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Grafana Alloy is an open source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with built-in Prometheus pipelines and support for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles.

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Grafana Alloy is an open source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with built-in Prometheus pipelines and support for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. You will need to drop a copy of your config.alloy file in the conf directory. I have a template copy available here: https://github.com/ccmpbll/Unraid-docker-templates/blob/master/extras/config.alloy If you plan to change the default port for the web ui, you will also need to change the Post Arguments for this template.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

76/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 7 days ago
Popular
713,563 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
602 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 8 days ago

GitHub stars
3,563
Open issues
1253
Last commit
2026-09-28
Latest release
v1.20.1
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
rising

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (grafana/alloy)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 2 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Swap in your real Alloy keys Replace the sample key, journeyToken, and journeyApplicationToken values with your real Alloy account codes. These tell the SDK which verification flow to use, and with placeholders it won't work. source
  • Add the required page setup tags Add the UTF-8 charset and viewport meta tags to your HTML page, because the SDK expects them to render correctly. Without them, the verification window may display poorly or fail on mobile. source
  • Decide where the verification box appears By default the SDK modal opens in the middle of the page, or you can pass the ID or class of a div (a container box in the page) to alloy.open() to place it somewhere specific. If you reference a container that does not exist, the modal may not show up. source

Fetched 6 days ago - each note links to its source

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Common questions

How can I set logging for Alloy when troubleshooting an issue?

Alloy provides different log levels to help identify the root cause of issues. You can configure the log level in the logging configuration block of the Alloy configuration file.

How can I share reusable pipelines with other Alloy users?

Use modules to share pipelines with others.

Can multiple Alloy instances distribute work automatically?

Yes, configure Alloy instances to form a cluster for automatic workload distribution.

Can Alloy retrieve its configuration from a central server?

Yes, Alloy supports retrieving its configuration from a server for centralized configuration management.

Can Alloy scrape metrics from Windows hosts in push mode?

Yes, one user reports successfully scraping metrics from a Windows host with Alloy installed in pushed mode via the Prometheus API.

Answers sourced from github.com, grafana.com, www.reddit.com

Community

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