Where to find working config for Loki?

Grafana Loki
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Use Loki as driver in docker swarm
I took “complete-local-config.yaml” the config from the page with examples of config descriptions: Examples | Grafana Loki documentation, but it doesn’t work

level=info ts=2022-08-20T17:15:04.652695298Z caller=main.go:103 msg="Starting Loki" version="(version=2.6.1, branch=HEAD, revision=6bd05c9a4)"
level=info ts=2022-08-20T17:15:04.654208201Z caller=server.go:288 http=[::]:3100 grpc=[::]:9095 msg="server listening on addresses"
level=info ts=2022-08-20T17:15:04.655636043Z caller=modules.go:736 msg="RulerStorage is not configured in single binary mode and will not be started."
level=info ts=2022-08-20T17:15:04.661435238Z caller=modules.go:863 msg="Not using boltdb-shipper index, not starting compactor"
level=warn ts=2022-08-20T17:15:04.662758989Z caller=experimental.go:20 msg="experimental feature in use" feature="In-memory (FIFO) cache - chunksfifocache"
creating WAL folder at "/wal": mkdir wal: permission denied
error initialising module: ingester
github.com/grafana/dskit/modules.(*Manager).initModule
        /src/loki/vendor/github.com/grafana/dskit/modules/modules.go:122
github.com/grafana/dskit/modules.(*Manager).InitModuleServices
        /src/loki/vendor/github.com/grafana/dskit/modules/modules.go:92
github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/loki.(*Loki).Run
        /src/loki/pkg/loki/loki.go:341
main.main
        /src/loki/cmd/loki/main.go:105
runtime.main
        /usr/local/go/src/runtime/proc.go:255
runtime.goexit
        /usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1581
level=error ts=2022-08-20T17:15:04.674104623Z caller=log.go:103 msg="error running loki" err="creating WAL folder at \"/wal\": mkdir wal: permission denied\nerror initialising module: ingester\ngithub.com/grafana/dskit/modules.(*Manager).initModule\n\t/src/loki/vendor/github.com/grafana/dskit/modules/modules.go:122\ngithub.com/grafana/dskit/modules.(*Manager).InitModuleServices\n\t/src/loki/vendor/github.com/grafana/dskit/modules/modules.go:92\ngithub.com/grafana/loki/pkg/loki.(*Loki).Run\n\t/src/loki/pkg/loki/loki.go:341\nmain.main\n\t/src/loki/cmd/loki/main.go:105\nruntime.main\n\t/usr/local/go/src/runtime/proc.go:255\nruntime.goexit\n\t/usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1581"
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where can I find a full working config for Loki for local data storage?

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@budarin

Did you notice this part of the error?

 mkdir wal: permission denied

In what OS are you running this in? how did setup loki

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noticed, but I do not know what to do - I am not a specialist in Loki (
both MacOs and Windows

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For windows try this approach, works on my pc :laughing:
basically I use the config from

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/master/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yamlconfig.yaml
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Not found (
but I mean Windows not as a host - I run everything in docker both on Windows & Mac

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/master/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml

I run it straight in windows without docker.

if you are having issues running it in docker, it is a docker issue not a grafana/loki issue.

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line 22: field embedded_cache not found in type cache.Config

I am also confused by the name of the config -“loki-local-config.yaml” is it exactly for docker?

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no that is the config for loki.

I recommend you read this and you wont be confused

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there is an error in this configuration as reported by Loki in the logs

line 22: field embedded_cache not found in type cache.Config

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Comment out that portion

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commented

# query_range:
#     results_cache:
#         cache:
#             embedded_cache:
#                 enabled: true
#                 distributed: false
#                 max_size_mb: 100

but Grafana is empty

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but they are

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I use a config from previous version with added ruler and frontend section added
It works but not stores data in local db - only in memory (

target: all
auth_enabled: false

server:
  http_listen_port: 3100
  grpc_listen_port: 9096

common:
  path_prefix: /tmp/loki
  storage:
    filesystem:
      chunks_directory: /tmp/loki/chunks
      rules_directory: /tmp/loki/rules
  replication_factor: 1
  ring:
    instance_addr: 127.0.0.1
    kvstore:
      store: inmemory

schema_config:
  configs:
    - from: 2020-10-24
      store: boltdb-shipper
      object_store: filesystem
      schema: v11
      index:
        prefix: index_
        period: 24h

ruler:
  alertmanager_url: http://alertmanager:9093

frontend:
  address: 127.0.0.1

is there a way to add settings to persistent store data to the config?

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Read the doc

All kind of storage

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I’m new to this - I just wanted to use it by setting the default configuration, but it doesn’t work and reading the configs won’t help me much because I’ll need to study the whole product

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Exactly. If you are going to use it and use it well nothing like reading the docu.

What exactly do you mean when you say it doesn’t work

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with the config that you offered me, grafana does not see container logs, although they are there (with the old config it shows them but not store in db)
https://localhost:3000/uploads/short-url/5sTHj8zQxG9gbO4cgFxIpQvORXM.png

but with my configuration from the previous version, which does not save data to disk, logs are present

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it would be great if the project had a folder with compose and a working config so that you could run it anywhere without external dependencies (only Loki Prometheus and Grafana) and without additional study of the documentation

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is there any other documentation with a really working configuration for Loki for storing logs locally and displaying them in Grafana?

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maybe this, otherwise cant help you, others might

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Thanks!
I will try to run and test the config

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your config is identical to mine see abowe

it has one problem - it does not save data on disk, but temporarily stores it in memory