diff --git a/prometheus_grafana_loki/readme.md b/prometheus_grafana_loki/readme.md index fc2ba1e..52e487d 100644 --- a/prometheus_grafana_loki/readme.md +++ b/prometheus_grafana_loki/readme.md @@ -612,11 +612,14 @@ has more detailed section on alerting worth checking out. # Loki -Loki is made by the grafana team. Sometimes called a Prometheus for logs, -it's a **push** type monitoring.
+Loki is a log aggregation tool, made by the grafana team. +Sometimes called a Prometheus for logs, it's a **push** type monitoring.
+ It uses [LogQL](https://promcon.io/2019-munich/slides/lt1-08_logql-in-5-minutes.pdf) for queries, which is similar to PromQL in its use of labels. +[The official documentation overview](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/fundamentals/overview/) + There are two ways to **push logs** to Loki from a docker container. * [**Loki-docker-driver**](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/docker-driver/) @@ -668,7 +671,7 @@ There are two ways to **push logs** to Loki from a docker container. * **New file** - `loki-config.yml` bind mounted in the loki container.
- The config comes from + The config here comes from [the official example](https://github.com/grafana/loki/tree/main/cmd/loki) with some changes. * **URL** changed for this setup.