# \#configuration **URL:** https://community.grafana.com/tag/configuration/32.md [Latest](https://community.grafana.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.grafana.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.grafana.com/tags.md) --- ## [How to address host-hours warning when instrumenting mobile app?](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-address-host-hours-warning-when-instrumenting-mobile-app/164149)
**Author:** [@wesleynw](https://community.grafana.com/u/wesleynw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-address-host-hours-warning-when-instrumenting-mobile-app/164149 "2026-08-15T05:30:40Z")
In my Grafana cloud instance, I have an error for missing an attribute for host-hours pricing, which redirects to this page: I have this working for my API, though I’ve instrumented an iOS app with the otel SDK, what … --- ## [CPU readiness metric showing 0 in Alloy (vCenter integration) despite config changes](https://community.grafana.com/t/cpu-readiness-metric-showing-0-in-alloy-vcenter-integration-despite-config-changes/162699)
**Author:** [@stutishovanamohanty4](https://community.grafana.com/u/stutishovanamohanty4)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cpu-readiness-metric-showing-0-in-alloy-vcenter-integration-despite-config-changes/162699 "2026-05-04T03:50:37Z")
Hello Team, We are facing an issue in the alloy version - v1.9.2 with CPU readiness metrics in Grafana Alloy using the vCenter integration. The data is being ingested into Mimir successfully , however the CPU readiness … --- ## [Configure Loki to use Ceph](https://community.grafana.com/t/configure-loki-to-use-ceph/162371)
**Author:** [@nikhithachinthapall1](https://community.grafana.com/u/nikhithachinthapall1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/configure-loki-to-use-ceph/162371 "2026-04-24T22:15:17Z")
loki: storage: type: s3 bucketNames: chunks: loki-chunks ruler: loki-ruler admin: loki-admin s3: endpoint: rook-ceph-rgw-righive.rook-ceph.svc.cluster.local:80 accessKeyId: ${A… --- ## [Dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9090: connect: connection refused](https://community.grafana.com/t/dial-tcp-127-0-0-1-connect-connection-refused/90786)
**Author:** [@agastharizqymaulana](https://community.grafana.com/u/agastharizqymaulana)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/dial-tcp-127-0-0-1-connect-connection-refused/90786 "2026-04-23T06:29:23Z")
i have got this message when i set prometheus server url Post “http://127.0.0.1:9090/api/v1/query”: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9090: connect: connection refused - There was an error returned querying the Prometheus API. please… --- ## [Grafana Agent (v0.39) - how to add 'query\_config' block for mssql\_config?](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-agent-v0-39-how-to-add-query-config-block-for-mssql-config/112340)
**Author:** [@ef109539457](https://community.grafana.com/u/ef109539457)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-agent-v0-39-how-to-add-query-config-block-for-mssql-config/112340 "2026-03-18T20:33:51Z")
The latest version of Grafana Agent (v0.39) embedded custom metrics for MSSQL integration. I tried the below configuration with adding ‘query\_config’ section in integrations\_config, and then Grafana Agent Service failed… --- ## [Panel search not working after upgrade to Grafana 12](https://community.grafana.com/t/panel-search-not-working-after-upgrade-to-grafana-12/156284)
**Author:** [@Blin9](https://community.grafana.com/u/Blin9)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/panel-search-not-working-after-upgrade-to-grafana-12/156284 "2026-02-26T09:03:36Z")
Grafana version / OS v12.0.1 and v12.1.0 (tested both) Ubuntu 24.04 Goal Enable and use the panel title search in global search. Steps: Added to /etc/grafana/grafana.ini: Restarted Grafana service. Issue Sear… --- ## [Configuring loki file scraping to include various static & dynamic labels](https://community.grafana.com/t/configuring-loki-file-scraping-to-include-various-static-dynamic-labels/161417)
**Author:** [@stroughton](https://community.grafana.com/u/stroughton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/configuring-loki-file-scraping-to-include-various-static-dynamic-labels/161417 "2026-01-29T14:43:23Z")
Hi, hoping someone on here might be able to assist me. I have setup an alloy service that is currently setup to scrape a load of application log directories and forward these various log files to Loki. It more or less… --- ## [Accessing Grafana through external proxy with different hostname - URL redirection issue](https://community.grafana.com/t/accessing-grafana-through-external-proxy-with-different-hostname-url-redirection-issue/161398)
