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Grafana Cloud Setup

Connect to Grafana Cloud Loki for managed log aggregation
  1. Log in to your Grafana Cloud account
  2. Navigate to your Grafana Cloud portal
  3. Go to ‘My Account’ → ‘Loki’ section
  4. Find your Tenant ID (Instance ID) in the Loki details
  5. Note your region (e.g., prod-us-central-0)
  6. Create an API token: ‘Security’ → ‘Access Policies’ → ‘Create access policy’
  7. Ensure the token has ‘logs:read’ scope
  8. Copy the generated API token (starts with glc_)
Related Documentation: View Grafana Cloud Logs Documentation

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Self-Hosted Loki Setup

Connect to your own Loki instance
  1. Identify your Loki server hostname or IP address
  2. Ensure port 3100 (default) is accessible
  3. If using basic authentication, prepare your credentials
  4. For HTTPS, ensure SSL certificates are properly configured
  5. Test connectivity: curl http://loki.example.com:3100/ready
Related Documentation: View Loki Documentation

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Field Reference

The following fields are used when configuring this integration:
  • API Token (apiToken)
  • Loki URL (hostname)
  • Password (password)
  • Cloud Region (region)
  • Tenant ID / Instance ID (tenantId)
  • Username (username)