Summary

We’ve reached the end of Chapter 13, Exploring Log Data with Grafana’s Loki. In this chapter, we learned how to use Explore with the Loki data source to perform ad hoc analysis of logs and aggregated log metrics. We deployed a Loki pipeline to aggregate filesystem log files and the logs generated by our Docker containers. We used Prometheus to collect dozens of metrics about those container services. Finally, using the Split feature, we made side-by-side comparisons of both log and service metrics.

With that, we’ve also reached the end of Part 2 – Real-World Grafana. In Part 3 – Managing Grafana, we’ll step out of our role as an end user of Grafana and into that of an administrator. We’ll learn about how to manage dashboards, users, and teams. We’ll also learn how to secure the Grafana server by authenticating our users with services such as OAuth2 and LDAP. Finally, we’ll explore the rapidly expanding world...