Loki Setup

1. install Loki via Helm

   helm install loki grafana/loki -f microservices-values.yaml -n monitoring

2. verify the deployment with:

   kubectl get pods -n monitoring

   

3. Get the link for Grafana from the helm output once it's finished

   

   http://loki-gateway.monitoring.svc.cluster.local

Configure Grafana

1. Go to Data Sources in Grafana

2. Select Loki

3. Set the URL to the Loki URL something like http://loki-gateway.monitoring.svc.cluster.local

4. Set the `X-Scope-OrgID` header in Grafana, under datasources > Loki > HTTP headers

5. Header	Value
   X-Scope-OrgID	default