host, and what it ships — and how it's labelled — is what make...
Lessons on centralized logging
Ship logs from day one. Bake the agent into the VM template so every host reports from birth; re...