Course Introduction

Welcome to this in-depth course on Loki, the innovative log aggregation tool by Grafana Labs. In this lesson, we will dive into how Loki efficiently stores and queries logs, offering a streamlined alternative to traditional ELK stacks. If you’re already familiar with other Grafana tools like Prometheus, you’ll find Loki’s approach refreshingly similar yet uniquely optimized for log management.

Our session will cover the following key topics:

• An overview of what Loki is and the problems it solves.
• How Loki differentiates itself from legacy logging solutions.
• A high-level explanation of Loki's architecture.
• Step-by-step instructions to install your own Loki instance.
• Detailed exploration of Loki's various configuration options.
• How to integrate Loki seamlessly with Grafana.
• A practical guide to deploying Loki in a Kubernetes environment to effectively collect logs from both the cluster and running applications.

We'll wrap up the lesson with a hands-on demonstration that deploys the necessary resources to a Kubernetes cluster and shows you how to collect logs from a sample application.

Let's get started on mastering Loki and enhancing your log management workflow!