Building Loki Cluster With Terraform

The Idea Elasticsearch and Grafana Loki are both log management systems, but they have different strengths and weaknesses. Here are some reasons why you might want to consider migrating from Elasticsearch to Grafana Loki: Cost: Elasticsearch can be expensive, especially for larger deployments. Grafana Loki, on the other hand, is open source and free to use. Simplicity: Grafana Loki is designed to be simple and easy to use, with a focus on searching and visualizing logs....

May 3, 2023 · 3 min · 508 words · Omer Segev

Loki Log based metrics a.k.a logs2metrics

Loki is a datastore optimized for efficiently holding log data. The efficient indexing of log data distinguishes Loki from other logging systems. Unlike other logging systems, a Loki index is built from labels, leaving the original log message unindexed. The Basic native tool to send data to Loki, is Promtail A sample config file for Loki might seen like the follows: server: http_listen_port: 0 grpc_listen_port: 0 positions: filename: /tmp/positions.yaml clients: - url: https://your....

July 23, 2022 · 1 min · 96 words · Omer Segev