Configure promtail static config for directory other than /var/log

Grafana Loki
1

Hi team,

I’m trying to configure Promtail to collect the GitLab log. The GitLab log file is located in the folder: /var/opt/gitlab/logs
Below is promtail config:

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: system
    static_configs:
      - targets:
          - localhost
        labels:
          source: sys-varlogs
          __path__: /var/log/*log
      - targets:
          - localhost
        labels:
          source: sys-messages
          __path__: /var/log/messages
      - targets:
          - localhost
        labels:
          source: sys-secure
          __path__: /var/log/secure
      - targets:
          - localhost
        labels:
          source: gitlab-exporter
          __path__: /var/opt/gitlab/logs/gitlab-exporter/*
      - targets:
          - localhost
        labels:
          source: gitlab-postgres-exporter
          __path__: /var/opt/gitlab/logs/gitlab-exporter/current

On Grafana, I just can see the logs from path: /var/log/*. With other folders, I can not see the logs.
Could you guys show me how to collect the log from any folder?

2

Hello,

Promtail needs read permission on those folders in order to fetch the logs.

Verify that the folder has the same group as the promtail user; If not, either give promtail the permission to read those folders, or add them both to the same group.

3

Many thanks @clevernessisamyth

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