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Docker Compose example

This directory contains a Docker Compose environment that can be used to test Grafana Alloy.

Note

: This environment is not intended for production use, and is maintained on a best-effort basis.

By default, only Grafana and databases are exposed:

  • Grafana, for visualizing telemetry (localhost:3000)
  • Grafana Mimir, for storing metrics (localhost:9009)
  • Grafana Loki, for storing logs (localhost:3100)
  • Grafana Tempo, for storing traces (localhost:3200)
  • Grafana Pyroscope, for storing profiles (localhost:4040)

Grafana is automatically provisioned with the appropriate datasources and dashboards for monitoring Grafana Alloy.

To start the environment, run:

docker compose up --build -d

To stop the environment, run:

docker compose down

Running Alloy

Alloy can either be run locally or within Docker Compose. The example configuration can be used to send self-monitoring data from a local Alloy to the various databases running in Docker Compose.

To run Alloy within Docker Compose, pass --profile=alloy to docker compose when starting and stopping the environment:

docker compose --profile=alloy up --build -d
docker compose --profile=alloy down

Visualizing

To visualize Alloy data in Grafana, open http://localhost:3000 in a web browser and look at the dashboards in the Alloy folder.

Note

: It can take up to a minute for Alloy metrics and profiles to start appearing.