Grafana Observability: Install Alloy with systemd
How to install Grafana Alloy with systemd, configure the required permissions, and set up your first collection config.
4 min
grafana
alloy
systemd
Monitoring
10 pages
Grafana Observability: Dashboard Provisioning as Code
Store your Grafana dashboards as versioned JSON files that load automatically on startup, so you never lose a dashboard to a container rebuild.
4 min
docker
grafana
Monitoring GL.iNet with Grafana
Monitor your GL.iNet OpenWRT router with Prometheus node metrics and Grafana Alloy to forward syslog events to Loki for full observability.
4 min
gl-inet
prometheus
loki
alloy
grafana
openwrt
Traefik Essentials: Monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus & Loki
Monitor your Traefik reverse proxy with Prometheus metrics, Loki access logs, and Grafana dashboards for full request-level observability.
3 min
traefik
prometheus
grafana
loki
Grafana Observability: Alerting
Set up Grafana alert rules against your Prometheus metrics and get notified via Discord when something breaks.
20 min
docker
grafana
prometheus
Grafana Observability: Log Monitoring with Grafana Alloy and Loki
Collect system logs and Docker container logs using Grafana Alloy and forward them to Loki for centralized log management in Grafana.
4 min
docker
grafana
loki
alloy
Unifi Syslog with Alloy and Loki
Forward UniFi syslog events to Loki using Grafana Alloy for centralized log collection and analysis in your homelab observability stack.
7 min
loki
alloy
unifi
Grafana Observability: Host & Container Monitoring with Grafana Alloy
Collect host system and Docker container metrics using Grafana Alloy's built-in exporters, stored in Prometheus and visualized in Grafana.
4 min
docker
prometheus
grafana
alloy
Grafana Observability: Setting Up Your Observability Stack
Install Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, and Grafana Alloy with Docker Compose to build a complete homelab monitoring and observability stack from scratch.
6 min
docker
grafana
prometheus
loki
alloy
Monitoring Tailscale Clients with Prometheus
Monitor Tailscale client traffic and connection metrics using Prometheus to gain real-time visibility into your secure overlay network.
4 min
prometheus
tailscale
grafana