Loki is a log aggregation system which is widely used in the industry. It is easy to install and run on macOS. Here's a quick tutorial on how to install Loki.
Before we begin, you need to make sure your macOS system meets these requirements:
To install Loki, run the following command in your terminal:
brew install loki
This will install the latest version of Loki on your macOS system.
After installing Loki, you need to run it to start aggregating your logs. To run Loki, execute the following command in your terminal:
loki --config.file=loki-local-config.yaml
This command will start Loki with the local configuration file loki-local-config.yaml.
To check if Loki is running, go to your web browser and type http://localhost:3100/ in the address bar. You will see the Loki query interface.
This tutorial showed you how to install and run Loki on macOS. You can now use it to aggregate and search through your logs. Remember to keep Loki running to keep collecting logs.
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