**Author:** [@sokioa](https://community.grafana.com/u/sokioa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/accessing-grafana-through-external-proxy-with-different-hostname-url-redirection-issue/161398 "2026-01-28T17:15:54Z")
What Grafana version and what operating system are you using? Grafana deployed via Helm chart in Kubernetes Operating System: Kubernetes cluster (Linux containers) What are you trying to achieve? I want to make … --- ## [Multiline logs not fully captured in Grafana Alloy](https://community.grafana.com/t/multiline-logs-not-fully-captured-in-grafana-alloy/160018)
**Author:** [@sumith](https://community.grafana.com/u/sumith)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/multiline-logs-not-fully-captured-in-grafana-alloy/160018 "2026-01-07T22:58:10Z")
Hi, I need some help with parsing multiline XML logs using Grafana Alloy. I have the following sample log. Alloy is being used to parse it, and Grafana dashboards display the parsed logs. The issue is that I only get th… --- ## [How to migrate from Promtail (End-Of-Life) to Alloy for Grafana Loki](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-migrate-from-promtail-end-of-life-to-alloy-for-grafana-loki/159635)
**Author:** [@usman.ahmad](https://community.grafana.com/u/usman.ahmad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-migrate-from-promtail-end-of-life-to-alloy-for-grafana-loki/159635 "2025-11-23T14:59:03Z")
Dear Community members :wave: , :warning: Promtail (default agent for Grafana Loki :grafana: :grafana\_loki:) will be End-Of-Life by March 2026. Source of Announcement: Official Promtail Page It means that: No relea… --- ## [High query latency in Loki](https://community.grafana.com/t/high-query-latency-in-loki/159156)
**Author:** [@phocs](https://community.grafana.com/u/phocs)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/high-query-latency-in-loki/159156 "2025-11-10T21:18:18Z")
Hi everyone :waving\_hand: We are evaluating a migration from Fluent Bit + OpenSearch to Fluent Bit + Loki for several reasons. Right now, we are testing Loki with a subset of our logs, around 50 GB/day, which is about 2… --- ## [\[How To\] Add Data Links to multiple graphs at once](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-data-links-to-multiple-graphs-at-once/159171)
**Author:** [@mardsouza](https://community.grafana.com/u/mardsouza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-data-links-to-multiple-graphs-at-once/159171 "2025-11-06T15:12:37Z")
I have added data links to a bar gauge chart thats part of a larger dashboard. There are many similar charts in the dashboard that I’d have to manually setup data links for. There must around 20-30 charts in total in thi… --- ## [Structured metadata in loki helm chart](https://community.grafana.com/t/structured-metadata-in-loki-helm-chart/158583)
**Author:** [@cnhg](https://community.grafana.com/u/cnhg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/structured-metadata-in-loki-helm-chart/158583 "2025-10-24T11:31:09Z")
We’re using the simplescalable helm chart, and its working fine. I’d like to move to structured metadata for some data but cant see it even though it seems to be sent. From what i can tell in the docs, all boxes are tick… --- ## [Grafana shows only 15 days of metrics instead of 90 days](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-shows-only-15-days-of-metrics-instead-of-90-days/158324)
**Author:** [@feetee00500](https://community.grafana.com/u/feetee00500)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-shows-only-15-days-of-metrics-instead-of-90-days/158324 "2025-10-14T10:05:36Z")
I’m using Grafana to visualize CPU, memory, and disk metrics from Prometheus using Node Exporter as the data source. However, I noticed that my Grafana dashboard only displays historical data for the past 15 days, even t… --- ## [Grafana Alloy | How to maintain config properly](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alloy-how-to-maintain-config-properly/158300)
**Author:** [@phajnalodevo](https://community.grafana.com/u/phajnalodevo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alloy-how-to-maintain-config-properly/158300 "2025-10-13T21:14:43Z")
Hi there, I’m quite new to this stack and I wonder if there are some good advices and/or best practices how to manage and maintain our stack. Partially my questions are theoretical but I expect these to be practical pro… --- ## [Labels seem to get lost with cadvisor export and prometheus scraping](https://community.grafana.com/t/labels-seem-to-get-lost-with-cadvisor-export-and-prometheus-scraping/116868)
