Loki Datasource

Loki data source for Grafana

Note: This core plugin was extracted from the grafana/grafana repository and is now bundled with Grafana.

Overview

The Loki data source plugin allows you to query and visualize log data from Grafana Loki, a horizontally scalable, highly available log aggregation system.

Requirements

• Grafana 12.3 or later

Getting started

This plugin is bundled with Grafana — no installation is required for standard Grafana deployments.

1. Navigate to Connections > Data sources in Grafana.
2. Click Add data source and search for "Loki".
3. Configure the connection settings and click Save & test.

For detailed setup instructions, see the Loki data source documentation.

Custom Grafana distributions

If you are building a custom Grafana binary or distribution that excludes bundled plugins, you can install this plugin from the Grafana plugin catalog.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at:

https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/loki/

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

This plugin is licensed under the AGPL-3.0.