Implementation of a centralized log monitoring system using grafana, loki, and alloy
Keywords:
alloy, grafana, log monitoring, loki, prometheusAbstract
Badan Pengembangan Teknologi dan Sistem Informasi (BPTSI) at Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta manages a large number of websites, making it difficult for administrators to monitor web server logs manually. This manual process is inefficient for centrally observing server performance and security. This research aims to implement a centralized system capable of real-time monitoring of web server access and error logs, as well as performance metrics. The method used consists of three stages: preparation, configuration and integration, and testing. The system was built on the Grafana Cloud platform, which integrates Prometheus for metrics collection, Grafana Loki for log aggregation, and Grafana Alloy as the data collector on the client server. The results show a successful integration, producing a centralized dashboard that visualizes real-time access and error logs from 187 log files, along with Apache web server statistics such as CPU load, response time, and uptime. This system allows administrators to monitor the health and security of all web services efficiently from a single interface, eliminating the need for manual log file inspection.
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