**Author:** [@developmentsp](https://community.grafana.com/u/developmentsp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/labels-seem-to-get-lost-with-cadvisor-export-and-prometheus-scraping/116868 "2025-10-03T16:12:05Z")
Dear community, I currently have the problem that labels for e.g. per pod CPU usage metrics in Prometheus seem to get lost. The metric itsself is there, but additonal labels seem to be lost. My river.config for the com… --- ## [Create teams / users using Azure AD Groups in OSS version](https://community.grafana.com/t/create-teams-users-using-azure-ad-groups-in-oss-version/157765)
**Author:** [@dhanjayb](https://community.grafana.com/u/dhanjayb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/create-teams-users-using-azure-ad-groups-in-oss-version/157765 "2025-09-24T10:42:31Z")
Anyone knows how can I configure my grafana in such a way that it can make use of Azure AD Groups. For example, if I have 2 dashboards and both of them have different endpoints but same base url and on the basis of AD G… --- ## [The error of displaying the countdown when using a custom time format](https://community.grafana.com/t/the-error-of-displaying-the-countdown-when-using-a-custom-time-format/157639)
**Author:** [@rezackrus](https://community.grafana.com/u/rezackrus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/the-error-of-displaying-the-countdown-when-using-a-custom-time-format/157639 "2025-09-19T04:53:27Z")
Hi! I am using Grafana v10.0.1 on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. I’m trying to set up a countdown using the grafana-clock-panel plugin v2.1.9. The settings are shown in the screenshot. I am getting the error “Invalid language … --- ## [The theme can not be changed](https://community.grafana.com/t/the-theme-can-not-be-changed/157504)
**Author:** [@fangdi](https://community.grafana.com/u/fangdi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/the-theme-can-not-be-changed/157504 "2025-09-15T19:30:33Z")
Hi, one of our users have played with the theme a couple of times and now she can no longer change theme anymore, what ever she does, it always go back to light theme, here is her question: Hey, I had a quick question f… --- ## [Issues with Grafana v7.5.17: "If you're seeing this Grafana has failed to load its application files"](https://community.grafana.com/t/issues-with-grafana-v7-5-17-if-youre-seeing-this-grafana-has-failed-to-load-its-application-files/128946)
**Author:** [@hema1811](https://community.grafana.com/u/hema1811)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/issues-with-grafana-v7-5-17-if-youre-seeing-this-grafana-has-failed-to-load-its-application-files/128946 "2025-09-09T11:21:35Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently experiencing an issue with Grafana Open Source version 7.5.17 on my server. Whenever I attempt to open the visualization, I encounter the following error across multiple browsers (Edge, Fir… --- ## [\[Help\] Extracting dynamic service label from multiple folder logs in Alloy on Windows](https://community.grafana.com/t/help-extracting-dynamic-service-label-from-multiple-folder-logs-in-alloy-on-windows/157096)
**Author:** [@kauavitorio](https://community.grafana.com/u/kauavitorio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/help-extracting-dynamic-service-label-from-multiple-folder-logs-in-alloy-on-windows/157096 "2025-09-08T17:50:06Z")
I am using Alloy to collect logs from multiple services on a single Windows server. The logs are organized in the following folder structure: G:\\Services\\Background\\\\logs\\\.log Example paths: G:\\Services\\… --- ## [Self-hosted : how to get Loki to be bound to multiple network interfaces?](https://community.grafana.com/t/self-hosted-how-to-get-loki-to-be-bound-to-multiple-network-interfaces/157071)
**Author:** [@BarthVR](https://community.grafana.com/u/BarthVR)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/self-hosted-how-to-get-loki-to-be-bound-to-multiple-network-interfaces/157071 "2025-09-08T17:38:13Z")
Hi all, A bit of context : I work for a public school, and we have several different networks internally. I am installing Loki on a Debian 12 server, which is connected to 4 private lans (10.0.0.0/16, 10.99.0.0/16, 10.… --- ## [Compaction Error: Compaction failing with GCS bucket retention policy (403 retentionPolicyNotMet)](https://community.grafana.com/t/compaction-error-compaction-failing-with-gcs-bucket-retention-policy-403-retentionpolicynotmet/156837)
