Patrick O'Doherty
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definitely sensitive to that dynamic. happy to provide these suggestions in the more useful form of code contributions if you can point me in the right direction as I'll have time over the upcoming holiday period.
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
definitely sensitive to that dynamic. happy to provide these suggestions in the more useful form of code contributions if you can point me in the right direction as I'll have time over the upcoming holiday period.
if seeking recommendations: the best (most boring/reliable) thing I've used for moving logs anywhere is vector.dev. loki as a destination is compatible with grafana. vector + configuration like gist.github.com/patrickod/04... should ship them to a loki destination.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
if seeking recommendations: the best (most boring/reliable) thing I've used for moving logs anywhere is vector.dev. loki as a destination is compatible with grafana. vector + configuration like gist.github.com/patrickod/04... should ship them to a loki destination.
yeah the rest of the owl to the left of grafana would depend on the stack. are these ephemeral short-lived processes that require a push-based setup? if the stdout logs are not sensitive even those published in a date-based hierarchy somewhere might be another starting point.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
yeah the rest of the owl to the left of grafana would depend on the stack. are these ephemeral short-lived processes that require a push-based setup? if the stdout logs are not sensitive even those published in a date-based hierarchy somewhere might be another starting point.
with the caveat that I have no experience doing such a thing and I suspect the best solution will depend on the tech in use a public Grafana dashboard might make sense to surface some last-success / error style metrics?
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
with the caveat that I have no experience doing such a thing and I suspect the best solution will depend on the tech in use a public Grafana dashboard might make sense to surface some last-success / error style metrics?