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otelcol.exporter.loki
otelcol.exporter.loki accepts OTLP-formatted logs from other otelcol
components, converts them to Loki-formatted log entries, and forwards them
to loki components.
NOTE:
otelcol.exporter.lokiis a custom component unrelated to thelokiexporterfrom the OpenTelemetry Collector.Conversion of logs are done according to the OpenTelemetry Logs Data Model specification.
Multiple otelcol.exporter.loki components can be specified by giving them
different labels.
Usage
otelcol.exporter.loki "LABEL" {
forward_to = [...]
}Arguments
otelcol.exporter.loki supports the following arguments:
Exported fields
The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components:
input accepts otelcol.Consumer data for logs. Other telemetry signals are ignored.
Logs sent to input are converted to Loki-compatible log entries and are
forwarded to the forward_to argument in sequence.
Component health
otelcol.exporter.loki is only reported as unhealthy if given an invalid
configuration.
Debug information
otelcol.exporter.loki does not expose any component-specific debug
information.
Example
This example accepts OTLP logs over gRPC, transforms them and forwards
the converted log entries to loki.write:
otelcol.receiver.otlp "default" {
grpc {}
output {
logs = [otelcol.exporter.loki.default.input]
}
}
otelcol.exporter.loki "default" {
forward_to = [loki.write.local.receiver]
}
loki.write "local" {
endpoint {
url = "loki:3100"
}
}


