Grafana Alloy, NEW log + metric collector replaces everything!
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In this video we will explore Grafana Alloy, the new Swiss Army Knife for logs and metrics monitoring. We’ll cover replacing tools like Promtail and how Alloy centralizes telemetry collection and processing. We’ll walk through configuring Alloy for Linux, Docker containers, and sending data to Loki and Prometheus, simplifying your HomeLab setup.
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