From 88c718eb772d7435a4ece81e531bf3f2bbb8a5fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Frantz <alex@alexav.gg>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 21:20:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add loki + promtail

---
 tasks/monitoring.yml                  | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 templates/monitoring/loki.yaml.j2     | 29 ++++++++++++++++
 templates/monitoring/promtail.yaml.j2 | 17 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 templates/monitoring/loki.yaml.j2
 create mode 100644 templates/monitoring/promtail.yaml.j2

diff --git a/tasks/monitoring.yml b/tasks/monitoring.yml
index eff1886..fd14b4d 100644
--- a/tasks/monitoring.yml
+++ b/tasks/monitoring.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   include_role:
     name: docker
   vars:
-    name: prometheus
+    name: monitoring_prometheus
     network_name: "monitoring"
     networks:
       - name: "monitoring"
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     directories:
       - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring"
       - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/grafana"
+      - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/loki"
+      - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/promtail"
       - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/prometheus"
     image:
       name: prom/prometheus
@@ -25,11 +27,21 @@
       traefik.http.routers.prom.tls.certresolver: letsencrypt
       traefik.http.services.prom.loadbalancer.server.port: "9090"
 
+# copy configs for loki + promtail
+- name: Create Loki Configuration
+  template:
+    src: templates/monitoring/loki.yaml.j2
+    dest: "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/loki/loki-config.yaml"
+- name: Create Promtail Configuration
+  template:
+    src: templates/monitoring/promtail.yaml.j2
+    dest: "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/promtail/promtail-config.yaml"
+
 - name: Deploy Node Exporter
   include_role:
     name: docker
   vars:
-    name: node-exporter
+    name: monitoring_node-exporter
     image:
       name: prom/node-exporter
       tag: latest
@@ -44,7 +56,7 @@
   include_role:
     name: docker
   vars:
-    name: cadvisor
+    name: monitoring_cadvisor
     image:
       name: ghcr.io/google/cadvisor
       tag: 0.55.1
@@ -60,11 +72,41 @@
     devices:
       - /dev/kmsg
 
+- name: Deploy Loki
+  include_role:
+    name: docker
+  vars:
+    name: monitoring_loki
+    volume_name: grafana-loki
+    image:
+      name: grafana/loki
+      tag: latest
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/loki/loki-config.yaml:/etc/loki/local-config.yaml"
+      - "grafana-loki:/loki"
+    networks:
+      - name: "monitoring"
+
+- name: Deploy Promtail
+  include_role:
+    name: docker
+  vars:
+    name: monitoring_promtail
+    image:
+      name: grafana/promtail
+      tag: latest
+    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/config.yaml
+    networks:
+      - name: "monitoring"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/log:/var/log:ro"
+      - "{{ data_dir }}/monitoring/promtail/promtail-config.yaml:/etc/promtail/config.yaml"
+
 - name: Deploy Grafana
   include_role:
     name: docker
   vars:
-    name: grafana
+    name: monitoring_grafana
     volume_name: "grafana-storage"
     networks:
       - name: "monitoring"
diff --git a/templates/monitoring/loki.yaml.j2 b/templates/monitoring/loki.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa14017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/monitoring/loki.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+auth_enabled: false
+
+server:
+  http_listen_port: 3100
+
+common:
+  path_prefix: /loki
+  storage:
+    filesystem:
+      chunks_directory: /loki/chunks
+      rules_directory: /loki/rules
+  replication_factor: 1
+  ring:
+    kvstore:
+      store: inmemory
+
+schema_config:
+  configs:
+    - from: 2020-10-24
+      store: tsdb
+      object_store: filesystem
+      schema: v13
+      index:
+        prefix: index_
+        period: 24h
+
+storage_config:
+  filesystem:
+    directory: /loki/chunks
diff --git a/templates/monitoring/promtail.yaml.j2 b/templates/monitoring/promtail.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..601fe75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/monitoring/promtail.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+server:
+  http_listen_port: 9080
+
+positions:
+  filename: /tmp/positions.yaml
+
+clients:
+  - url: http://monitoring_loki:3100/loki/api/v1/push
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: system
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - localhost
+        labels:
+          job: varlogs
+          __path__: /var/log/**/*.log