**Author:** [@tback](https://community.grafana.com/u/tback)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/compaction-error-compaction-failing-with-gcs-bucket-retention-policy-403-retentionpolicynotmet/156837 "2025-09-03T23:11:12Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running into an issue with the Loki compactor and hope to get some advice from the community. We’re using Google Cloud Storage (GCS) as our object store, and we’ve enabled a bucket-level retention policy… --- ## [How to configure a single prometheus.scrape with multiple discovery.dns targets in Alloy?](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-configure-a-single-prometheus-scrape-with-multiple-discovery-dns-targets-in-alloy/156538)
**Author:** [@bdekonin](https://community.grafana.com/u/bdekonin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-configure-a-single-prometheus-scrape-with-multiple-discovery-dns-targets-in-alloy/156538 "2025-08-22T23:52:44Z")
Hi everyone, I’m trying to simplify my Grafana Alloy configuration for Prometheus scraping, but I’m running into some trouble. Currently, I have something like this for each of my applications (around 60 services, so ~… --- ## [Loki is writing debug messages to /var/logs/messages](https://community.grafana.com/t/loki-is-writing-debug-messages-to-var-logs-messages/155753)
**Author:** [@marcozin](https://community.grafana.com/u/marcozin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/loki-is-writing-debug-messages-to-var-logs-messages/155753 "2025-08-14T12:31:33Z")
Hi All, Please forgive me if this has already been addressed somewhere but I can’t seem to find it in the documentation or previous posts in Community. I’ve just started playing around with loki, grafana, alloy, Influx… --- ## [Grafana-Loki Performance Optimization to Load high volume logs on Dashboard](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-loki-performance-optimization-to-load-high-volume-logs-on-dashboard/140723)
**Author:** [@manir](https://community.grafana.com/u/manir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-loki-performance-optimization-to-load-high-volume-logs-on-dashboard/140723 "2025-08-12T19:17:54Z")
We are using the Grafana-Loki OSS version (Loki-2.9.11 & Grafana-9.2.2) for log analysis. Created a dashboard to load logs but facing performance problems like loading more than 2-3 days logs onto the dashboard. We have… --- ## [Set y-axis range as percentage of mean](https://community.grafana.com/t/set-y-axis-range-as-percentage-of-mean/155963)
**Author:** [@semptum](https://community.grafana.com/u/semptum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/set-y-axis-range-as-percentage-of-mean/155963 "2025-08-09T21:34:36Z")
What Grafana version and what operating system are you using? Version 12.0.1 Raspberry PI OS 64 bit (but if needed switch to proper amd64 debian and run on the same computer as the TimescaleDB server used as main sou… --- ## [\[community\] How to deploy Loki with Promtail and Grafana on Linux (No manual Installation)](https://community.grafana.com/t/community-how-to-deploy-loki-with-promtail-and-grafana-on-linux-no-manual-installation/154693)
**Author:** [@usman.ahmad](https://community.grafana.com/u/usman.ahmad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/community-how-to-deploy-loki-with-promtail-and-grafana-on-linux-no-manual-installation/154693 "2025-07-17T14:13:01Z")
Dear Community members :wave: , I have created this video tutorial on how to use visualize and monitor your logs using Loki :grafana\_loki: and Promtail with Grafana :grafana: You need to check your logs if you are work… --- ## [Redirection to default dashboard](https://community.grafana.com/t/redirection-to-default-dashboard/155480)
**Author:** [@andresbsas](https://community.grafana.com/u/andresbsas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/redirection-to-default-dashboard/155480 "2025-07-31T15:35:41Z")
Hi Grafana team and community, I’m experiencing an issue in Grafana 11.5.0 when using Google OAuth. After some time has passed since logging in, if I try to access a specific dashboard via a direct link, Grafana briefly… --- ## [Grafana Alloy Relabel Help - Parsing syslog](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alloy-relabel-help-parsing-syslog/155151)
**Author:** [@TheRyanMonty](https://community.grafana.com/u/TheRyanMonty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-alloy-relabel-help-parsing-syslog/155151 "2025-07-26T03:09:38Z")
I have a syslog server taking logs from outside hosts, I’d like to have the log host show up under instances so I’m working to reassign the instance label with the host that’s in syslog: loki.relabel "syslog\_relabels" {… [Next page](https://community.grafana.com/tag/configuration/32.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=configuration)