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Monitor metrics and logs with Grafana Alloy
This section provides detailed examples that show you how you can use Grafana Alloy to monitor various data sources.
- Monitor Docker containers with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor Linux servers with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor Microsoft Windows servers and desktops with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor logs from a local file with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor TCP logs with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor RFC5424-compliant syslog messages with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor structured logs with Grafana Alloy
- Monitor Kubernetes logs with Grafana Alloy
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