𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀: ⚠️ Promtail is now End-of-Life (EOL) - How to migrate to Grafana Alloy for existing Loki server deployments

[usman.ahmad]

For Grafana Loki with Docker users,

The Promtail (default Agent for Grafana Loki ) is now End-Of-Life by March 2026.

For that, I have create a complete migration guide that can help users to migrate their existing Promtail configuration to Grafana Alloy.

Kind see this post that covers the complete detail:

Complete Docker Guide - How to start with Grafana Loki and Alloy | Migrate existing Promtail configurations to Alloy

If you are using Docker with Grafana Loki to visualize container log files, then you need to migrate from Promtail (default agent for Loki) to Alloy as Promtail is now End-of-Life (EOL). Source of Announcement: Official Promtail Page It means that: No releases of any security patches No Bug fixes or new improvements The only way to move forward is to replace Promtail with Grafana Alloy I have created this video tutorial that explains very detailed step-by-step instructi…