---
title: "loki.echo | Grafana Agent documentation"
description: "Learn about loki.echo"
---

> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# loki.echo

> **BETA**: This is a [beta](/docs/agent/latest/stability/#beta) component. Beta components are subject to breaking changes, and may be replaced with equivalent functionality that cover the same use case.

`loki.echo` receives log entries from other `loki` components and prints them to the process’ standard output (stdout).

Multiple `loki.echo` components can be specified by giving them different labels.

## Usage

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```alloy
loki.echo "LABEL" {}
```

## Arguments

`loki.echo` accepts no arguments.

## Exported fields

The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components:

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| Name       | Type           | Description                                                   |
|------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| `receiver` | `LogsReceiver` | A value that other components can use to send log entries to. |

## Component health

`loki.echo` is only reported as unhealthy if given an invalid configuration.

## Debug information

`loki.echo` does not expose any component-specific debug information.

## Example

This example creates a pipeline that reads log files from `/var/log` and prints log lines to echo:

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```alloy
local.file_match "varlog" {
  path_targets = [{
    __path__ = "/var/log/*log",
    job      = "varlog",
  }]
}

loki.source.file "logs" {
  targets    = local.file_match.varlog.targets
  forward_to = [loki.echo.example.receiver]
}

loki.echo "example" { }
```

## Compatible components

`loki.echo` has exports that can be consumed by the following components:

- Components that consume [Loki `LogsReceiver`](../../compatibility/#loki-logsreceiver-consumers)

> Note
> 
> Connecting some components may not be sensible or components may require further configuration to make the connection work correctly. Refer to the linked documentation for more details.