# Alloy

Alloy is a self-hosted databases app. Grafana Alloy is an open source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with built-in Prometheus pipelines, used to collect and route metrics, logs, traces, and profiles for homelab and production observability stacks. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub, Unraid and Kubernetes (Helm).

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/22/alloy

## Description

Grafana Alloy is an open source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with built-in Prometheus pipelines, used to collect and route metrics, logs, traces, and profiles for homelab and production observability stacks.

## Platform availability

Available on 3 of 9 platforms: Unraid, Helm, Windows.

## Desktop and other devices

Windows.

## Health score

78/100 (Good), based on 4 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 16 days ago)
- Popular: 71 (3,580 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 55 (3 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)
- Light to run: 60 (2 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM)

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/grafana/alloy
- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/alloy
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/alloy-1a989ms1xwj93k?q=Alloy
- Official website: https://slack.grafana.com
- Kubernetes (Helm): https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/grafana/alloy
- desktop: https://github.com/grafana/alloy/releases/latest

## 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.

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